<p>You are mistaken if you believe that the Ivies and other highly competitive universities and colleges are going to increase the number of nonresident aliens undergraduates admitted to compensate for a drop in the domestic pool in the future. That is simply not going to happen. That number has been capped by most Ivies and institutions such as MIT and Stanford at around 8%. Few of the schools are truly need blind for non-residents. </p>
<p>At the undergraduate level there is simply no incentive for schools to add more internationals. They cost more, they don’t contribute as alumni, most can’t stay in the country. The situation is very dfferent at the graduate school level where international enrollment can exceed 50% at places such as MIT. These students largely pay for themselves through research and often stay in the US. </p>
<p>So, yes you may get to a 2% admission rate for internationals with a limited set of seats and a greater number of applicants. But for US applicants this is definitely the worst it will get.</p>