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Not true. International applications are still read as a separate group because foreign applications are not easily compared to American ones. (There’s also a separate quota for international applicants. Most universities do not want more than 10% to 15% of their student body to be international.)</p>
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Difficult to say because these statistics are not being published. I can give you a few numbers I do have, and let you draw your own conclusion from them.</p>
<p>International admission rate of a university that does not award any aid to international students:
UC Berkeley, 14%.</p>
<p>International admission rate of a university where only very needy students are eligible to apply:
Berea College, 2%.</p>
<p>International admission rate of a university which is need-blind and meets full need:
MIT, 2%.</p>
<p>Just how much your financial need would affect your chances of admission cannot be said in general because “need-sensitive” universities can be need-sensitive to various degrees. For example, Mount Holyoke is need-sensitive and only half the size of MIT, but funds more international student on financial aid than MIT does. Cornell is need-sensitive and much bigger than MIT, but only funds one third of the number of international students as MIT does.</p>