It’s almost invariably the second question (after “but what is your budget?”) that people ask “what state are you in?”, because public universities are such a big part of the matching/chancing process. I’m not sure where “the template” is (is it the template in the first post in this thread? is it @ucbalumnus’s tuned version elsewhere in this thread?), but instead of the current bullet point saying
- US domestic (US citizen or permanent resident) or international student (or special status like DACA/dreamer), and state or location of residency
I think there should be TWO bullet points:
- Country of residence:
- State of residence (for US applicants):
… otherwise it just seems to get lost, and if they don’t think to include it in the title (it seems like most don’t), the back-and-forth to find out just adds time and noise.