Being a dual national with US citizenship, what advantages do I have while applying to US universities for undergrad?
There are a number of significant advantages to being a dual citizen when it comes to applying to US colleges and universities. At the front end, it will generally help increase the chances for admissionMost schools near the top of the rankings will not enroll more than 10-15 percent of the class who are identified as foreign nationals. To give just one example of what this means look at the acceptance rate of Chinese nationals to the Ivies. For Harvard, Princeton and Yale the typical total number of students offered a spot in between 8 and 15 total. Compare this with the overall number of US students offered a spot and you can see right off the bat that being US citizen is a huge plus (I would be remiss if I did not point out there are some countries a student might be from that would significantly increase her chances of admission-Syria, Somalia, and other countries that might send only a tiny number of students to the US for reasons that should be pretty clear. Schools want to bring in students who will add significant diversity so those who apply from countries in the midst of civil was or live in failed states will stand a better chance that they typical dual citizen from almost any other place).At the back end, there are only about 25 schools in the US that say they are need blind for foreign nationals. There are many more schools that are need blind for US and dual cits. (I will say however that some of the schools that say they are need blind are not quite as transparent about this as they should be. In other words, need blind is not always completely need blind). So for a student who has need, it is better, in most cases, if the student is applying to a highly selective college or university, to be from the US or a dual citizen.On the other hand, (and in the world of admission there is almost always an "On the other hand"), international students who can pay full fees and are decent students stand a much better chance of getting in to many schools that are not ranked near the top than US or Dual citizens who have need. The cost of attending US schools is so high that colleges and universities depend on full paying foreign nationals to keep them from laying people off or in some cases from closing all together. These schools are need aware for their applicant pool and the ability to pay has in many cases dramatically outweighed academic credentials in the decision to offer admission
As an American citizen applying to universities in the US from a high school abroad, do I count as an international student?
As long as you are an American citizen, you are NOT an international student.Here is a definition of an international student; "An individual who is enrolled for credit at an accredited higher education institution in the U.S. on a temporary visa, and who is not an immigrant (permanent resident with an I-51 or Green Card), or an undocumented immigrant, or a refugee."And, if your parents claim taxes in a foreign country, you will be out-of-state student, for sure. Read here; In-State Tuition and State Residency Requirements
Can I transfer my college credits from the US to England?
No. The university system in the UK is set up quite differently to that of the US. While in the US you get credits, and those credits can transfer from one uni to another, the UK has no such credit system. In effect, if you change universities in the UK, you start over from year one. The good thing (if there is one, sorry :cringes: ) is that UK degree courses are only three years long, and in order for a US educated person to qualify to enter one, you must have done one year of university studies in the US. So you have that, at least, to your advantage. You can, and should, contact any UK university to see if they'd be willing to grant you any sort of advanced standing based on the work you've already done at your current university, but it's quite possible that they will not. You'll likely have to begin again at year one. The one exception I can think of might be Richmond University, the American style university in London. Because they're set up like an American university is, perhaps they accept transfer credits? It's certainly worth asking them about. I'll link to them, below, to give you a place to start.
Why do you think Hispanics have disadvantages in the US?
I live in Southern California, where the population consists of 70% Hispanics (mostly Mexican), 20% Blacks, and the rest white and Asian. Our statistics are terrible over here. We have an entire school dedicated for people at risk of dropping out, it's more full than our regular mainstream schools. Teenage pregnancy is at 41% in my area. I don't mean to sound like a hypocrite since I'm also a part of those statistics. I'm a daughter of poor Mexican immigrants and got pregnant at 15. I'm doing much better in school now, but before getting pregnant the counselors threatened to take me to that continuation school where almost everyone ends out anyways. Now my question is, why do Hispanics carry such negative statistics? I don't have anything against single mothers, but there are by far more kids here being raised by single mothers with an absent father. In fact sometimes I have to be cautious when talking about my own dad in order to not offend them. My mother has the same approach as almost all of her friends and my aunts, they all depend on God for choosing their fates. There are many church goers here, but it's such an oxymoron that their children are out having sex. The clubs over here are filled with 13 year olds wearing miniskirts and high heals, don't their strict Hispanic mothers have any say in it? Or do they think that the US is like Mexico? Why don't these mothers teach about birth control instead of preaching abstinence until marriage? They're always talking about education being important, but don't even know how the system works. All most of these women seem to understand is that an A is good and a F is bad. Why do so any Hispanics fail while raising their teenagers? I'm not being racist since I was raised by Mexican parents, but I just want to know what I should do differently than them.
Why the f/ck do native Americans get exlsucive benefits?
READ BEFORE YOU INSULT ME! Ok, i feel sorry for what happened to native Americans ALL those years ago. But, it was their ancestors who had to face the adversities and the troubles, NOT the Native Americans of today. I don't know why they get special treatment. Being conquered, it happens. Every nation has conquered at least one country in their history, weather recorded or not is a different story. Should Macedonia pay benefits to all those countries that Alexander the great conquered? Should France apologize to all those countries Napoleon conquered? We need to leave the past in the past. We should learn about it, that is a MUST. But why must we overlap our past and present together. What happened 300 years ago, does not PERSONALLY effect the Native american people of today. History happened, it was sad. But now we must get over it. Also, what's with if you 1/6 or 1/8 Native ( don't know the exact percentage) you get to go to college for free. So wait. So if you have native down the line, you get to go to college for free, that's just prejudiced. I'm not and AA so some of you can't say, ohhh but black we're enslaved, and they complain all the time. Well, no they don't. My people we're COLONIZED, i don't expect Italy or Spain to apologize to my country, or to give ME benefits, the past is in the past. Also, before America had foreigners coming in. The native Americans we're only using a small % of America's lands. Barely tapping into the rich resources that this country has. Again, it wasn't THEM who experienced the pain. People have been conquered, their lands and people we're pillaged, it happens. Native Americans are NOT special.