fascinating international admissions info

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<p>Matt McGann of MIT has posted links to some fascinating info on international admissions in his blog here:
<a href="http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/07/international_c.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/07/international_c.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>It was interesting to learn that Mount Holyoke was #2 in total dollars awarded to international students! </p>

<p>Here is the top 20 list linked in Matt's post along with total aid awarded to internationals:</p>

<p>Harvard College $16,040,000
Mount Holyoke College $9,965,568
MIT $8,628,074
Yale University $7,072,947
Penn $7,023,134
Princeton University $7,001,400
Middlebury College $6,625,464
Macalester College $5,658,194
Cornell University $5,500,000
Stanford University $5,316,768
Oberlin College $4,906,710
Colby College $4,781,112
Drexel University $4,628,310
Dartmouth College $4,576,777
Colgate University $4,405,382
U of Southern California $4,387,277
Wellesley College $4,194,070
U of Texas at Austin $4,060,000
Vassar College $3,926,963</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke is much smaller than the other schools at the top of the list--Harvard, MIT, Yale, Penn, or Princeton (and its endowment is smaller as well)--so it's interesting that MHC places such a high priority on international admissions.</p>

<p>17% of the MHC student body is international. According to their website, their tradition of international students goes back a long way.</p>

<p>My image of MHC is definitely changing--between their 140 Frances Perkins scholars (non-traditional age) and their 400 foreign students, it's a very different and far more diverse place than I would have imagined.</p>

<p>As Matt McGann of MIT says: MHC's "support of international students is perhaps the most impressive of all American colleges."</p>

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<p>On that chart I think the best number is to see what % of INT'L students receive aid:</p>

<p>Here is a list of schools where 90%+ International students receive Financial Aid:</p>

<p>Bard College
College of Wooster
Illinois Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Lafayette College
Ithaca College
Abilene Christian University
Goshen College
Knox College
Macalester College
Washington & Lee University
Denison University
Vassar College
Colby College
Grinnell College
University of Wisconsin:Superior
Elmira College
Liberty University
Hamilton College
Mount Holyoke College
Lawrence University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Calvin College
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Concordia College:Moorhead
Canisius College
Kenyon College
University of the Ozarks
Polytechnic University
Lake Forest College
Berea College</p>

<p>Here is a list of schools where less than 25% of International students receive aid (ie if you can pay, we'll admit you - thanks for the money):</p>

<p>Boston University
Temple University
Ohio State University:Columbus
Northeastern University
University of Southern California
University of Chicago
University of California:Los Angeles
University of Texas:El Paso
Duke University
Cornell University
George Washington University</p>

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<p>I think we need to put all of these numbers into perspective. </p>

<p>While most schools are not need blind when it comes to international students, many of the schools on the OP's list will meet 100% of
their demonstrated need if they are admitted. </p>

<p>the common data set will link the # of students to $$ to give you a fuller picture</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=76444&page=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=76444&page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Even a school like MIT which gives $8,628,074 (is this probably annually and includes the entire international student population not simply freshmen) </p>

<p>Matt also states that at MIT, there is a ~ a 4% admission rate for international students.</p>

<p>IF you look at MIT's comon data set for the year 2005-06</p>

<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2006/b.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2006/b.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>the total number of international students enrolled is 306
92 are in the most recent freshman class.</p>

<p>Out of the 306 students, according to Matt's blog, 261 ~ 85% of the international student population is receiving some form of aid. this does not count many of the other 44 unaided students come in with full scholarships from their countries or generous large corporations for which MIT may be still funding at some level.</p>

<p>For schools which have common data sets, you will see that as far as international students we are not talking about a lot of students which makes the 90% of all students receiving aid relative.</p>

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<p>The numbers are not suprising. MHC, Macalester, Ohio Wesleyan, Grinnell and the some of the other schools consistently appear in the US News category colleges with highest percentage of international students.</p>