<p>I'm a canadian citizen who lives in the US and will be applying to many US colleges. I've had all 4 years of HS in the US. I'm not a US permanent resident. How will the colleges view me when I will be applying for financial aid?</p>
<p>I believe you would be considered international because you are not an American citizen/PR, but since you are a Canadian citizen, you’ll have a slightly easier time than other international students. For instance, the Ivy League universities consider Canadians and Mexicans in the same pool as Americans when it comes to financial aid.</p>
<p>Cornell this year kind of screwed the Canadians by pooling them with rest of the internationals, which means that only few people would get financial aids. Penn this year is still holding out nicely (I’m poor, so good package hehe)</p>
<p>Doesn’t your school accept Canadian financial aid? That’s what I and many Canadians in my school do. I do know however, that some US schools don’t, so ask around.</p>
<p>By financial aid, I assume you mean FAFSA. Do you even qualify for that?</p>
<p>If you are not a US permanent resident/citizen, you’ll be counted as a Canadian citizen. Good news is some schools (Ivy League) give Canadians higher priority than other internationals when it comes to FA. And international students cannot file the FAFSA (that was the policy when I applied).</p>
<p>whoa I’m in the same boat as you.</p>