How International Students Can Begin a U.S. College Search

MYOS1634
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:33:54 +0000

@studious99 : recruiting the best students worldwide means worldwide influence. Soft power is hugely powerful.

Also, American students live on a continent-country that is also economically dominant. They may have no or little understanding of the world, its various cultures, worldviews, etc. In such a situation, it’s easy to be insular without realizing you are.
Sophisticated thinking such as the top colleges expect from their students requires all students to be able to automatically integrate multiple perspectives. International students provide this in spades and top colleges know that admitting only the children of foreign millionaires and princes will not suffice.

Part of it is recognizing talent wherever it is: to get financial aid at a top college, a student has to be at least top1% in their country (more likely top 0.1%.) All internationals on scholarship are superstars.

Finally, the world has become globalized. To function in the 21st century, college graduates need to be used to people from all over the world.