<p>I was referring now with the common app being used by almost all top schools, because I have not seen any recent numbers. If the increase was primarily due to domestic applicants, then there would have been similar increases across the board at all schools, especially those offering merit aid. The giant increases have been to internationally known schools which lead me to believe that a good percentage of the increase is due to foreign applicants.</p>
<p>When I am talking about international quotas, my point is that I do not believe that they are completely need blind, nor do I believe that they do not have quotas. When I was evaluating college applicants for an enrichment program, I knew immediately race and income by going through the application, even though the information was not disclosed on the forms that I was reading., ex, Tanika for first name, I do not even have to go down and read the clubs the person is involved with to figure race. The numbers are too precise every year, at all schools to believe that they are just targets. It is the same with financial aid, all files do not go to FA office as equal. They are separated into groups, tier A (you get best package because they absolutely want you), tier B, and tier C. All these colleges are private institutions they do anything they want and nobody can say or do anything. Watch how the lawsuit brought by the Asian student who sued Yale or Princeton is going to go down in flames.</p>