<p>I have dual citizenship, Peruvian citizenship and American citizenship. Since my mom was born in Peru and I'm 17, I got Peruvian citizenship through her. Do college applications ask for this information (as in ask to list citizenships)? I don't think it would have any bearing on admissions. I'm just curious as to how it would be looked at. I was born here in the US and the peruvian citizenship is a recent thing I had to fill out</p>
<p>You are a US citizen for admissions purposes. If you end up attending a college/university that likes to brag about its international population, they will get to count you as one of the students who is “international or has multiple citizenships”.</p>
<p>Idk, should I play it up in my essays? I do have two cultures in many ways</p>
<p>You could. That’s what I did. I also wrote about my dual citizenship, and in the application, I listed BOTH citizenships. I’m not sure if all applications have that option. English is also not my first language, so I also noted that in my application.</p>
<p>Definitely mention it on your app. Many of the Common App supplements I have seen thus far have specifically asked what countries the applicant has lived in, if a language other than English is spoken at home, etc. Being an international citizen may be considered a “hook” for some colleges. It certainly won’t be an anti-hook for any of them.</p>
<p>Last year’s common app had a place where they asked for citizenship, and “dual citizenship” was an option with a blank to specify.</p>
<p>I have to wonder, however, if that’s a trick question, since the USA doesn’t recognize your citizenship to another country?</p>
<p>You could talk about it in your essay; colleges like diversity and growing up in a unique culture brings diversity and a new perspective to the table.</p>