<p>I'm applying to Hotchkiss and Andover and I'm S.Korean, although I am an American citizen. I was wondering if there was any bias on race from these boarding schools, or any boarding schools for that matter. I know a girl who was hispanic and she got into Yale. She was really smart and really nice and she has some nice EC's, but her grades were not as good as some caucasian kids. I would like to know if it's the same with boarding schools and the stereotype that all asians are "smart" probably won't help if they are biased....;)</p>
<p>Wait....so....
Do you have US citizenship or S.Korean citizenship?</p>
<p>us citizenship</p>
<p>then you are really not going to be considered S. Korean by the admission officers (which can both be a good thing or a bad thing)</p>
<p>ok, well asian then. does that still have any affect?</p>
<p>In my experience, race has an effect on most things in life, whether we want it to or not. The boarding schools look for underrepresented populations, just as the colleges do. Unfortunatey for you, Asian students are well-represented at boarding schools and in higher education, so there is no advantage and might be a slight disadvantage depending on the school.</p>
<p>If you were a Korean student applying from Korea, you would have very difficult odds to overcome. They reserve a few spots for students from each country. One school told me they had 2 9th grade spots available for students from Korea, and they got close to 300 applications for them. That acceptance rate was below 1% as you can see. The schools do this so that any one language or cultural group does not become more than a certain percentage of the school---usually 5%. So although you asked about race, this answer is really more about citizenship, etc. but I thought it might be helpful.</p>
<p>Is there a better chance holding another country's citizenship but living in the US?</p>
<p>It depends on the country. As newyorker22 said, Koreans will have the toughest chances regardless of whether they are in the US when applying or not. The advantages of being in the US is that you can have an interview and your recommendations, grades and test scores may be viewed as more reliable.</p>
<p>International students from anywhere else will generally be seen as an underrepresented group and will probably have better odds than the average applicant.</p>
<p>What about a dual citizenship. I have a passport for Brazil and United States and have lived in both. Help or hinder?</p>
<p>Definitely a hook :)</p>
<p>Canadians are probably over represented because a lot are recruited for hockey.</p>
<p>I'm a dual citizen of Canada and the US! Is that a hook? hahaa jk</p>
<p>Japan, China, Thailand are over represented too.</p>
<p>most east asian countries are over represented is what i'm seeing</p>
<p>had I known that indicating that I hav a dual-citizenship for Nigeria would have been a great hook, I would have put it on my application. Do you think that if I call them and tell them to make a not of that they could do it? i don't really think they would but feedback would be cool</p>
<p>im multi racial, i have a U.S Citizinship as well as Guatemalan and German citinzinship, i travel to both frequently. Will this be abd thing for me or good thing?</p>
<p>I wouldn't call them, it may seem like you don't think you'll get in and think that having dual is enough for admission</p>
<p>it would have been good if you had said it before though</p>