Math and economics at Yale

mumbai98
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:26:11 +0000

@arwarw The 100,000 Visa applicants include grad and PhD students as well (which there are quite a lot of). 300 applicants to Brown from India and a slightly higher number for Harvard isn’t something that is surprising given our propensity for chasing brand value over anything else. So I wouldn’t be surprised if Harvard was on the list of around 70 - 80% of all the applicants. Another major reason is that Harvard is need blind. Due to the weak value of rupee, many people cannot afford the entire cost. So seeking aid is a given.

I wouldn’t say that that there are around 4 to 5 thousand applicants for undergraduate studies from Mumbai alone, but around 1 thousand would be somewhat likely. Again, 5 - 6 thousand was a rough estimate. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were around 10,000. 5 - 6 thousand was just a safe bet.