<p>I still kind of don’t understand. So, if someone went abroad from the US to the UK for high school, they would have a more tough job of getting into US colleges since they would be treated as ‘international students’?</p>
<p>From my understanding, yes.</p>
<p>I have a couple of friends who currently attend Harvard University and they portrayed the international kids from China at Harvard to be geniuses. They only choose like 5 kids from China each year, and from what they reported, they either started their own business at age 11 or like won an Asia Youth Olympic Gold medal at age 15. </p>
<p>Now, I think they were over-exaggerating slightly, but you get the gist of things - you have to be pretty darn special to be one of those few chosen students out of a huge pool of competent, smart Chinese kids (or any other ORM).</p>
<p>Now, in international IB schools in Hong Kong, kids did get some decent acceptances in US colleges: UCLA, Cornell, Brown and Purdue were the best acceptances. Its not impossible to get accepted from overseas, but it is marginally more difficult.</p>
<p>Harvard1009, seeing as you currently live in the US and hold a US passport, they will most likely process your application as a domestic one. I don’t think your dual citizenship will matter much.</p>
<p>For the US citizen living abroad, I can say (like AlextheCheesyPoo) that they will still count your application as international. You will pay the international application fee and they will treat you as an international applicant, even if you are a US citizen. I don’t know of anyone who was able to apply as a domestic applicant overseas? So I may be wrong, but I doubt it.</p>
<p>bbbbump…</p>
<p>Hey, I’m Vietnamese !!!
So I have just found out that I have to take the SSAT when applying, and that there is a verbal section that tests our vocabulary.</p>
<p>Now I’m looking for vocabulary lists to memorise from. Could you please suggest me some?</p>
<p>And since I can’t buy a SSAT preparation book in my country, don’t suggest me to get a preparation book or stuff like that.</p>
<p>And I can’t buy one online either. It would take ages until the book arrives and then it’d be too late to prepare :(.</p>
<p>So can you suggest me any [FREE] websites / vocab lists that I can learn from?</p>
<p>I reckon I will be able to cram 1000+ words in my head in two weeks.</p>
<p>So roughly about that.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance !!</p>
<p>1000+ words in one week, that’s quite a project.
i tried but couldn’t find any good websites for ssat vocab only, so you can just memorize some general words for standardized tests, again i strongly suggest you take a look at the prep books like barron’s or princeton review</p>
<p>since we have quite a few int’l students here, i think it’s time to bring out this thread again</p>
<p>As for SSAT vocabs, google “SSAT flashcards” and theres a website with huge lists of SSAT words for you to study from…</p>
<p>I got all my study notes from there =)</p>
<p>P.S.: don’t stress yourself out!! I tried to memorize 200 words in a week but then I gave up…its just impossible for me with all the other work… </p>
<p>Make a reasonable but challenging plan, and make sure you don’t forget the words after a week !! (in the end I just decided 20 words/day for me).</p>
<p>Hi guys. Just asking, does being a citizen other than ORM bring any advantages in applying to Andover, Exeter?</p>
<p>My interviewer said that there are roughly 4 applicants for Exeter this year, all studying at international schools, except me. English-wise, I pretty much lose to them. Academic-wise, no idea…</p>
<p>So I have an International Passport from an URM but I am a green card holder, would that make me domestic? What part of my application would be international since I havn’t been living here all that long? </p>
<p>When DiveAlive said “Ivory Coast” I LOL’d cuz im not from there but its in that general vicinity.</p>
<p>Hoping411, you must be a URM!!!(too bad that I’m from China…, but well I love my country haha)</p>
<p>I’m going to start another thread for 2011 in’t applicants sometime later. I’ll keep bumping this as it might anwer some of my questions…</p>
<p>Anyone needs AID?</p>
<p>I know someone with a US citizenship who applied from an international country, and she was considered an international applicant, listed under that country in the breakdown, and so on. I think they count base it on where you’ve been living and where you apply from.</p>
<p>@gonnastop: by that you mean FA? ME. If I don’t recieve any FA, I won’t go. Then again, my whole nervousness comes from the fact that my chance is very, very slim - almost to none. </p>
<p>I’m from a country famous for its batik lol XD</p>
<p>One of Andover adcoms said that being an international applicant gave drawbacks when it came to FA decision…</p>
<p>Practically having heart attacks right now.</p>
<p>why are you guys being so negative here?
lighten up! if you are confident that the admission officers will feel guilty for not accepting you because you are sooooo good, then what’s there to be worrying about? Remember, there are int’l kids who got into top BS w/ full or substantial amount of aids.</p>
<p>MAddict, I’m really curious about where exactly you’re from. Your country sounds really interesting! (I wish you could learn more about China, too)</p>
<p>exoveerotch: #1: I’m not like “soooo good”.
#2: all the Chinese kids who were offered aid applied BEFORE 2008. That’s when the number of Chinese applicants doubled(tripled). Most schools received 100+ applications from China.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m Chinese, and I learn Chinese quite a lot since my mum is very fluent in that language. I’ve visited your country a couple of times, man. Like Shanghai, Xianggang, Huang Shan, Guangzhou, and such. Your country is AMAZING. and many malls, cheap yet decent quality goods. :D</p>
<p>Country known for being the biggest archipelago in the world and Bali. Starts with an I. (I like making people confused lol)</p>
<p>I know where you’re from :p</p>
<p>^ me too </p>
<p>To everyone:
How much are your countries represented in the schools you have applied to? Around how many applications are you expecting from your country?</p>
<p>0 from my home country w/ a few (under 20 per school I’d say) from the other countries I have citizenship but I’m being classified as domestic I believe seeing as I reside in the US. Before you ask, I won’t post where I’m from otherwise I may as well end the post with my full name.</p>
<p>@BlueRaven1:</p>
<p>I also believe there is 0 from my home country (It would be fun if we end up being from the same country). How many citizenships do you have? - just curious
Yeah, same with me - My identity will be given.</p>