<p>I was just wondering what are the increased chances of getting into US schools as a permanent resident (ie with green card) versus getting in as an International student? I'm especially interested in what this might result in within Ivy League Universities (as everyone seems to be).</p>
<p>Anybody know?
Statistics/links are preferred!</p>
<p>At selective colleges, those without US citizenship or a green card have the WORST chances. If you can attain perm res before applying, you’re in a much better position.</p>
<p>say I was an excellent student applying internationally; would I have better or worse chances than an average student applying as a perm res?</p>
<p>Average students don’t get into ivies. I don’t know why you want to go down this line of questioning. You can’t change status can you? International and domestic students aren’t compared. Look at the admissions stats and you will see only a small portion are internationals. There are only limited spots for them. What is the real purpose of such useless question? All students face extreme competition for Ivy admissions.</p>
<p>But I’m a perm resident that went to school in two different countries their entire life (neither being the US). I’m just wondering about my chances compared to other internationals</p>
<p>Also I was unsure exactly how much permanent residency affected application into US universities- clearly it effects it a lot.</p>
<p>What is unclear about my original reply? If you have the option to apply as an international or as a perm resident to competitve US colleges, you’ll ALWAYS do better applying as a perm resident. The slots set aside for internationals is very slim relative to those for citizens and perm residents. Make sense?</p>
<p>Yes it does, I was telling BrownParent why exactly I was asking these ‘dumb questions’</p>