Can becoming a US citizen increase your chances of getting into grad school?

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The discussion revolves around the relationship between becoming a U.S. citizen and the likelihood of gaining admission to graduate school in the United States. Participants explore personal experiences and perceptions regarding the challenges of citizenship versus graduate school acceptance.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants inquire about experiences of individuals who became U.S. citizens to improve their chances of graduate school admission.
  • One participant suggests that obtaining U.S. citizenship may be more challenging than gaining admission to graduate school.
  • Another participant humorously agrees with the previous statement, indicating a shared perception of the difficulty involved.
  • It is proposed that having a straightforward path to citizenship, such as through marriage, could make the process easier.
  • One participant counters the notion that becoming a citizen is hard, stating that it can take years but may be manageable, especially in cases of marriage.

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Participants express differing views on the difficulty of becoming a U.S. citizen compared to getting into graduate school, with no consensus reached on the relative challenges of each process.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include varying personal experiences with the citizenship process and differing definitions of what constitutes "hard" in the context of both citizenship and graduate school admission.

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Do you know anyone that wanted to get into a Grad School into the United States so bad that they became U.S. Citizen and then apply?? And they actually got accepted??
 
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I would venture it's harder to become a US citizen before entering grad school than to actually get admitted :)
 


Ryker said:
I would venture it's harder to become a US citizen before entering grad school than to actually get admitted :)

I actually lol'd that might be true
 


Unless you had an easy way to gain citizenship (like already married to someone who's a citizen), becoming a citizen is probably much harder than getting into grad school.
 


Becoming a citizen is not hard. It takes years. For a marriage, about 3 years you can start applying for citizenship. My friend's sister just got married to her boyfriend. They have been together as lovers for like five years already, and she was a foreigner.
 

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