<p>ok i come from hong kong and im a chinese but i hold an australian passport so when i apply do i count as an international student from australia or from hong kong?</p>
<p>Hong Kong, I think -- I'm a UK citizen in India, and I think I count as Indian. Not a hundred percent sure.</p>
<p>If you are an australian citizen you are considered Australian. I am not really sure what you are asking, but if you want to know what will the admission committee see you as, they will see you as who you are! No point worrying about whether you are considered from hong kong or australia. :)</p>
<p>You're in the australian pool. In no way are you compared to other Chinese applicants FROM china.</p>
<p>For some colleges, like MIT, it depends on your country of citizenship. Others like Duke, base it on geography.</p>
<p>Is that true? That would place me in the British pool, then, which would be a huge plus -- it's a million times smaller than the Indian pool! </p>
<p>I imagine it would benefit the OP as well -- the Chinese pool is hugely competitive.</p>
<p>EDIT: Especially for MIT, my top choice. That sounds great.</p>
<p>You are considered by which country your transcripts come from. When applying for financial aid, than itz ur citizenship (i.e. americans abroad can apply for fin aid)</p>
<p>Noldo, I can guarantee you 100% that you're NOT in the Indian pool.
It would complicate the admission process if pools were divised on ethnicity due to matters concerning curriculum rigorousity, curriculum options, EC opportunities, etc...</p>
<p>I'd go with the other sentiment here; i.e. I'd say that both Noldo and jason are in their country of citizenship's pool. (India and Australia) for MIT at least. If you're applying to Harvard I think they do it by the geographic area you've studied in. With the prevalence of different educational systems throughout the world (I'm in the ISC (an Indian) curriculum in the Middle East) I think both ways of classification have their own pitfalls and benefits.</p>
<p>Yeah, my interpretation of MIT's website suggests that it's country-of-citizenship pool, so Britland for me. :) The disadvantage, obviously, would be the conparison of marks/grades/opportunities to students from different education systems or countries (India vs. UK = no competition); the advantage, I suppose, would be the lowered competition for an Asian kid in a less-represented pool.</p>
<p>Regional Admissions Officers? At any rate, I'm just conveying what an alum interviewer said.</p>
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Ditto. I should know, I got in because of geographic region ....</p>
<p>Well I suppose that since colleges are officially looking for diversity, a Western European applicant has better chances to get in than an Asian applicant. I hope so, anyway.</p>
<p>I'm not saying there is a quota; I'm saying that it'll be evaluated first by a regional admissions officer from your area and then transferred to the central committee. Don't suppose it makes a difference anyway, if you're accepted you probably deserve it.</p>
<p>whichever one you have a passport from.</p>