Hey man i know where you coming from without the green card thing. You do not need to have a green card to get financial aid, need to not be illegal and perhaps have an alien card, that will set u up for financial aid.

I am in the same boat. I am trying to get financial aid, so I can spend some money on my integra or perhaps buy a bike for summer. My integra is an automatic, put about 100 miles everyday going to school and home, just in a limbo on to saving money to buy a new engine and perhaps a standard swap or buy a bike.