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

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In summary, the conversation discusses the difficulty of gaining citizenship in the United States and how it compares to the difficulty of getting accepted into a grad school. It is mentioned that becoming a citizen can take years, but a marriage to a US citizen can make the process easier. However, one person believes it is still harder than getting into grad school.
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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 :)
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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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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