Dyamn's comment on that thread "Can anyone tell me how can one have patience and wait for better days to come when thier H1 or opt is expiring and renewing is not possible. How can one have patience when they have to pay $4000 to $8000 in 4 months and they get paid 7 bucks an hour, while going to school? Can anyone tell me how they supposed to make that 7 bucks an hour when most jobs on campus are already taken, when they're only allowed to work 20 hours a week? Can anyone tell me how they can have patience when unable to pay dues on time or lowering thier credits numbers in any semester can make them illegal?

You guys talk about patience and shit. Maybe you guys came here a long time ago when the grass was green? maybe your parents did the struggle and you came to lick the pie. maybe you won the DV lottery. These are all different stories. We're talking about F1 students who come here for undergrad.
............................why not come for masters? why not come only when you have enough funding? Why not give these kids good advice than to tell them to have patience. have patience and what get illegal.. make situation much worse? "