Does being an immigrant boost your chances in the college admissions process?

thanksagain
Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:19:26 +0000

@"Erin’s Dad"‌ @CaliCash‌ I see. I hadn’t thought of the full-pay bit of it. Would this apply to need-blind schools too?

I was thinking of it boosting your chances more along the lines of diversity. Say, an applicant that checks off Hispanic but is only 1/4 Mexican vs. an applicant that was born in Mexico, immigrated to the US at a young age and is now a citizen. Both applicants would have lived very different lives as URMs.