<p>Hey i have lived in America since i was 3 years old but i am still a British Citizen. I am going to apply to schools in the fall. Does any one know if i have to apply as an international student?</p>
<p>The application process is the same for international and domestic applicants, so the distinction doesn't matter at that level.</p>
<p>Now where it does matter is financial aid. If you are not a US citizen or permanent resident ('green card holder'), you won't qualify for federal financial aid and as a consequence many colleges will not consider you for institutional aid either.</p>
<p>If you need a student visa to attend college, you would have to submit a little bit of extra paper work and go to an embassy abroad for your visa interview (it's stupid, I know).</p>
<p>One last thing to consider is tuition at public universities. The requirements to qualify for in-state tuition vary from state to state, but some states don't let students on a student visa pay in-state tuition.</p>
<p>If you are a permanent resident, you are considered a domestic applicant and enjoy the same benefits as American citizens for most practical purposes (a few scholarships are restricted to American citizens but that's the only restriction I am aware of).</p>
<p>b@rium is mostly correct, but there are schools where it does matter in admissions, and at those schools, yes, you will be an international applicant.</p>
<p>If you don't have U.S. permanent residency, then yes you are an international applicant.
If you are a British citizen but a U.S. permanent resident, then you are a domestic applicant and therefore eligible for federal financial aid.</p>
<p>So, yeh, b@r!um is right on all accounts.</p>
<p>i have a question. ok, so i have been living in the US and went to US public schools for years, but not a permanet resident or citizen. do i have to take the TOEFL?</p>
<p>Well, look at the TOEFL requirements of the individual colleges you are applying to. Most of them read like, "Non-native speakers of English who have not attended a secondary school where English was the primary language of instruction are required to submit results of the TOEFL in addition to all other testing."</p>
<p>In short, if you attended 4 years of high school in the US, you won't have to take the TOEFL. If you attended 3 years or less, you may or may not need to take it, depending on the colleges you want to apply to.</p>
<p>Thanks, i was really confused on that. :)</p>
<p>You don't have to if you could really do well on CR. Like 700+, then they will waive TOEFL.</p>