<p>So recently, Bucknell sent me an e-mail that went out to all international students and I received one, which was interesting since I never thought of myself as an international student. I was born in Norway, so I am a Norwegian citizen, however, my father is from Texas so I am also a US citizen, making me a dual Norwegian-American citizen. But the thing is, I am a resident of the United States and go to high school in North Carolina. I replied to Bucknell's e-mail telling them I didnt think I was an international student but they said that they considered me as one. What I want to know is, will all my colleges consider me international, and how will this affect me in terms of admissions?</p>
<p>Being considered an international student when you actually aren't is VERY BAD, since you'll be put on a very stringent quota, competing against the best from other countries, and you can forget about financial aid.</p>
<p>However, if you're a US citizen/permanent resident, you're not an international student. Period. If you plan on applying to Bucknell you'll need to call their admissions office and get it cleared up, because you are at an extreme disadvantage applying as an international student.</p>
<p>So this is what the Bucknell representative just told me: "Because you are a Dual, and somehow affiliated with a country outside of the US, we consider you International in many areas of the Admissions Office." What does that mean exactly?</p>
<p>Yeah i dont understand why I would be considered International, since I am not going to move back to Norway and live there after college. I have lived in the US for 13 years now (I am 17) and I plan on living in the US permanently.</p>
<p>How did they even know about the dual citizenship? There's usually a box to check for US citizenship and just being born in another country doesn't imply dual citizenship.</p>
<p>uhh...I think that the Bucknell interest form had a box for dual...otherwise I must have filled out something when I visited and I wrote it then...</p>
<p>Doh!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>^^^Why do you think that is bad? I never thought that I would be considered international since I am a permanent US resident, I simply wanted them to know that I am bilingual and I thought it would make me stand out...</p>
<p>I don't think it was bad (my Doh! was a Homer-ism); it's just that it looks like it might not have worked out in your favor this time. It doesn't make any sense to me that they'd treat a dual the same as an international for admittance and financial perspectives. I think you should contact the admissions department of that school and discuss it further with them to find if there are any ramifications because of it. Maybe they won't really count it against you.</p>
<p>Well I wasn't going to apply for financial aid so that wouldnt be a big deal. But I wouldnt want it to mean that I would be held to harder standards in terms of admissions...which was what I was wondering about.</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>being an international is only bad if u plan on applying to HYPS. Everywhere else is pretty much the same. I am a international and I got scholarships to all the normal private schools I applied to.</p>
<p>Well I'm not planning on applying to HYPS, most likely Tufts, Georgetown, and GW and I havent decided about Bucknell, American, and Dickinson...</p>