<p>I'm having trouble understanding how I should apply to college in the US. I live in france and have been attending french schools most of my life (except 3rd and 4th grade in the us) and I have just finished my junior year here. I have dual-citizenship ( french and american) and am billingual orally, but I've hardly ever written in english which would result in bad english sat scores. Basically I'm a english speaking french kid with amercian citizenship. Now the question is, should I apply like an international student and take the TOEFL or should I apply like a us resident with the no so good cr and cw scores ?
Any help would be welcomed :).</p>
<p>1) Apply as US citizen - greater admissions chances
2) Based on your post, you don’t seem to have any trouble with English. Study some, and you will probably do just as well on the SAT as any other US applicant.</p>
<p>Apply as a US citizen (greater admissions chances + better financial aid), check with colleges if they want you to take the TOEFL since you’ve been French-educated, and then put down somewhere on your essays or ‘additional info’ section that you’ve lived in France all your life; even though your English seems perfectly fine that may give you extra bonus points for it (:</p>
<p>OP, you are in the best of both worlds - the advantage of having lived in a different culture from the masses of US-based applicants (easier to make yourself stand out) and without the disadvantage of actually applying as an international student. </p>
<p>Of course, good scores/transcripts etc are still the most important.</p>