<p>I am an American citizen and do not have dual citizenship anywhere else, but this year I will attend a school in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I am not participating in a foreign exchange program or anything of the sort, my parents just moved there and I had to come along. I will be spending the next year (the year before I apply to College) at the American International School of Rotterdam.</p>
<p>Before that, I spent a year in Shanghai, China by much the same means, attending Shanghai High School International Division as well as Shanghai Community International School.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I have spent two high school years in the States (New Mexico).</p>
<p>When I apply, I will be a resident of The Netherlands, but I am an American citizen.</p>
<p>Will I be in the International Applicant pool, or will I be placed as a domestic applicant? Is it out of my control where I am placed, or can I choose to apply as either a domestic OR international applicant?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for anybody kind enough to answer :)</p>
<p>You are a domestic applicant because you are a US citizen. </p>
<p>If you have been attending local schools rather than US-style international schools, or IB schools, the international admissions officer may be asked to review your school records.</p>
<p>You are a domestic applicant. Similar situation happened with 4 of my friends…born in the US to American parents but lived in other countries their whole lives. Still got considered domestic applicants, and even got some federal aid.</p>
<p>Your application will be read and compared with students from your school, country, region. Your college representative will be someone who is responsible for international students. But when it comes to financial aid, you will be viewed as a domestic student, another word, you will be eligible for FA. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>Yeah, it makes perfect sense. All in all, it seems generally advantageous to be a domestic applicant, particularly given the quality of international applicants that would be your competition O.o</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying, everyone :)</p>
<p>Admission office websites usually state who they consider to be an international student. On the MIT website it is clear that an international student is any student who does not have US citizenship. So you will be a domestic applicant according to their standards. However at Harvard they look at the school that you graduated from not at the citizenship. At least that is what the admissions officer informed me during the tour.
So it differs from school to school.</p>