<p>should i consider ED, EA, SCEA, or just pursue RD, since there are limited spots for international students in top colleges? </p>
<p>i am an asian female (international under H4), i live in colorado and i want to major in engineering. (i will not be applying for $aid) </p>
<p>THANKS!</p>
<p>Well that depends on which school is your first choice. It would be wise to only apply early to your favorite college and most colleges only have one of those early admissions plans.</p>
<p>hmmm . . . that makes sense
i guess what i want to know is whether or not most international students apply early?
and whether or not RD will be more competitive than early admissions plans for international students?
and . . . is it just a rumor, or do certain colleges only accept a certain number of international students each year?</p>
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is it just a rumor, or do certain colleges only accept a certain number of international students each year?
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All colleges accept only a certain number of international students, just like all colleges accept only a certain number of domestic students as well.</p>
<p>There is a quota for internationals.</p>
<p>Tsubie-chan: No there isn't.</p>
<p>Many schools intentionally try to acecpt only certain numbers of internationals, to maintain diversity, as they do with most other groups. But no schools have hard-capped quotas like "oh, that's #26 int'l, guess we can't let in this IMO triple gold-medallist".</p>
<p>since there IS a somewhat clear percentage/number of internationals accepted, is it to my advantage to apply early?
do most int'l apply early?</p>
<p>I was an H4 and I filed as a domestic student. I don't think it makes a difference. Go ahead and do ED.</p>
<p>I doubt most internationals apply early, considering many of them are not decided to apply in US soon enough to take some tests during junior year, so they have to wait to take all tests and that generally doesn't happen in time for early actions.</p>
<p>I would also guess that intl's who need financial aid, rather apply SCEA/EA, because those one aren't binding and thus allow them to compare financial aid offers from other colleges.</p>
<p>Onlt apply ED if you're not asking for aid. Yes colleges have quotas or it's just the biggest coincidence in the world they keep getting the same number from each country!</p>
<p>collegekid100,
what do you mean?
each school has a quota for each county also? not just for int'ls?</p>
<p>Not that they admit it, but it's logic, they define diversity very consistently. Check the Asian, black and hispanic numbers for any college, they remain virtually unchanged year after year. Private colleges will never let anything dominate that they don't want to dominate.</p>
<p>An international from Africa or Eastern Europe has multipes the chance of any Asian intnl.</p>
<p>Then what about the diversity factor? A kid who comes from a country where never anyone has been admitted has no chance of getting in? It sounds crazy!</p>
<p>No, that is exactly what collegekid is saying. There are a lot of Asian applicants, which decreases the chances of an Asian applicant, since the colleges have more Asian applicants than they 'need'.
If you apply from a region with very little aplicants (Africa, some European countries) your chances will increase, since the adcoms have less applicants to choose from.</p>