Hey SOKTIM I am simply shocked by the way you think, yes nepalis do have the tendency to blame each other but i have not heard any Nepali blaming students who work hard in gas stations ..the proof is in this thread itself where everyone seems to disagree with you whilst you never freaking give up to what you arrogantly believe i do not work in a gas station but i work for long hours at nights..see most of people when they are in Nepal and they get mislead or they are actually too young or sometimes lazy to think for themselves. It was the same postion that i was in last year. We give SAT and all but even with good scores they either do not get scholarships or are not appropriately helped to get one. Anyway we get visa and come to US thinking we will get scholarships but we do not. I beleive most of our parents pay only the 1st sem fees and then what after that, 6000 odd $ dollars to pay per sem, no scholarships. nOw is there any other option to find someway to pay that amount. I think you yourself know that the 20 hr per week on campus job is just enuff for you to survive, so where do you get that much money from. our parents do not have that much money. do you recommend us to go back to nepal. off campus jobs are the only way, i know it is illegal but you very well know that it is not a want but a neccessity. at least give us kudos that we are trying to keep our educational career alive. and tell me how easy is it to get on campus jobs? i do not know how it is there where yu are but when i was in KY i had no on campus job for a full semester YOU HAVE FULL SCHOLARSHIP, YOU DO NOT GET AN ON CAMPUS JOB, HOW DO YOU FEED, CLOTH AND SHELTER YOURSELF? I BET YOU WILL NOT LEAVE YOUR STUDY AND GO BACK TO NEPAL, IF GIVEN AN OFF CAMPUS JOB AT THAT TIME YOU WILL GOBBLE IT NO DOUBT