<p>I am considering boarding school for my senior year, and/or possibly a post-graduate year. I've been snooping around this site for a while, trying to glean what knowledge I can. I have read in a couple places (not specifically here) that boarding school have a certain interest in international applicants. I am currently living in the US, but I was born in Paris and raised in Barcelona. I hold both French and American citizenship. Could I apply as an international student using my French citizenship? Or would it be better to apply as an American citizen?</p>
<p>an international student is someone who doesn’t have a US citizenship, so you are not an international student
and about your saying that schools have an interest in international student: yes, they do because they want a diverse community. however, they does limit the international students from 1 country so they have to pick the best ones, which makes the process even harder than apply as a American student. also, they have a very limited financial aid budged for international student so if you need FA, it will be a HUGE problem
G’luck</p>
<p>I think you can actually apply as either, my friend has duel France and America citizenship and she was considered an international student. Due to your currently living in America though that may not be the case, but you could certainly use it as a small hook. It would only help you in the application process having duel citizenship.</p>
<p>@topsecret-No, they do NOT limit the amount of intl students to one person per country. Your background sounds interesting, to me at least. So why not try at as a domestic student?</p>
<p>if you need any morsel of FA, do NOT apply as an international, it will NOT help you in the very least.</p>
<p>otherwise, if you don’t need FA, i have no idea which one would be beneficial…</p>
<p>@circlemidnight, since I am a international student, I have to read all the time on schools’ websites that they limit the number of international student from one country as if it got too many, they would start their own community and interact less with other domestic students</p>
<p>@barcelonagirl95 </p>
<p>We’ve discovered that some schools count int’l students by residency and other schools count them by nationality (i.e. some schools count Americans citizens residing abroad as int’l and some schools do not.)</p>
<p>You need to check with each school to find out how they determine the status. Emphasizing your int’l credentials may help you with Admissions, but will may hurt your chances of FA.</p>
<p>I was wondering how much of a difference being an international student makes on FA chances. I’m British but may be able to get US citizenship (my dad has it), but it will be quite complicated and time consuming, so not sure if it’s worth it.</p>
<p>^^ um… huge difference between intl and domestic FA. some awesome, tippity toppity schools, like thacher and st andrews don’t even OFFER fa to international students. other schools (great ones) like deerfield say that their FA budget for internationals is extremely limited, and so forth.</p>
<p>the only international student (British, as well) that i know of who got FA was TomTheCat, and he was a legacy (and an incredible applicant)</p>
<p>@topsecret-They do limit the number of students from one country, but it is for geographical reasons. Additionally, they do NOT limit the number of students from one country (e.g. China) to one.</p>