Hi. I don't remember if I've wrote on here about this before, if so, my apologies.
I'm in my last year in a Turkish university in Istanbul, majoring in Nutrition and Dietetics. Here, normally, I'm graduating with the title of "Dietitian" which is different than the US cause over there you guys have 3 types of registered practitioners coming from so different majors. Here it's mandatory to major in Nutrition and Dietetics in order to be a Dietitian and the internships are taken as coursework unlike the US in which institutions offer something called Dietetic Internship (DI) which anyone with a basic nutrition knowledge can apply basically - but with a minimum 3.0 GPA. That's where my problem starts. So I'm planning to move over there, my initial plan was to move to NJ or Pennsylvania but then I couldn't find any master's or even Dietetic Internship's that'd accept my below speakable GPA with no actual work experience. I've contacted one of my former professors who now lives in Pennsylvania and asked her about what I should do and stuff and if any of you are familiar with what's happening in my country's region, you'd know that it's pretty hard not to be scared of what might happen to my country and everyone I love in it in near future. She told me that private schools have to fill their quota regardless of what the applicant's GPA is which would make things easier. I now that the Ivy League schools' admissions wouldn't even check the rest of my papers after seeing the GPA regardless of what program I'm applying for. So I've started to check extension programs that I could afford on my own. But then there is the Trump issue that'd make it really hard for me to stay after I'm done with whatever program I've completed. I've checked UCLA, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Cornell, Rutgers and Harvard Extension schools and I'm convinced non of them would shine bright like a master's on my resumè. And I know, CV only opens the door for he first job but still. I don't wanna throw my money away.
So I'm pretty stuck. Idk if I should stay and live doubtful and uneasy. Or go to an extension which in my case could only be UCLA or UC Berkeley cause others' are rather expensive for non-degree/certificate programs which are nowhere near master's so might as well pick the cheap one. Any advise would be helpful cause I'm struggling hard.
Edit: spelling mistake