Any Internationals asking for FinAid who got in?

[phuriku]

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I disagree. Look, I know US universities are some of the best in the world and I can see why many people, internationals or domestics, want to get in. Private universities tend to favor domestics, ceteris parabus and it’s not any more discriminatory than state-residents at public universities paying less tuition than out-of-state students.

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<p>This comparison would hold better if, say, the UCs suddenly zoomed to be the nation’s top X schools. If this occurred, however, non-California residents would be screaming injustice. Fortunately, private schools tend to hold the titles of the most prestigious universities.</p>

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The U.S. is suffering from a lack of techincal-based graduates and if Harvard wants to admit more Americans, more power to them. I don’t believe that just because many of the best schools are in the U.S. obligates us to accept more internationals because their country doesn’t have schools on-par with Ivy League.

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<p>Even though this argument is interesting, I don’t think it’s entirely relevant. From what I’ve seen, 50-75% of Ivy League (et al.) PhD students are internationals, all of whom are fully funded. This shows that Ivy League (et al.) schools don’t necessarily have a problem with admitting international students as much as they have a problem with losing money due to them.</p>

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If they want to get in, they better work hard and prove that they’ll add to the college (the same as any other applicant).

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<p>The problem here is that many international applicants have amazing accomplishments and still aren’t able to enter into top universities. I think that my friend who ranked in the top 5 in math in Canada would easily place in the top 20% of students at Harvard. Instead, that guy with a sub-1400 SAT got in because he was domestic. My friend dedicated his entire life to academics; what did sub-1400 SAT guy do? Internationals applying for financial aid don’t just have it a bit harder than domestics – admission is almost impossible for them.</p>