<p>You’re absolutely right…and I’ll admit I was the culprit who mentioned this. I guess I “assumed” that because the OP had not mentioned anything about applying for financial aid, he/she was able to pay full tuition. In THAT case, then being international (from what I have been told) does help. Colleges do want to increase diversity and will look favorably on int’l students who can pay full fare. I know that ND does, however, turn away a lot of international students because they cannot meet their financial aid needs. </p>
<p>I’ll equivocate, you were right on this one. I’ll be more careful from now on, thanks for calling me out on it.</p>