What would you do if you were in my position?

[fishtroupe]

Unlike most of the other threads here, I am not asking for advice on which course to take or something similar. I am asking for advice on how to fund for my university education.

I am a foreigner who took his A-levels in Singapore and was offered a place to read a double major in Physics and Mathematics or Physics (the two courses that I applied for) at the universities here. That is all good as I get to do what I have always wanted.

But my estranged father is a bankrupt. My mother, a low wage-earner, has already taken on quite a loan to pay for my sister's college education. I got my fair share of distinctions but not enough to qualify me for the scholarships as an international student. I cannot return to the universities in my home country as being away from my homeland for so long, I do not know the native language. Moreover I belong to a minority race that the local government does not care much for.

I signed up to be conscripted into the Singapore army in hopes of obtaining her citizenship so as to be eligible for the scholarships and tuition grants for Singaporeans. But I have not received any citizenship offer even though the rest who enlisted with me did. Perhaps this is due to my father's financial position.

I am in a predicament. I feel that I am wasting my time with reckless hope but I do not even know how else to get myself to a university.

What would you do if you were in my position?

 

[lisab]

I'm not familiar with the educational system in your country, but I'll try to answer.

You may need to work at a job, and go to university part-time. Is that possible in your country?

Here in the US, some companies offer to help pay for university for their employees, is that available?