<p>(Couldn’t change the previous post after 15 minutes…)</p>
<p>You should also know that the so called international students who apply to selective universities for undergraduate education include a large portion of kids whose parents were international graduate students who stay for jobs after graduation. These kids may have been in US for many years; been through elementary school/middle school/high school but their visa status (and their parents’) are still in process toward citizenship.</p>