Best, Brightest and Rejected: Elite Colleges Turn Away Up to 95%

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Walking into Berkeley? Those ‘outstanding’ students had to fight for their slots because international students who were just as, if not even more outstanding turned up to compete for them. International students are not given an equal shot. Not now, probably not ever. We face a far higher academic bar and we pay a hell of a lot more tuition for the privilege (And for us, it really is a privilege) of studying in the United States. What’s more, universities seem to ensure that the vast majority of students are domestic entrants, meaning that international students end up competing viciously against each other for far fewer spots than are offered to US residents.

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<p>Yeah, the NERVE of American public universities to prioritize domestic students. oo</p>

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Could the problem not solely be due to international students, but rather an increase in the number of American students

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<p>The rest of your sentence doesn’t necessarily hold, but the volume of domestic in-State applicants to U.C. has, yes, increased. And apparently increases by the year. </p>

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who happen to be more talented/interesting/capable than their peers?

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<p>No. That’s not “the problem.” They are as talented as last year’s admits, but the fight for fewer spots per applicant pool has intensified. </p>

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Perhaps rather than looking into closing off American universities to the rest of the world, you could look into making sure that your child has a more interesting story to tell and is therefore more competitive and attractive than say, the kid next door?

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<p>Um, you are clueless about “my child.” And that would be children, not “child.” I love it that someone who sports exactly one post and apparently registered for the dubious cause of ranting about the inequities afforded non-Americans doesn’t bother to read anything about the poster being “@'d” to before raving about how supposedly dull my IvyLeague and UCBerkeley-admit children are. </p>

<p>yeah, have a nice day. After you stop feeling entitled and superior. oo</p>