Kumusta kayo? First of all, how many of you are American residents/citizens? Do admissions offices for the Ivy Leagues differentiate between Filipino Americans and Filipino citizens in Asia or would we all be competing against each other directly??? Also, if you are a Filipino outside the USA, where are you a studying: in the Phils, in an international school, in a state school? ALso what do you think of your chances for getting into your first choice university? All replies much appreciated… Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
<p>Too shy people??? ok then, I'll start. I'm a Filipina living in Spain but maintaining Filipino citizenship and I haven't applied for any form of permanent residence here in Europe. I went to a British international school in Madrid which doesn't really have much of a clue in American university applications nor SATs nor GPAs nor APs so 1) I'm pretty much on my own and 2) my chances are pretty small.</p>
<p>Hello, </p>
<p>Answering your questions, I'm a filipino-chinese living in the Philippines studying at a International Missionary School. I am not an american citizen but was born in New Jersey. I was considering applying to Brown, but in the end decided not to because of my terrible SATII scores (all in the low to mid 600s). </p>
<p>However, I am applying to Northwestern, Claremont McKenna, and NYU. :)</p>
<p>Neophyte -</p>
<p>If you were born in New Jersey, under US law you are automatically a US citizen. You can get a US passport any time you want one.</p>
<p>hi neophyte!
Have you considered retaking your SAT II? I think you can still have a good go at Brown, even if you don't, your university choices sound good, and I wish you all the luck! Coureur is right, you were born in New Jersey so you are entitled to US citizenship something that will definitely help you out. With a US passport you don't have to deal with Student visa requirements and travelling to and from the US is going to be slightly easier. It'll also make it easier when you are looking for any kind of work there. For international students work permits can be very restrictive... If you're sure about studying in the US, the fact that you were born there and a US passport is a good friend any given day.</p>
<p>neophyte,</p>
<p>If you have not already done so, you should also apply for a social security card especially in the event you need to apply for financial aid , you will need it for the FAFSA and for your college applications</p>
<p>am i a US citizen by law because i was born there? my parents said i'm not because they didn't choose to get me a US passport. now that I'm 18, they said I can choose.. but i don't want to be a US citizen.... </p>
<p>so am i still considered a filipino when applying or a US citizen?</p>
<p>Since the fourteenth amendment to the federal Constitution, written mostly to clarify the citizenship of former slaves, the rule in the United States has been that anyone born in the United States and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is a citizen by birth. The exception excludes children of diplomats. The exception also left ambiguous the status of American Indians (aboriginal inhabitants of North America), who were later declared citizens by act of Congress. You should have an automatic claim to citizenship as long as you can prove you were born in the United States of parents who didn't have diplomatic status when you were there. But check to see what consequences that has for legal obligations and interaction with your current country of citizenship. </p>
<p>United States law discourages dual citizenship (for example, my wife, a first-generation immigrant, had to renounce her previous citizenship when she was naturalized as a United States citizen) but acknowledges that in particular cases a person might have claim to more than one country's nationality. Sometimes this is worked out by treaties between the two countries concerned. A fairly common situation is that the United States and some other country agree that persons whose parents came from that country and born in United States territory choose their country of citizenship when they reach adult age. But there are other possibilities, and you should check how the laws of the Philippines and the laws of the United States would apply to your case.</p>