I’m currently in my sophomore year in a very good high school in Austria. And i was wondering if i should move to the USA next year to increase my chances of getting in an Ivy League University or to just finish high school here in Austria and then move to the USA.
Would you have your green card by the time you apply to any of the US colleges if you move here now vs. later?
yes
If you have your green card prior to applications, it will not make a difference if you are physically here in the US or not since you will be considered a domestic applicant either way. You would just not have in-state status for any public universities unless you established residency.
If you are a top student with great grades, high test scores, and interesting ECs, frankly, you are better off applying from Austria. Because ECs and academic rigor are really important at those schools, you will be doing yourself no favors by uprooting yourself unecssarily and having to start over again, when you are already well into high school.
And have your parents said they would just pick and move to the U.S.? I am not sure how realistic your idea is, to be honest.
Would you be a boarding student at a Private school in the US? How much does that add to your education costs vs how much does it increase your odds?
How would you get a green card, are your parents in the process of getting one through the lottery?
U sure about getting a green card in under a year?
not 100%
Calling prank thread…
That’s kind of like not being 100% pregnant.
Either you have a green card in process, or you’re part of the lottery with no greater odds than anyone else.
And the question about your family moving to the US is a good one-- do they have plans? Or are you going to pick up, land at JFK in New York, and take a cab to midtown to start looking for a hotel?
It seems to me that maybe this needs to be thought out a bit better.
Can you explain a bit more about this? I do have a friend whose parent sent her to the US to live with her aunt after her freshman year. She was also in the process of getting a greencard, but her parents thought it was beneficial have a high school education in the US.
It’s really simple. For most selective US universities, the acceptance rate for an international applicant will be lower than it is for a student who is a US citizen or Permanent Resident.
So, put another way, it will not affect admissions if a US citizen applies from East Podunk High or Ulan Bator High. Similarly, an Austrian student’s chances will not improve simply by graduating from a US HS.
So unless the OP has a green card in hand when the application is sent, moving to the US to finish HS (however that’s going to work) carries no college admission’s benefit.