<p>I am a rising senior.
Currently I have an H-4 Visa, which I received in September 2009, and we applied for permanent residency right away. Currently, I-140 is completed, and the I-485 is processing.</p>
<p>Which means I will get a green card, not exactly sure when. 3 months if lucky, 1 year if not.</p>
<p>Now this means I may not be a permanent resident when I apply. </p>
<p>Does this drastically hurt my chances? applying to Ivy League-tier schools, and UC's.</p>
<p>I am a Canadian Citizen, living in California since the 9th grade. Do I get viewed as an international student?</p>
<p>Creepy, I have the exact same situation. Im a canadian too :D</p>
<p>Im not too sure but apparently my immigration lawyer said that someone in the process of getting a green card is considered a permanent resident.
That sorta explains the bubble on the PSAT for ppl who dont have a green card but are in the process of getting one.</p>
<p>Im not sure because my dad asked his lawyer through someone else and blah blah something mightve been lost in translation.</p>
<p>Hahah really? what part of canada are you from?</p>
<p>This is really bothering me though, people are saying I’ll have almost no chance getting into ivy league schools if I am classified as an international.</p>
<p>Mississauga, ON. Hby?</p>
<p>And it is true that your chances of getting into HYPS drop drastically if you’re an international student. Considering that the chances are never that high anyways, you could consider it as ‘no chance’.</p>
<p>How so though? What makes it drop drastically?</p>
<p>Calgary AB</p>
<p>HYPSM has a soft-limit of about 8% maximum of the incoming class for international students no matter how many people apply.</p>
<p>Check with the UC and CalState system. You may be in-state for tuition and fees there because of the length of time you have lived and studied there.</p>
<p>When you actually get to the point of applying, if you do not yet have your green card in your hot little fist, pick up the phone and call each institution to ask them what you should do in your specific case. It is entirely possible that some will consider you international while others won’t depending on the stage your family is in the application process. </p>
<p>Unless you truly hate Canada, you should consider applying to some of the universities there as match/safeties. The tuition and fees are significantly lower than at peer institutions in the US.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>ok, its a 8% maximum true…</p>
<p>Would I be competing with other canadians with my stats? Because in Canada, people apply to HYP, and they get in, although they haven’t done too many EC’s or spectacular things like the kids in the U.S.</p>
<p>Does that mean I’d have an easier time, or is that information false</p>
<p>You are not a permanent resident until you actually have the green card.</p>
<p>For UCs, if you went to a CA high school, you will be treated as in state, but you will not qualify for govt aid until you have the green card.</p>
<p>At private colleges you’re an international.</p>
<p>It’s not easier to get in from Canada. It’s a well represented country sending top colleges lots of applicants.</p>
<p>Im pretty sure canadians arent as discriminated against as say internationals from Asia and like UK.</p>
<p>The are lots of Asians in Canada, and they are Asian internationals too. Discrimination? Quota is more the idea. Private colleges get to socially engineer their classes.</p>
<p>But could you say Canadians don’t as much top type applicants as countries like Japan or Korea, or other extremely strong Asian countries? Or is that false? Just wondering.</p>