<p>I am a International Student, even though I have studied here in the us for about 8 years now. I am going to be regarded as an international student. So how do you guys think I will compare against other international students? Will they favor me because I have studied in US High schools? Or it does not really matter? </p>
<p>About me:</p>
<p>ACT: Going to take it
GPA: 3.6 (I am an IB student taking the full blown IB Diploma thingy, but I know my gpa is BAAAADD)
Extracurricular: Founder and president of CODE club, Ice hockey, karate(Black Belt), handball, Archaeology Club, Science team, etc...</p>
<p>Special Skill: I am a pretty decent Programmer, I know about a dozen languages (programming), I have created several apps and web applications, and done a few hackathons and internships related to computer science.</p>
<p>I do not have that many colleges in mind, but I am going to pick some reach and some that I will get into. Here is a half finished list going from hardest to not so hard.</p>
<p>Stanford
MIT
Carnige Mellon
Cornell
Virginia Tech
UMD College Park
Penn state
UC Davis</p>
<p>THANKS!!!!!</p>
<p>International student or not, you’re still going to have to pay the normal price at the private universities you listed, and depending on your “resident” state, you’ll need to pay out-of-state tuition too.
Since you’re still not a green card holder after 8 years of being there, one can only deduce that you’ve been in the US illegally this whole time. Regardless, even if you’re considered an international student, you won’t need to apply for a student visa like most would traditionally do, which makes you quite lucky! I don’t know your exact situation, so I can’t say much but… I’d settle thewhole residency thing as soon as possible if I were you.</p>
<p>Regarding the schools, I hate to say it but all of them are reaches to low reaches. Take the SAT or ACT soon so we can have a better idea. Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>I have an H4 visa and I am Asian.</p>
<p>I’m also an international student, and soon-to-be US permanent resident, so I got familiarized with some of the visa classes. If I’m not mistaken the “H1” category is temporary work, right? I can’t really recall the time limit, but I think it’s less than 8 years. Regardless, I retract my comment on being illegal, sorry. Under the H visa, I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to study, albeit with international status.
My other comments still remain though. If your parent(s) manage to change their status or visa to an immigrant one with indefinite stay or even a permanent residency, you’ll automatically be entitled to federal aid, which will help you out beyond belief. For now though, I’d go with something a bit more in reach, like a public in-state university, or maybe even a community college (after which, you can transfer once you’ve settled the whole immigration thing.)</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation. Can anyone elaborate on how we will be viewed, competing against other internationals. Internationals already have a disadvantage, right? (And then Asian internationals, perfect)</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard around the forum and other sources, most admission departments compare us to others from the SAME country we’re coming from, and not from the general international applicant pool. That’s a relief! Hahahaha. Unless you’re from the 2400 factory countries, then… Yeah, you’re up against some tough competition!</p>
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<p>Some states grant in-state tuition to their public universities to students who graduated from a HS in the state. Chk w your state to see if this applies to u.</p>