Hi everyone,
I am currently studying in Middle East Technical University (best univ. in Turkey).I have dual citizenship both usa and turkey.I want to move to Usa.What are my chances?What I need to do?Also, I haven’t finished any classes(my first year), and I was born in Ohio, but what about residency?
Please guys, I need your help.I need to know.
Residency might depend on whether or not you’ve lived there for at least 12 months prior.
I’ve lived there more than 6 years but it was long time ago, Still valid?
These are all just best guesses here, no insider knowledge.
No offense meant, but from some of the grammar in your posts, I’d guess that you don’t quite have native Amertican fluency. Your English is great, but there are very minor flaws that lead me to that conclusion. Either that or you really didn’t proof read.
If you don’t have native fluency, I’d guess that you are better off applying as an international student. There would be TOEFL requirements, but you wouldn’t get dinged nearly as harshly for those minor flaws as you would applying as a state side applicant who would be expected to have perfect English.
Since you are already enrolled at a university, although you haven’t received any grades yet, I’d also guess you’d have to fulfill the transfer student requirements too.
I suggest you utilize OSU’s website & look into the requirements to apply as an International Transfer Student. One easy search & this page came up for me: http://undergrad.osu.edu/international/admissions-criteria.html
Then once you’ve armed yourself with basic information and have answered all of your own questions that can be answered from just reading their posted information there, follow up with a phone call or email to clarify unanswered questions that apply to your specific situation.
Good luck!
You’re absolutely right.My English is not as good as u, because I am living outside more than 10 years.My TOEFL score is 105(still valid), and I can take it again if it is necessary.Actually, all courses in my university education are in English.(You are an international applicant if you are NOT a U.S. citizen or immigrant)taken from apply.osu.edu.
After this semester, I’ll have taken more than 30 credits.
Thank you my friends for all answers.And, sorry for my English 
No need to apologize for your English.
Consider writing things out in a word processor first (such as MS Word) and then making your post. It will look a lot better and you are sure to get more credibility.
I moved to the U.S. in 2012, from Syria. I am a senior now, applied to Ohio State. Hopefully I get in, I have good G.P.A., test scores, EC’s, and I am completely fluent in both Arabic and English. Can’t wait to hear the decision. Good luck everyone!
@amonistlin: you’re an internationally- educated American citizen. Therefore you don’t have residency anywhere.
You only have residency where your parents have lived and paid taxes for at least 12 months. Some states allow you to establish residency if you move there, get a job, and work there for a full year without taking more than half time in college (so, about 6 credits per semester tops), but not all states do. (It’s possible in NYS but not in CA, for instance. Utah and Missouri on the other hand encourage it.)
Email tOSU’s undergraduate admissions office and ask
If you use CommonApp, it’s simple, the application adjusts to international schools.
If you’re intent on sticking to Ohio, you’re lucky because the State has LOTS of excellent universities: beside tOSU, apply to University of Miami-Ohio, Kenyon, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve, UDayton, UToledo, JohnCarroll, Otterbein, Wittenberg, Wooster. Email each of them with the above questions and HURRY. Some deadlines were today already (for freshmen).
Note that freshmen get the best scholarships and financial aid, so that, if you’re not full pay, you’d probably be better off applying at universities that consider you a freshman, BUT deadlines are much earlier than for transfers.