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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I was an expat graduate of a mishmash of private American high schools, DOD schools, etc., and found that if anything, this background was a big leg up in college admissions. This was a while ago when perhaps things were less competitive and I was a very good student--but that said, I didn't really have anything otherwise special about me (certainly not in extracurriculars) and got in everywhere I applied from Harvard on down. I joked that my "third culture kid" status basically was my only hook.[/quote] Being an overseas military kid probably gives you a bump similar to being a kid who grows up in a rural state with low numbers at top schools. Probably not a massive hook the way something like recruited athlete is, but it still gives you some edge in terms of geographic diversity and background diversity for these schools.[/quote]
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