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International student populations can be misleading
Yes. Unfortunately for you, you need to be prepared to just accept that you can’t simply look at the
percentage of international students at a certain school and figure out your odds of getting accepted.
Did you know that most colleges have limits on their international student population, usually capped
at around 10%? Rarely will colleges admit to quotas like this, but it’s clear these numbers don’t vary
much year to year. Looking at colleges that have a 20% overall admissions rate for international
students indicates the rate for overseas students will be closer to 5%.
And this smaller percentage doesn’t go into details like you are competing with other international
students from over 80 countries, along with your home country. The numbers show that a college
may get 300 applications from India, for example, and accept only 2 or 3!
Your way around this is to look at the list of schools to which all international students apply, and
pick the less popular colleges because they will not receive as many applications from your
competition.
Rural schools and schools that are not located in the Northeast section of the USA get fewer
applications - this will increase your admission success.
You can see the top 10 national schools that have the largest percentages of international students
below: