[Carbonsteel]

"how exactly do you get preferential treatment on your university / grad school apps as an illegal?"

I'd kind of like to know that myself.

[Kozak]

how exactly do you get preferential treatment on your university / grad school apps as an illegal?"

A. Just claim you are a member of a prefered minority, personally, I'd go with "Hispanic Surname" since no one can prove my name isn't. This will greatly improve your chances of admission.

B. In some states you can get FREE or at least instate tuition rates, ( would save $$$$$ if my daughter decided to go to the University of California or MIT etc)

C. Many universities are actively recruiting the "undocumented" in the never ending quest of "greater diversity".

[LCpl Coe]

Another way to get preferential treatment is to claim that your gay, and still keep citizen status, although claiming to be a gay illegal alien would be like winning the lottery.