<p>I currently live in Canada's capital city and I've seriously wanted to go to Columbia since I was 11 years old. </p>
<p>I've read pretty much everything I can about their application/statistics, etc., but I just wondered whether or not anyone knows if the Columbia admissions office looks at Canadian students a certain way. My school is a pretty great one, but it doesn't offer as many AP classes as I'd like to take, and also I think the GPA is calculated differently or something... </p>
<p>Anyways, just wondering whether anyone knows if Columbia judges Canadian applicants the exact same as ones from the USA or not. Hope it's a valid question :)</p>
<p>heyy I'm from Ottawa too =)
I don't know if you went to Ashbury for the info thing but basically our admissions officer is James Minter. He looks at all the apps from across Canada and he's been doing it for years so he's very familiar with how things are run in Canada. You'll evaluated within your region so you won't be judged the same way as US students, but on where you stand compared to the rest of Canadians.</p>
<p>hey guys, do you know how columbia looks at a Canadian student who was schooled in US?
Would they compare me to the US applicants, or Canadian applicants?</p>
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hey guys, do you know how columbia looks at a Canadian student who was schooled in US?
Would they compare me to the US applicants, or Canadian applicants?
<p>CanadianFTW: James Minter is actually director of International Admissions, if he's your regional admissions officer as well, I'd imagine that Canadian students are regarded the same as international students. </p>
<p>"hey guys, do you know how columbia looks at a Canadian student who was schooled in US? Would they compare me to the US applicants, or Canadian applicants?"</p>
<p>You'd be considered an international student as far as citizenship or whatever is concerned. You'll be considered a US student as far as your education goes, but it's not like they compare you to US applicants if you're from the US, and consider international applicants separately. </p>
<p>All applicants are pretty much placed in the same pool, and sure, they like diversity and having different countries represented in the student body, but essentially, the adcom won't accept you just because you're from another country--specifics matter.</p>
<p>I HIGHLY doubt that- we have barely enough aid to go around for those of us who were bred in the United States without handing it to every canadian who steps across the border. do mexicans receive the same aid? and dont spew how thats not the same scenario</p>
