<p>Is there any advantage to an applicant who is born in a small country (Estonia or Latvia for example) but is a US citizen? I was thinking that perhaps a foreign applicant can bring a different perspective to the classroom.</p>
<p>i was actually wondering about the same thing (i'm from moscow) but i'm a permanent res. who's applied for citizenship.. but i think if you speak the native language that's a big bonus!</p>
<p>I think it's an advantage. Not only are you counted as an international student (which raises their international student no. and makes them look more diverse) but you are a US citizen, so there are no visa problems and other stuff for them and you to worry about. </p>
<p>I heard that colleges are required to report the no. of intel's enrolling so that the federal aid for intels can be correctly allocated to them, but since you are a us citizen, even tho you raised their intel count, you don't qualify for this aid, and so the colleges have more aid available to enroll other intels - further increasing their diversity. I'm not sure about this, its what i heard.</p>
<p>You also might want to post this on the intel thread</p>
<p>so it matters what language u speak at home? does it help that my parents can both barely speak english? that was evident in their fin aid app. lol/ </p>
<p>immigrants but perm res get the reg fin aid, right? not intel aid?</p>
<p>My dad went to an english based school way back when (insert sth), so their english is pretty good. But I still ended up doing the financial aid app which sucks because I thought that was the hardest part of the whole application.</p>
<p>how so?</p>
<p>.........</p>
<p>Are you considered an international student if you were born outside of the US but have lived in the US for the past five years? Are international students also regarded as under-represented. I'm African, btw.</p>
<p>Does this thread only pertain to people born in "under-represented" countries? What if you were born in China but lived here more than half your life?</p>
<p>I doubt immigrants are considered international. I have technically been in the states since I was 2 and I am a citizen but I wasn't born here. Why should I or anyone else similar to me be considered international?</p>
<p>International students are those without a visa/permanent resident/citizen status. It's not if you're just from a different country.</p>
<p>Doesn't matter if you were born in China...:(</p>
<p>i didnt know estonians and latvians were allowed out of their country yet... lol just kidding!!</p>
<p>yeah, i guess it doesnt matter. asians dont bring diversity to univs anymore =(</p>
<p>I am a korean who was born in Pennsylvania (thus have u.s. passport)
, but i'm spending my high school life in an international school in Korea.
Am I an international student?</p>
<p>...how complicated! lol i dunno, good question tho.</p>
<p>If you have a US passport then you are a US citizen, correct me if I'm wrong. There is a subtle distinction between International student and Foreign Student. On the Columbia app, it says that you are a “foreign” student if, regardless of your place of schooling, you are neither a citizen nor a permanent resident (“green card”
holder) of the United States and do not have refugee status; you are an “international” student if, regardless of your citizenship, you attended secondary school outside the United States. So that means saewhan07 is a international student.</p>