<p>Do you still apply as international?
cause that kinda doesn't make sense..
I think even some of the largest universities
only take like a couple hundred international
students a year</p>
<p>I just looked up one top university's policy, and they base citizenship on where you attend school, so I guess you wouldn't be international there. But I don't know about all the different school policies.</p>
<p>In nearly all cases, your application status is based on your residency status. If your are a permanent resident you fall under the same application procedure as US students. if you are not a permanent resident you will be treated as any other international applicant applying from another country. Yoy can't get federal aid, you generally can't apply ED or EA , you are often subject to a quota etc.. I don't know of any top schools that have a different policy.</p>
<p>International status is (almost always) based on the student's visa status. If you hold a non-US passport but not a US Permanent Resident, you're international. It's not based on where you are living or attending at the moment.</p>
<p>A good friend spent the last 6 years at a US school but was considered sn international by every school. Internationals cost the schools more because they are not entitled to Federal money.</p>