International Student at US Boarding School--In Which Pool Am I?

International Students
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<p>Hey all, I was wondering whether an international student (no FA needed) attending a US boarding school for HS would be placed in the domestic pool or the international pool at the time his application is read.</p>

<p>Is he evaluated alongside his American classmates, or within the international pool, or alongside other applicants from his home country, or a combination of those three?</p>

<p>How about the specific policies pertaining to international status at the following schools:
Northwestern
UChicago
Georgetown
WUSTL
JHU</p>

<p>Also, would my nationality be a hook if there is currently zero undergraduate from my country at some of the schools?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Nationality might be attractive, but it certainly isn’t a hook. A hook would be if you were a recruited athlete who the head coach wanted.</p>

<p>This student will be in the small-ish pool of international applicants who don’t need any aid and who were educated in the US. Definitely not a US applicant, but also not a true international. For details, it really is OK for you to pick up the phone and have a chat with the admissions office on each campus.</p>