<p>im applying ed to cornell and was wondering if international ( came from korea at the age of 2 and lived in america for 15 years) students have a harder time getting in than american students. Is it true that international studnets are competing with stronger applicants around the world?</p>
<p>What’s your citizenship status? Are you a US citizen or a green card holder? Then you’re considered in the much more favorable domestic student pool – not as an international (regardless of your birthplace).</p>
<p>^^ Yep. Your citizenship status affects your admission decision much more than your birthplace. Getting into Cornell as an international student is very difficult.</p>
<p>Im still technically an international student because im still waiting on my green card. I thought cornell was need blind</p>
<p>But i lived here for over 15 years. Would i still be competing with nonamericans. Who would i be competiting with</p>
<p>Need blind just means that your need of financial aid or not isn’t considered as part of the admission decision. Yes Cornell is need blind. But they don’t promise to meet 100% of need for international students.</p>
<p>You should understand that most colleges only allocate about 10 pct of the slots for international students. So you are in a pool with internationals competing for those slots. At many colleges, that means that the admit rate is a lot lower than the published overall admit rate, maybe about half that. But it could be somewhat to your advantage to be educated here and have great english skills. But it really doesn’t matter, you have applied ED and now you need to get all your other applications done as Cornell is a reach college.</p>
<p>‘But i lived here for over 15 years’</p>
<p>Well life isn’t fair. It’s unfortunate, but you will be competing with the international students. If you need aid, you will have to come up with a different strategy in terms of applying. The international application process could be scary if you are completely unfamiliar with it.</p>
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Ask yourself this: why would you expect int’l students to have a better chance of admission than domestic students? Cornell is an American school with the primary mission to educate American students.</p>
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You will be competing against other korean int’l students for a limited number of slots. And what makes u think other applicants around the world are “stronger” than the American ones?</p>
<p>Does anyone have stats on international students, their avg accepted grades etc? I would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Chance me Y’all.
Senior at a catholic school 670 kids. Im the 10th percentile. 94.6 gpa uw APUSH junior AP Physics, AP Calc, AP GOPO senior. 2250 second sitting/ highest (780 math 740 reading 730 writing) math 2c:800 chem:780 </p>
<p>how do you define an international student? - someone who is born in america / american citizen but ended up studying outside america for many years - would that person be considered international student or domestic?</p>
<p>International is anyone without a permanent residency, including immigrants who havent received a green card like me</p>
<p>I’m an international student from India who has lived in the US since I was in 2nd grade, so I was in the same boat as you. I also just got admitted ED to arts and sciences with relatively low stats ( 2150/1400 SAT 33 ACT). They read ur apps with others from ur hs/area even if u are international. In this case, you might have a slight advantage because u are not a “true” international. My advice? Apply early if this is ur top school and don’t apply for financial aid if you can pay your own way. Have amazing extracurriculars that distinguish u from the international pool ( i had 2 research projects). Write essays that prove the u have an unique perspective because of ur experiences. And because ur Asian, try to distinguish urself from the stereotype that asians aren’t good at reading/writing, only math. I had a 640 in math but a 760 in reading and 750 in writing, which i think helped me get in. Being an international student is only a liability if u let it hinder u. Either way, good luck!</p>