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@lookingforward Big Thanks for you advices. It’s my mistake that I getting them now and not 3 or 5 years ago. But 3 years ago I didn’t know at all what phrase Ivy League mean. Probably kind of ivy forest I guess )). When near 18 month ago my son first time spoke with me about Harvard I laughed at him. I told: “Forget. That is impossible”. I pushed him to enforce learning of German and apply to ETH and best German universities. But my boy is extremely stubborn. He don’t listening to anybody ))). And now I believe that he can.
Unfortunately only several weeks ago I started to clarify all this various requirements for US admission. So huge difference with my own experience. When 20 years ago I entered my institute I just passed three entrance examination. If you get 13/15 or more you are in, if not so not. That’s all, nothing else matter.
I afraid now we can’t do much to enforce his application. Deadline for RD is 1-2 Jan, too late to start some new activity. He can’t change past and he haven’t some another life to present it to admissions. But what he can is to go forward and don’t give up. And that what my son really can do.

Can i just go off topic here real quick and say that people do not use multiple parentheses to express their emotions in English the way they do in Russian. There are emojis for that. It just really bothers me when people do that. In either language but especially in English. Ok rant over thanks

No, it’s a violation of Terms of Service. Plus, it’s pedantic.

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" I pushed him to enforce learning of German and apply to ETH and best German universities."

This is a good plan and much more realistic than counting on admissions to the Ivy League colleges in America. Keep the idea as a backup plan.

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As for me that plan not so good. It is more reliable, but not good. Now it doesn’t work because my son already doing his best, and I don’t want to hurt him by requirement to do something over human abilities. And end of May when he will finish his IB exams will be too late even for superintensive study of German. Deadline of ETH for providing C1 level certificate is 15 June. So will be need to loose one year only for language study.
We backuping by applications to different universities in different countries.

Please help me with one more clarification. Phrase “out-of-state applicant”, for example in relation to scholarship availability. Does it mean anybody from any country, or only US citizen from another state?

Many state universities (e.g. University of California system) will only offer financial aid to residents of its state because the school is supported by tax money collected by that state. There may also be preferences for state residents for limited merit scholarships. You have to research by university, by scholarship to see if your child is eligible for any type of scholarship or aid.

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@Alezzz It depends on the college. Check each website for scholarships available to international students. (For example, UAH has a webpage explaining that out-of-state scholarships are also available to internationals.)

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Thank you, that’s all I already know. Can you please just clarify for me in which sense US universities usually using phrase “out-of-state applicant”? Just common practice. Does usually they mean US citizen or international?

It means that the person is a resident of the United States, but not the state of the college in question. There may be further restrictions based upon citizenship, but then you’re getting into specifics,which can vary.

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It usually means anyone not defined as a resident of the state for tuition purposes (note that these definitions could vary). International students would be a subset of out-of-state students. Sometimes, the context indicates that only domestic out-of-state students are included, or “domestic” may be explicitly added to the description.

“Domestic” typically means US citizens and permanent residents. Note that a US citizen living outside the US would be a domestic student, but normally out-of-state for all state universities.

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