<p>Will it help or hurt my application. I'm a US/Canadian Dual citizen living in the US and the common app requires I provide that Information. I was reading a college application book and it said I would be at a disadvantage with my dual citizenship but had to report it anyway. Is there any truth to this? The college I have in mind is Yale. Will they look favorably or negatively on a dual citizen?</p>
<p>help.
in terms of having a special background.
but perhaps not much since it's US/Canada.
if it's US/Kenya (just an example) then it'll help a lot.</p>
<p>I don't think it will have an impact either way. You will be treated just like every other US citizen. If you actually lived in Canada for some time, that might give you a tiny positive boost (international experience adds to the diversity on campus), but either way you have got nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>lol I have dual US/German citizenship but I've never even been in Germany. I plan to go someday, though!</p>
<p>If you happen to be an environmentalist, you will really like it over here :)</p>
<p>Ahaha why??</p>
<p>Germany is crazy about recycling and the like. America should follow their example.</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. I got my info from book called acing the college application. All they said was that a student was better off just being a US citizen. Thanks for your help and time.</p>
<p>yeahallie is right about the recycling issue. We have to separate our trash into at least 3 different bins (7 to 8 are common). Gas is twice as expensive as in the US making people really aware of how much they are using their cars. People are crazy about organic food and you will get prescription drugs in little packages that will only last for one or two weeks at most, so that no pills are wasted or excessively abused. National CO2 emissions are strictly limited and currently our government is building those ugly wind turbines everywhere in an effort to close down some coal-fired power plants... Do you want me to go on?</p>
<p>All that stuff might be quite effective if big countries followed suit, but as long as we are the only ones it's rather ridiculous.</p>
<p>I am a US / Filipino dual citizen. I currently live in the US, but spend half of my life in the Philippines. I always thought that being a dual citizen helps you stand out from the crowd, but I'm not sure. Does being dual citizen really help your chances?</p>
<p>I always thought it was a good thing until I read Acing the College Application by Hernandez. "Technically if you are a dual citizen you could be considered an international student but for the most part, it's much better to be an American citizen for admissions purposes." Thats what her book says. I wasnt worried at all until I read that. She worked in some ivy admissions offices to so she seems like she'd know what she was talking about but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>If you lived in Saudi Arabia for 2 years (kindergarten and 1st grade) would that help your app?</p>
<p>so if someone was born in another country, but came here and became a US citizen, are they considered to be a dual-citizen?</p>
<p>shuisforeva, no, they wouldn't automatically be a dual citizen. They might just be a US citizen, if for example, they had renounced their original citizenship formally or because their original country of citizenship doesn't recognize dual citizenship.</p>
<p>Personally, I am not sure what trishalynn_08's book really means. Someone can be a full citizen of another country and still not be considered an international student, let alone the people who hold dual citizenship. My guess would be that unless you have done something special in your life as a consequence of holding dual citizenship, it is an entirely neutral thing. If you are eligible to apply as a home student then you are judged just the same whether you are a citizen, dual citizen, permanent resident, etc. I would think it would take colleges into quite a diplomatic minefield if they started judging applications based on whether someone was a dual- or single- citizen, given the different citizenship laws around the world and the fact that they are legally dealing with children during the application process.</p>