<p>monydad, re your question about the Malaysian students:</p>
<p>I’m not an authority, but the story I have heard from engineering students is that the Malaysian government directly sponsors a group of engineering students (largely if not entirely female) to do an accelerated engineering undergraduate program. I believe these students are expected to finish in three years. They are busy–and apparently not just with classwork. They seem to be active in some of the student groups.</p>
<p>100 freshman from TN: I have come across some complaints that it is getting harder to get into VU if you are from TN, due to the interest in diversifying the student body. That is exactly what I hear from MO students trying to get into WUSTL (Wash U St.Louis).</p>