<p>i have quad citizenship, which is very rare. the countries are america, canada, new zealand, and lebanon. How much will this help me on a college application?</p>
<p>Did you do anything for this, or did you just happen to be born in the US to a Lebanese-Canadian and New Zealander? Because honestly, random accidents of birth aren’t going to help you.</p>
<p>It will help you. And thats awesome. If it had any influence on your life, then you could probably write an interesting essay on it.</p>
<p>yeah i mean what do you even call a Lebano-americanadian-New Zeolite?</p>
<p>well… something close to that i guess…</p>
<p>i was born into it except for american, so its not like i really did anything for it, but i think its something that will help me stand out since my gpa is kind of mediocre.</p>
<p>i might write an essay on it or something to play it up</p>
<p>Have a care. Many proud Americans might not be too impressed if you rank another choice as equal or above the American citizenship. For instance, if you proudly feature your love of all things Canadian, then why not go to school there? (Or New Zealand, where your university time would be free of tuition fees?). </p>
<p>I am not an admissions officer – but I know I would be FAR more impressed with other things than who your relations happened to be (which I am assuming is the root of your many nation connections). What are your passions? What do your teachers say about you? What are your standardized test scores? These things can make up for a tepid GPA. </p>
<p>If you have lived in or traveled in these other lands that could be interesting – but, still, have a care. You don’t want to sound like a spoiled jet setter or a cheap tourist with a long checklist. You want to sound like someone who has studied and integrated several cultures with some care and respect. </p>
<p>So, go be charming!</p>
<p>thanks olymom, Ill take care with it, its just that its so rare i want to make sure i take advantage of it</p>
<p>If the essay is good, then it might help. But good essays are usually pretty good. I’m not sure it’ll be any help unless you can bring in something to the college that distinguishes you from someone who only has one citizenship. Have you lived in or visited these countries?</p>
<p>i was born in new zealand and lived there through lower school, and that has had a huge impact on me of course; i have visited the others and have relatives there</p>
<p>Colleges and universities will be able to count you as part of their statistics on “international and dual citizenship” if they care about that. Some won’t, some will.</p>
<p>For financial aid, the only thing that matters in the US is that you have US citizenship.</p>
<p>Growing up in one country with family in other countries and learning to balance multiple loyalties to various languages, cultures, and nations is invaluable - in the true sense of being something that cannot be evaluated by any normal methodology. You have the raw material for a compelling essay.</p>
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<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>I have four as well:
British (born in UK to British parents
Israeli (acquired as Jew under Law of Return)
German (reclaimed/naturalised by descent
Irish (by descent from mother born in Northern Ireland)</p>
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<p>Not much. There’s nothing inherently valuable about having citizenship in four nations. It certainly doesn’t meet any college’s institutional needs. Colleges need wealthy donors, and they need basketball players, but they don’t particularly need dual (or multiple citizens).</p>
<p>If having citizenship in all these countries has made you an interesting cosmopolite, that could help you. If you’ve lived abroad, and you have a more global worldview than most American 18-year-olds, and you speak French and Arabic as well as English, that’s something significant. But it’s not beneficial to colleges in any way that you could get a Lebanese passport if you wanted one.</p>
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<p>I think you have this totally backwards. You’re applying to colleges. Essentially, you’re applying for the job of being a college student. The single most important part of your application will be your prior experience as a student. If your GPA is mediocre, your multiple citizenship won’t get you into a better college than you’d get into otherwise.</p>