<p>currently a student in an american school that is in dubai right now</p>
<p>i've heard that int'l applicants usually are negatively impacted, but would a pretty (i would assume) under-represented international country be treated any differently?</p>
<p>It really depends on the schools you’re targeting. The very selective schools have a over abundance of qualified international applicants (some schools like HYP have FANTASTIC financial aid for internationals – increasing the competition even more). For these schools, your chances negatively impacted by the sheer numbers of applicants in the international pool.</p>
<p>However, less selective schools actively welcome international applicants if they are able to pay full tuition.</p>
<p>If you have US citizenship or have US Green card, then you’re not considered international and your chances increase across the board.</p>
<p>Hmm, but don’t colleges consider on a country-by-country basis? so for example if i was coming from china it would be different/more difficult?</p>
<p>i really doubt there’s many people applying from dubai though? i don’t think there’s nearly that many who apply from the middle east?</p>
<p>It’s not a country-by-country system it’s all international students together, and there are a LOT of middle east students seeking to study in the U.S.</p>