He's in. Now what?
by Sara Sedlacek · March 26, 2008

*editor's note: Due to the sensitive nature of the subject's resident status in the United States, his real name will not be used.



After only a few long weeks of waiting, Otto has received the good news: He got accepted into the University of Iowa. Not only was he accepted but he was accepted into the University of Iowa College of Engineering. Otto chose not to apply to the College of Engineering, even though that’s the degree he plans to seek, because his ACT score did not meet the minimum requirement for acceptance into the college. He originally applied to the university’s computer science program and planned to keep his grades up and apply later on to the College of Engineering. One phone call changed that.

“After the first article was published, I got a phone call from a woman from the engineering department,â€