Hi all,
I've decided to re-apply for admission next year (Fall 2014)
However, if I wait one more year (and apply for Fall 2015), I can apply as a permanent resident.
Will this give me a significant advantage at the top stats/biostatistics programs? From looking at school websites it seems like that most students at the top programs are international students (in fact for some programs it seems like a 100% of them are international students).
Are there a substantial number of candidates who are rejected but would have been accepted had they not been international students?
How are these factors discussed in the admission process? Do the faculty openly discuss it? (e.g. when faculty are discussing an applicant, do they say:
"oh candidate X may not have had as many advanced math classes or stellar recommendations as candidate Y, but he is a green card holder (or a US citizen), so let's take him over candidate Y.")
Or is it more subtle?
Thank you!