US Citizen Applied as International Student

miwo331
Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:04:47 +0000

Hi CC! My friend is a US citizen who has studied abroad her whole life. This friend assumed this meant she was an international student and she applied as such to multiple US universities. However, she only told me about this yesterday because one of her colleges asked her about it, and I checked to make sure - she should have applied as a domestic applicant. Her question is, should she immediately notify the colleges of this now? This is what I suggested to her but it would help if people with more experience could confirm this. We both understand this will have to be corrected sooner or later - however, there is concern about how this error might look to the colleges. Thank you for your time!