Yes, International was 16% of Class of 2023 vs 13% of admitted Class of 2024. Given the COVID-19 uncertainties, very smart move to reduce relative number of International admits in favor of domestic, full-pay candidates. Regardless of the social politics/optics involved, it is imperative that private elite colleges become more need aware than need blind at this time and likely through the next several years. Nondorf also announced that all UChicago seniors will have an opportunity to enroll in Master’s program at Chicago next year at 50% of normal tuition in case they face uncertainty with job prospects which was awesome to hear. Stanford and many other private colleges have announced hiring freezes, you can bet Harvard’s $40 billion endowment is now $10 billion lower, and many tuition-dependent small LACs are about to face the death spiral.
Fortunately, it seems Nondorf and Zimmer are playing chess instead of some peer schools who are playing checkers.