It may be school by school. Rather than hope someone lurks, why don’t you contact admissions via email at each school of interest to ask.
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Read this. It is pretty clear what U.S. citizens do…and it’s from the common app website.
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When I doubt…ask at the college level…but these come from the common app website.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert on this!
Here are a couple of key sentences:
Your citizenship determines whether or not you are considered an international applicant in the Common App.
And this:
Regarding application fees:
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Schools decide if international applicants pay the same fee as domestic applicants, or if they must pay a different fee amount
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If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you pay the domestic application fee (if a fee is required)
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If you are NOT a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you pay the international application fee (if a fee is required)
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Afaik residency, rather than citizenship, determines tuition fees for UK schools - but Americans, regardless of where they live, pay the US fee (if there’s one).
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It is @PresCarsonTulsa
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And this might help you too.
How do I contact someone with the Common App?
You can reach us at appsupport@commonapp.net to ask questions, offer suggestions, and share thoughts on how we can support you and help you navigate the college application process during these crises.
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The common app link above says :
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If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you pay the domestic application fee (if a fee is required)
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If you are NOT a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you pay the international application fee (if a fee is required)
What is your source for saying place of current location rather than citizen/LPR status determines the application fee?
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You might check to see if there is a list of schools that give merit aid to IB students. I know Nebraska does.
Yes, lurking here. How can I help?
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The poster has a student who is a U.S. citizen living abroad, and wonders if they pay the domestic or international application fee. They asked if there was anyone in college admin who could answer about their college.
We have told this poster that U.S. citizens pay the domestic fee…
What happens at your college?
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Thanks @thumper1
At Tulsa, this student would pay the domestic fee. Brad
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Thank you everyone! We will pay domestic fee.
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My delay in answering your question is because I actually asked EduUSA, a US Consulate’s arm, in my country. They finally sent me a reply. It says “unless the US applicant satisfies the residency requirements for that state, the student is still subject to international application fees.”
To be safe, perhaps the student should reach out to the college he/she is applying to, to confirm.
It is confusing.
With Commonapp, however, I found that it automatically says which fee category we should pay and in this case, it’s a domestic. Better that way than if we have to choose.
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That answer is wrong wrt the application fee - it applies to the tuition fee for public universities, ie., the instate resident vs. Out of state applicant differential, not to the application fee. US citizens who live abroad are almost never “instate” for a public university. However neither OOS nor citizens living internationally have to fall under state residency requirements to avoid being qualified as “international”.
Please reach out to them and see if they can correct this as it is misinformation.
However for private universities and most importantly for the application fee they’re US citizens so automatically fall under “domestic applicant”.
CommonApp does it automatically.
Most universities specify that “international” means “if you need a visa”.
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