^^ @doschicos: While that may be true, HYPSM and many selective colleges have NOT raised their cap for international students, currently around 10% to 12% of an incoming freshman class. So, while the competition for international students at those institutions has certainly increased, it has not translated into MORE international acceptances. The exception being many US state universities, which are balancing their budget on the backs of full-fare paying international students. To wit: University of Illinois Urbana: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/07/u-illinois-growth-number-chinese-students-has-been-dramatic.
But that’s a digression, as we were discussing YIELD, which is the number of admitted students agreeing to matriculate to a college – and that has reached all time highs at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Dartmouth and probably a few other colleges who have yet to report their yield.