No offence, but if I were to indicate where he's from, where he went to school, and where he works, it would take all of 2 seconds to figure out who he is on linkedin. Those are just examples that give a sense of where he's from and where he studied. And yes, his parents paid for all of it (that's the case with most internationals, anyway). I actually have a friend from Poland whose parents paid 50k for the college we both finished. I have never asked advice here and don't even remember how I found this site, but you proved your own point since you read it as well and you say you came here at 12. In any case, I don't feel like proving anything to anyone and I cannot believe people wasted their time posting that they don't believe me!