Permanent Residency increases chances of admit?

Thats a little different though... thats a visa squeeze - not entirely the same as not being admitted because you are on an h1.... which i think is just bollocks.

I was commenting at this snippet from the original post. In my mind, it is a valid concern.

ah, fair enough. i stand corrected.

Ditto.

I am not so sure. My initial post was based on an article about graduates from McCombs having to forgo their job offers because of lack of H1Bs. In fact, the author of the article suggested that schools see it as a potential deterrent for international students from coming to the US for their MBA.

There is a current thread on this forum echoing the following comments from the Kellogg web site.

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=49477

"International students who wish to work in the United States should understand that few positions are available for people without a permanent work visa. Most U.S. firms are not in a position to hire a person who has only a training period remaining on a student visa. "

I am not saying that all international students will be rejected nor am I endorsing that the post MBA pay structure will be different. I am only opining that when everything is equal between 2 candidates of the same origin(say Indian), an Indian who is also a GC holder will have an advantage over an Indian who does not have a GC.

That's not correct. Schools have certain diversity targets and I know a 580 GMAT getting into Stanford simply because he was an Afghan citizen and they need diversity in their classes. There is no way that a school would prefer local students but the vice versa could be the case.

Thanks

I don't think it could be a visa issue, but I could see someone from an ultra-competitive demographic benefitting by becoming a PR. In that instance, he would be considered a member of a different group for purposes diversity.