<p>Does being an "international" applicant mean that you do not have a green card or does it mean your are not applying within the US? Does being an International Applicant hurt your chances?</p>
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<p>Being an international applicant means that you are not an US citizen or that you do not possess a green card - where you are applying from doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>And honestly, does it matter if being an international student will “hurt your chances” since you can’t change your status anyway?</p>
<p>Being an international can either hurt or help. If you are like the many canadians, indians, east asians, chinese,etc, who apply in their hundreds, and if you in no way differentiate yourselves from these applicants, you will be shafted! (differentiating yourself does not mean going to the embassy and getting a citizenship from papua new guinea!, or so on…)</p>
<p>But if you can use your international upbringing to show your uniqueness and colorful life experiences, you’ll be more attractive to the adcom than americans with stats similar to your’s!</p>
<p>Oh and yeah, MY FIRST POST ON CC!!! YAY!!</p>
<p>Many colleges take into heavy consideration your ability to pay, if you are an international applicant.</p>
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<p>The above does not describe Harvard’s policy. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/international/financial_aid/index.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/international/financial_aid/index.html</a> </p>
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<p>I have to acknowledge that the Harvard admission site is a bit confusing on that point. Most of the section on international admissions refers to the situation “If you are applying from a school outside the United States or Canada” without specifying the student’s citizenship. It is the financial aid page (linked above) that makes clear that for some purposes of United States law, a student is either domestic (has United States citizenship or permanent residence) or is international (does not have a right of permanent residence in the United States). Where you received your secondary education is an issue for evaluating your eligibility for admission, and whether you are a permanent resident of the United States is an issue for how you apply for financial aid (which leads to how you get your visa to be a student in the United States). </p>
<p>Please ask follow-up questions as needed. I’d like to refine my wording above, which is hurried tonight.</p>
<p>^ A very articulate response!</p>
<p>I made a generalization, but I should have taken into consideration that this post was made under “Harvard University”.</p>