<p>Hello
so this is my second post..</p>
<p>I am in the process of applying to MBA programs, I will conclude my applications hopefully by september... looking to start in the Fall of 2012.</p>
<p>In short I will become an american citizen in the summer of next year (summer 2012). I was born and raised and have a middle eastern nationality. however i graduated from an american university and have been working in the US for 2 years so far</p>
<p>So will i be considered an international applicant? I plan on indicating the fact that I will hold the american citizenship by matriculation on my application.</p>
<p>From your experience, which applicant has the tougher competition: the american or the international?</p>
<p>PS1. I am only interested in the top10 MBA programs (i noticed they are called HYPSM in this forum)</p>
<p>PS2. I wouldn't have asked this question if i didn't see how much people on this forum weigh their ethnicity and origin.. i do not intend to take advantage of my nationality when i apply as no one has control over where they were born! if i will be admitted, i'd rather be admitted because of my merit only!</p>
<p>Where are you from ?? Just curius .</p>
<p>You should put down US resident but non US citizen. Have you submitted your citizenship papers, it may take a while to get all the paperwork in order so your date of gaining citizenship could take longer.</p>
<p>I think the school admissions decide which category you are so it’s out of your control anyways.</p>
<p>@FreedomEagle: لبناني
@cbreeze: no i did not submit my papers, i will be eligible to apply in april, and they should get back to me by late july next year -> within a year i’ll be american, and definitely it will happen before september 2012.</p>
<p>so i ask again - even though i’m not weighing my application on the result - how much of an advantaged/disadvantaged are international students in the application process.</p>
<p>Aha nice , أنا سوري (؛
بالتوفيق ،، آسف ما بقدر أساعدك لأنو ما عندي فكرة عن الموضوع
(؛</p>
<p>Take my opinion with a grain of salt, being a permanent resident of the US is more advantageous than being just an American citizen, which in turn is more advantageous than being an international student without permanent residency in the US.</p>
<p>@IvyPBear
This sounds kind of sad! what makes you say that? what’s the justification behind both comparisons?</p>