<p>Does nationality is a factor during admission process to a graduate (or not) school/college?</p>
<p>Being italian, have I got (satisfying the requirements obviously) more chances than someone applying from a nation with hundreds of applicants?</p>
<p>Nationality is a factor. Diversity matters. Applying as a citizen of a country no one ever heard of will help you considerably.</p>
<p>At undergrad it is. There are only so many places a uni can/will give to internationals and it helps to say “our students come from X countries” where the X is a large number rather than a small number.</p>
<p>As for grad school…I’m more skeptical because it’s left to the profs in the Departments to decide. But I doubt it will hurt so it can’t be a bad thing (:</p>
<p>Damn. That… sucks.</p>
<p>Many of my Italian client’s kids apply to American schools, no shortage of interest from Italy’s wealthy.</p>
<p>“Many of my Italian client’s kids apply to American schools, no shortage of interest from Italy’s wealthy.”</p>
<p>I think you’re quite right but that’s the trend in Management, MBA and linked programs.</p>
<p>I won’t be sure about the same in Engineering and Sciences degrees.</p>
<p>For graduate school, it is unlikely that Italian nationality would be a factor either for or against your admission.</p>
<p>The important factors in graduate school admission include:
Your undergraduate courses and the grades that you earned in those courses
Letters of recommendation from your professors
Your GRE scores
Your statement of purpose
Any research or publications that you did while an undergraduate</p>
<p>I don’t know, but most of the Italians I know are applying to top private colleges where what you want to study has little to do with admission.</p>
<p>ghionus -</p>
<p>You may want to take some of your questions to the counselors at the closest office of EducationUSA <a href=“http://www.educationusa.state.gov/centers/[/url]”>http://www.educationusa.state.gov/centers/</a> They have extensive experience helping Italian students find good places to study in the US.</p>
<p>Graduate school admissions and undergraduate admissions are two very different things. What exactly is your field of study, and what degree do you want to pursue in the US? Perhaps I misunderstood your original post. I thought that you were looking for an M.S. or Ph.D. program.</p>
<p>Yes, thank you, I’m looking for an Aerospace Master of Science in Engineering… By now I’m in Italy attending my Bachelor in the same field.</p>
<p>hmm, just curious, but how exactly am i classified when i apply? i am an asian, but i am going to complete my junior college )grade 11 and 12)equivalent in europe. As in, would i be classfied as applying from europe or asia? i heard that universities classify you under the country that you applied from - meaning the country where you completed your studies.</p>
<p>Of course it matters.If you are Asian,is so much harder to get in than if you are from … Democratic Repbulic of Congo !</p>
<p>How unjust!! :(</p>
<p>OK, Asian factor is understandable, but what about such country like Latvia? Do I have more chances than, for example, French?</p>
<p>@ghoinus: have you checked out TU Delft? If you’re not looking specifically at US unis, this might be a great option for Aerospace Engineering!</p>
<p>Oh and keep in mind, those applying to US colleges, the more under represented a country is in the applicant pool, the less likely colleges are to accept more than 1 student from those countries. E.g., Middlebury might take 10 Chinese but only 1-2 from Latvia…watch out for competition!</p>
<p>what about if you are half-half, as in you’re from two countries, does this hurt/help you in any way?</p>
<p>aww man…that just sucks big time…^^so if your from like 2 different countries? im like part hong konger, taiwanese, singaporean…although they are all still chinese…</p>
<p>Depends on which half-half you are; if you’re like erm India and Singapore that probably won’t help.</p>
<p>Basically, if you’re one of very very few qualified from your country to apply then it helps. If your country is full of applicants it becomes more competitive. Everything else it probably doesn’t hurt/help you much within the international student pool.</p>
<p>One thing I’ve been wondering about on this topic: are Vietnamese and other Southeast Asians lumped into the Chinese category? If so, that is so cruel.</p>