<p>Do universities like Cornell and UC's consider me as a domestic applicant because I have a U.S. citizenship although I am asian and have lived in asia for over 10+ years?? </p>
<p>The answer is tricky.</p>
<p>Legally speaking, at least in terms of financial aid, you would be considered a domestic applicant.
Regardless you would not be considered in-state for universities such as the UCs. </p>
<p>More importantly because you will send transcripts from a foreign high school, your information will be read by the international team so you will most likely be compared to international students in terms of qualifications. </p>
<p>Yes for FA. But for geographic diversity, some colleges may “count” your country of residency. This might “help” u if u are from and obscure asian country.</p>
<p>@bomerr I go to an American high school in Korea, so would I still be compared to international students? 
Do you know if the colleges I mentioned specifically classify me as an international? </p>
<p>You mean an English-speaking high school in Korea. </p>
<p>Like I said, in terms of demographics for external statistics you would be considered domestic because you are a U.S. citizen. But in terms of admission is really depends on how the college/university handles your application. </p>
<p>For the UCs specifically they have international teams dedicated to reading transcript sent from abroad. Your transcript would most likely be read by them so you would be in the same pool of applicants as other US nationals living abroad and attending English-speaking schools and possibly regular international students too. </p>
<p>For other schools it might be different. But this is all speculation. To get a 100% accurate answer you would need to call up each university and ask them specifically how they handle admissions. </p>
<p>“Regardless you would not be considered in-state for universities such as the UCs.”</p>
<p>While I am sure this is true for the OP, it’s not always correct. Since threads are often referred to by other individuals, permit me to add a codicil to @bomerr 's generally correct comment. Some U S citizen, foreign resident, high school students are, in fact, eligible for in-state tuition (and other state-resident advantages). One certain category in this group are military dependents, who reside overseas under official permanent change of station orders; they retain all the prerogatives of any resident in their “home of record” state. This concept may also apply to other Federal employees (State, AID, USDA, others) and – perhaps – to some corporate personnel who maintain a permanent US residence. Again, I am sure @bomerr is correct in the OP’s situation, but his statement is not universally true.</p>
<p>If you are attending a US school (DoDEA), I think you would be treated as a US applicant. If you are attending another school (say International School in Manila or Bangkok), I think you are still considered as a US applicant. Quoted below is not from a college application website, it is from the Research Science Institute summer program website, but gives an idea of how an admission committee parses these:</p>
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<p><a href=“Apply to RSI | Center for Excellence in Education”>http://www.cee.org/apply-rsi</a></p>