<p>Hey guys! I’m originally from Lahore. Lived there for most of my short life but moved to the UK in 2011. Lived there for a year and a half and then moved to Australia where I have been staying for almost a year.</p>
<p>Now, I’ll be applying to Columbia at the end of this year for ED, will I be going against people applying from Pakistan because I am still a citizen or Australia because I am living here? :/</p>
<p>Any thoughts? Cheers.</p>
<p>FYI, if anyone wants to look at how my stats will be by the end of this year, look at:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1601807-columbia-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1601807-columbia-chances.html</a></p>
<p>They don’t ask about your nationality. That’s usually irrelevant. It’s your background and ethnicity that they factor in when creating a diverse community. For example, I don’t live anywhere. I travel to a different place almost every few months but i’m a pakistani national. BUT on the common app, I’m half turk, half malay because that’s my ethnicity (Mom’s türk dad’s malay).
I hope I didn’t make it more confusing for you.</p>
<p>what i get from dashyfreak’s post is that “going against” in the sense of “context”…</p>
<p>if that is true and what he is asking then all your activities are going to be judged in the context of where u were when u did them… in the sense that your activities in pakistan will be judged along with the people who were in that area at that time…same for uk and aus… they do this to basically see if you did the best you could…coz all places have different opportunities and the top unis what applications to make the best use of all the opportunities presented to them… for example, the range of opportunities present in UK are bound to be different from the ones in pakistan… they will see if you utilized them or not…</p>
<p>since you have actually lived in pakistan you entire life and have moved to uk and aus quite recently, i personally dont think that will have much effect on your app…in the sense it wont add to your “diversity” charm or so to say…u will probably be looked as a Pakistani in aus…nothing more… buts thats not a bad thing per se… pkteens case is different coz from what i gather he travels alot plus his ethnicity looks like a unique combination…</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies guys. And sorry for not replying earlier. To be perfectly honest, I did not except someone to reply!</p>
<p>To clarify my question, yes, I have lived in Pakistan for a long time but when I apply, I’ll have Australian grades, Australian EC’s and Australian recommendations from the past two-ish years. Surely I’ll be more comparable to the OZ applicants, no? </p>
<p>@pkteen, they do ask about the applicants nationality. It is under the Citizenship section and is compulsory to answer. Do you think it doesn’t matter one bit? You travel a lot so I suppose you haven’t lived in one place for long? But, as EarlyAction95 said, you’re different. Not in the bad way obviously!</p>
<p>@EarlyAction95, I completely agree with your second paragraph.</p>
<p>I may have lived in Pakistan most of my life but when I apply at the end of this year, I will have lived abroad for approximately 3 out of the 4 years of high school so I think that’s quite significant. Of course, it won’t change my diversity but will certainly make me stand out quite a bit from other applicants. But I guess you think I’ll be going against Pakistani’s? Sh**.</p>
<p>simply put…
Diversity wise, you will most probably be in the Pakistani group…
EC wise, you will be put into the group according to where and when those ECs took place…they wont compare your ECs against pakistanis who apply from pakistan…they will compare them with those who apply for uk and aus (as thats where they have taken place)
good luck :)</p>
<p>How the hell pakistan have a forum but not afghanistan?</p>
<p>^are you angry? Don’t bomb us for that. Please!!!</p>
<p>^ that is pretty rude o.o</p>
<p>Yo @dashyfreak how did the applications go?</p>