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Is there a limit to how many international students should be allowed to study in the US? Any at all? Should universities be allowed to completely fill up on these high paying students? Look, no one is advocating zero international students. I’m sure a reasonable limit can be agreed upon and it should be done before this becomes a problem. And it isn’t the only problem or looming problem with regards to admission to elite schools. The author made a generalization that just will not hold at the elite schools. The growth in international students is one reason. The growth in applicants raised by tiger parents (former internationals in most cases) is another reason. Social engineering by admissions offices is another reason. It is going to be harder and harder to get admitted for non-recruited athletes that are also non-unicorns. The percentage of incoming classes to elite universities for recruited athletes will remain fairly constant. The percentage of unicorns will increase. The percentage of internationals to help pay for the social engineering will increase. The number of kids of tiger parents applying for the shrinking remainder will increase. The acceptance rates will continue to plummet and the only kids that make it into that shrinking remainder will be the kids whose parents either play the game or hire a consultant to help them play the game.