Acceptance Rates for International Students

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<p>Hi there. i am a Canadian student going into grade 11. I want to apply to pre med at a top 20 pre med school in the states. I visited some websites of some top univ. and the acceptance rates hover around 10-20 percent. However this is for all students from the US as well as international</p>

<p>With that being said, does anyone know the acceptance rates for just international students to top univ. like the Ivy League, my preferred school John Hopkins and others?</p>

<p>This information would be really helpful. Hopefully its not that much of a drop from the overall acceptance rates.</p>

<p>thanks guys!</p>

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<p>I don't know if those stats are released; the international acceptance rate will likely be lower than the overall rate though.</p>

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<p>A few colleges release those numbers. (You can use Peterson's College Search for International Students to find some.) Usually the international acceptance rate is about half of the overall acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>Here are a few numbers I found. The format is overall admission rate, domestic admission rate, international admission rate.</p>

<p>Universities
Harvard: 9% 9% 5%
MIT: 12% 14% 4%
John Hopkins: 24% 25% 12%
Emory: 27% 27% 28%
NYU: 37% 38% 28%
BU: 58% 60% 39%</p>

<p>LACs
Williams: 17% 19% 9%
Swarthmore: 17% 19% 6%
Haverford: 25% 26% 12%
Colby: 31% 35% 14%
Bryn Mawr: 45% 52% 12%</p>

<p>And the college with the largest difference between domestic and international admission rates I am aware of:
Berea: 28% 40% 4%</p>

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<p>It depends on whether you need aid or not for some colleges.. which can be a huge difference between getting in and rejected..</p>

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<p>well i hear some colleges like harvard doesnt lower ur acceptance chances just coz u need money. however , the majority of them do.</p>

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<p>barium. Could you tell me where you got those stats?</p>

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<p>Kowloon, go to Search</a> for Colleges and Universities, Graduate Schools, Online Degree, Private Schools - Peterson's I think b@r!um found the stats there, but I haven't checked.</p>

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<p>Thanks, skunk!
Peterson reports the total number of applicants and accepted students for each college, and the number of international applicants and international acceptants for a few colleges. I used those number to calculate the percentages. If Peterson's has admission statistics for international students, you can find them via the College Search for International Students.</p>

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<p>awesome! thnx skunk (and b@r!um)</p>

<p>PS: wow b@r!um. How can you gather so much data? especially on obscure colleges such as Berea?</p>

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<p>^^ I believe Berea is quite popular among international students. Especially b'coz they don't expect you to pay anything.:) Very hard to get in though.</p>

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<p>.... if you are an international student, you can't attend a medical school in US. I mean it's not impossible, but less than probably 1% of international student applicants can get into US med. school.</p>

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<p>niceshrp, do you have a source for that number?</p>

<p>I have been under the impression the biggest obstacle is funding. I would be curious how many foreign students apply to US med schools with enough money in the bank and are willing to go to an average med school (and not just the uber-competitive ones: Harvard Med etc). I would assume that those students, if they exist, would have a fair chance of getting into med school.</p>

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<p>I have a Canadian friend going to Brown PLME, and he said the acceptance rate for international students who don’t need financial aid is about the same as the domestic acceptance rate. The problem is, they’re need blind for domestic applicants and not for internationals, so applying for financial aid as an international student can dramatically decrease your chances of admission.</p>

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<p>Another major factor is that many medical schools (or at least the public ones; not too sure about the private schools) simply will not accept applications from non-American citizens/permanent residents. One website I read said that only about 50 schools will consider international applicants out of about 125 schools in the US (International</a> Students)</p>

<p>Funding-wise, I've been told that some schools require internationals to show that they have the money for all 4 years of tuition when they apply - something that most people are unable to do, when considering that one year of tuition is usually around $60 000USD.</p>