I don’t know how colleges are going to treat me.
Are they going to think that I’m an int’l ? In-State? or both?
I’ve been in state about 1 and 1/2 years.
My parents pays tax.
SO I don’t know… Tell me… would ya?
Have you guys seen any of people like me?
<p>Do you have a green card/permanent residency?</p>
<p>No I'm not</p>
<p>Then yes, you will be considered an international applicant. I'm in the same situation and it blows. :mad:</p>
<p>So we have to pay Out-of-State Tuition? :-(</p>
<p>I don't know how that works, actually, since you are in fact living in the state. I certainly hope we can pay in-state, because I live in DC (residents pay in-state tuition in any state because UDC is so terrible). Have you tried googling it?</p>
<p>international student=====OUT OF STATE</p>
<p>Even if the student is a legal resident of the state?</p>
<p>I'm in this too. It really really sucks.</p>
<p>It's ridiculous. I'll be graduating from an American high school after six years in the United States. I have a better command of the English language than some native speakers I know. Yet, when I apply to college, I'm suddenly an "international"? :eek:</p>
<p>Are you graduating in 2006? I know exactly how you feel. I'm graduating next summer and after realizing I'd have to apply as an International, I'm freaking out. On one hand, I think it's so unfair. But on the other, I guess it's about as fair as can be, taking everything into account. Thanks to a few members of the board though, I've regained hope. To be cliched, I'm not going down without a fight.</p>
<p>I'm graduating in 2007, and am clinging desperately to the (slim) possibility that my parents may somehow obtain a green card through their work before then. If it doesn't come through I'll selfishly hope that "our kind" of internationals will be favored in admissions...you know, they'll be able to raise their diversity numbers without all the hassles of student visas and assimilation. What colleges are you applying to?</p>
<p>LOL, internationals are lucky........</p>
<p>internationals compete against EACH OTHER. In my school DISTRICT, I'm definitely one of the top 3 international students. but if you add in domestic students, i'd be lucky if i were in top 50........</p>
<p>Domestic students' ECs are CRAZY! period...............</p>
<p>^Internationals have a lower acceptance rate than domestic students, and get little or no financial aid. Tell me again that we're lucky?</p>
<p>Dang.. So we have to pay Out-of-State tuition. Is that what you guys are saying?</p>
<p>Are you kidding? Even If the internationals compete against each other, they sometimes have better scores. It makes some people hard to get in certain schools even though they are slightly better than average(median).</p>
<p>International students dont have "better" scores....when it comes to TOP colleges...</p>
<p>Yoonlee7 said that internationals sometimes have better scores--not always, but some of the time. We do need higher scores and more impressive accomplishments than a hypothetical American applicant to actually gain admission, though.</p>
<p>I agree with thisyear, in no way are we lucky. The worst part is that 95% of the schools in the nation aren't even need-blind for us, so unless we happen to have the money, we're automatically at a disadvantage. We won't mention the fact that a lot of schools have absolutely no need-based financial aid for us either. </p>
<p>At any rate, good luck thisyear, I hope your parents get their green cards before you graduate. My parents have already applied and though we have a Social Security Number, we have yet to receive a letter setting the date for the permanent residency interview. The depressing thing is they won't issue any more this year until mid-August. Ugh.</p>
<p>Oh, and to answer your question, I'm thinking of applying to Williams and Dartmouth, both of which are reaches. Holy Cross is definitely on the list as well, though only if I manage to win one of their Classics scholarships. I have to do a lot more research into potential schools, and see how their financial aid for internationals work. </p>
<p>PS: You brought up a good point. Does anyone know if us type of internationals, that is, those of us without a green card but having lived in the nation for an extended period of time, have an advantage over the "real" international applicants?</p>
<p>You will be considered as an in-stater but an international. A person from our school(in VA) got into UVA but he came here like a year and a half before and had no citizenship or anything. His SAT score was only due to his low CR score and he really didn't have anything except some recognition from the school for his math talent and his 3.9 GPA. He also only took like three APs total one junior year, two senior and took two but he still got in without a problem to UVA.</p>
<p>A 3.9 GPA? That's pretty damn good. But thanks for the information...I guess that means that you're still in a different applicant pool (internationals) but only pay the in-state fee.</p>