American citizen but did all of schooling in Canada

[Guest allycat03]

Hi everyone,

 

I am asking for a friend..if you are an American citizen, but all your schooling is in Canada, do American schools see you as a foreign student (and then you have higher standards..I assume), or are you viewed as though you went to an American school?

 

Thanks everyone! I only have experience with Canadian system so I couldn't answer his question!

 

Ally

[Guest moo]

As an American citizen you will be considered as an American who did their schooling in the US. Canadian undergraduate schools are considered the same as US undergraduate colleges.

[Guest allycat03]

Thanks moo, just another thing, does that make it easier for him to get in an American then it would for Canadian school? (He is a permenent resident). From what I see it seems as though American GPA and MCAT scores to be competitive are pretty similar to Canadian schools. I think of 3.8/4 and 32 MCAT to be competitive at Canadian schools, so is it basically the same at American school? Thanks again!

 

Ally

[Guest moo]

Is he a permanent resident of Canada, or the US? If he's a PR of the US then he's got all the rights of a US citizen with regards to applying to US schools. It would probably be harder for him to get into a Canadian school if he's got no Canadian citizenship or PR status simply because most Canadian schools don't even look at people who aren't Canadian citizens.

[Guest allycat03]

Hi Moo,

 

He is a permenent resident of Canada, not of the US. He's been here all his life just born in the US. I was under the impression though that Canadian schools would look at premenent residents?

[Guest moo]

OH, if he's a PR of Canada then that's just the same as being a citizen of Canada. He was born in the US so he's automatically a US citizen, so he's got the best of both worlds.