<p>I'm currently a Junior exploring college options.</p>
<p>I will apply for U.S. permanent residency (a.k.a. green card) in late May. At that time, the Gov't will give me a tracking number for my green card application. Most green card processes take about one year. Unfortunately, I will most likely NOT have a green card by the time of college applications, be it early or regular decision/action. </p>
<p>I WILL, however, be a US permanent resident by the time of college matriculation in September 2007.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this situation. Will I be considered an international applicant? What colleges do/don't accept a pending/almost completed green card application as acceptance into the domestic applicant pool??</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I was in your situation...
You will be considered an international student.</p>
<p>You can try to get some letters from your lawyer and etc...
but you will considered an international student.</p>
<p>I have a friend who got his green card a month after he got his decision letters.
He was still considered an international student.</p>
<p>Did you try getting letters from your lawyer or anything?</p>
<p>What schools did you/your friend apply to?</p>
<p>Did any of them consider you a U.S. applicant?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>My friend got rejected almost everywhere except for the UC's (because he was a california resident), USC, and Princeton.</p>
<p>I got into Wellesley, Smith, USC, and the UC's. I got full-ride from my two privates.</p>
<p>Do you have enough money to pay for college?
If you do, you are fine.</p>
<p>None of the schools considered me as an U.S. applicant.
I was just one of the poor, Asian, international applicant. LoL.</p>
<p>Bummer. </p>
<p>Well, if we sold our house or something my family could pay for college, I guess. Congrats on getting into those colleges despite these obstacles. My counselor makes it sounds like there are only 2 possible scenarios:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Green Card/Some colleges take my VIsa and tracking number and wait for my green card: treated as a URM applicant and I can get in anywhere.</p></li>
<li><p>No Green Card: Treated as an international, compete with tons of applicants from East and South Asia, etc. In this case, I would have to give up my dream schools and apply elsewhere. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Right now my top choice is Princeton so I hope that, since they are trying to foster diversity, they will see my URM status and go easy on me and treat me as a U.S. applicant, though that is very unlikely.</p>
<p>If you have enough money to pay for college, being an international doesn't really matter. </p>
<p>If you don't apply for FA, I believe that with high enough stats, you can get in basically anywhere.</p>
<p>If you want FA, you will have to be one astounding kid.</p>
<p>GOOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Just curious, is asian/asian-american even considered URM in US? According to the population census, they comprise only 3-4% of American population, yet their representation at top schools has been disproportionately high (15-20% at Ivies, and much higher at MIT, CalTech and Stanford, the latter two mainly coz of the location I guess). So why should asian-american be regarded as 'under-represented' and get any slack? </p>
<p>I assume you're asian?</p>
<p>Well,</p>
<p>you can be Thai, Fillipino, Vietnamese.. etc to be URM.</p>
<p>I'm not East/South Asian, nor any type of Asia, overrepresented or underrepresented. I'm Colombian, "hispanic" if you must, so I would be a URM.</p>
<p>yes...you would be.</p>