<p>Is there a quota for international students? Would it be easier for a lets say South African, New Zealand, Australian student to apply?</p>
<p>I can’t speak for all colleges. However, I know that many of the ‘top’ ones have <em>no quotas</em>, yet the % of international students within the student body stays relatively constant year by year… Make of that what you wish.</p>
<p>As above, “quota” is a word that top colleges will not use, yet if the percentage of international students is ~10%, it’s safe to assume that the percentage will not vary much going forward.</p>
<p>As for how it breaks out by country, if your potential college lists the breakout of their student body, you can get a rough estimation of how many will be accepted from a particular country. At Harvard, for example, there are 32 undergraduate Australians, but when you dig deeper, there are at least 12 rowers, netting down to 20 non-recruits, or roughly 5 per year.</p>
<p><a href=“Statistics | Harvard International Office”>Statistics | Harvard International Office;
<p>Of course there are targets. If you want to call them quotas you can. The top schools target about 20% foreign students - virtually all full pay so that is part of it. More importantly all the top schools are realizing the American half century is over and it is time to link up with the rest of the world. There is big money outside the USA so they have to keep up with where the money goes so they can do the big research and have the big names on their boards. How these schools can get every tax break imaginable and then focus on foreigners so much is shameful.</p>
<p>JSMILL1, you’re generalizing.
Where does your statement regarding a 20% target come from? Please link, because I’ve never heard of it.
Most universities don’t even reach 5% international students.
Some universities reach 10%.
The most international school is Mount Holyoke, a women’s college in Massachusetts. WOmen’s colleges tend to be more international than most.</p>