I was born in the US and I am a US citizen, but did almost all of my schooling in India. My parents are both Indians.
So, will I be considered as an international applicant?
Also, are my chances of getting in comparatively lesser because my ethnicity is Asian?
Or will they not really care about the ethnicity and just consider me as a US citizen during the admission process.
If you are a US citizen, then you are not considered an international applicant for admissions purposes… The only difference is that your application will be read by the AO responsible for India, if that is where you currently reside, and your application will be viewed in context of your school and region. But you are not subject to any cap on international enrollment and you are eligible for FA as a US citizen, if needed. For those colleges that consider race/ethnicity in admissions, your being Indian will certainly not help.
Some schools might consider you international which surprised me. I think Michigan was one but I can tell you it’s not a good thing as admissions is difficult for international especially Indians.
@airway1 be interested in a formal reference for that. My daughter is a green card holder so we looked closely at this, and certainly every college we looked at grouped citizens and green card holders as domestic, and those on non-immigrant visas as internationals., regardless of where anyone completed high school. Our impression was that this is the way it is done across all colleges, but I stand corrected.
@SJ2727 my eldest is American and my second is not. I can tell you my eldest had an easier time although my second is the honor student. Both are US public high school grads but the non American is on a F2 student dependent visa… for engineering it was a nightmare… simple math at penn state domestic acceptance 50% and international 20% (general not school specific)…
So, only for ivy leagues, MIT, Stanford and CMU, will I will be considered as a domestic applicant for Financial aid and admission rate?
P.S - Though my parents are Indians and I did my schooling until grade 10 in India, I currently do not live in India anymore.
If you are a US citizen living and attending high school outside the US, you would be a “domestic” applicant, though with non-US high school records, for most or all US universities.
However, state-run public universities will consider you to be an out-of-state student, which can be disadvantageous for admission, list price tuition, and financial aid, relative to in-state students.
Okay, but private universities do not differentiate right? Also, how is the admission rate different since I am an Asian.
No they do not, they are not affiliated with an individual state. Admission rates for top 20 schools seem to be more difficult for Asians. However there are some top LAC’s where it may be easier if your Asian.
Unless you have an example with reference, I’d suggest not spreading fallacies.
You would be incorrect in your thinking. Michigan, depending on the circumstances, will consider such an applicant to be OOS, which would impact admissions.
Correct.
Few colleges are going to publicly reveal this level of detail. Since you can’t do anything about it, file it under “it is what it is” and spend energy focusing on items you can affect.