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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It absolutely matters what kind of school they will be attending overseas, and then what schools they will be applying to when they graduate.

If it is in an American school based on US curriculum, (like a DoD school) or an international school that is accredited with an AP program or IB program, or if you work for the federal government or the military, it is very much more likely that you’re considered a US citizen and your home state may be considered “in state”

If you attend a Dutch school, or are sent overseas by a private company, it is more like you are an “international student”, regardless of your citizenship.

Definitely ask at the school you’re considering what students’ college options are like and what they’ve done in the past years with Americans applying to American colleges. [/quote]

+1. Been there, done that as an American who attended HS in NL while my father was attached to NATO SHAPE Tech Ctr near Den Haag for several years. I was considered an in-state MD resident by UMCP and I was considered as OOS US citizen (and not as an International student) by other US universities. [/quote]

Again, as others have posted upthread--an American citizen would not be considered an "international student" because that's a designation tied to citizenship.  But that's not the same thing as saying that admissions officers will consider the student in the same pool as a high school student from the DMV, if that American overseas is studying at a school in a particular country.    And again, it's not like thousands of American universities will have identical practices as to how admissions officers consider Americans at high school in other countries.  
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Above is wrong in my experience. Was not a DoD school. UMCP assigned a Maryland in-state AO to my application, not an International AO, to handle my application. Had an online interview with the AO who made this very clear. Same was what happened for other US colleges I applied to. [/quote]

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