<p>thedreamusc:</p>
<p>I am an international student at a U.S. college right now. Last year, when I was applying to colleges, I wondered why the acceptance rates for international students were so much more competitive than for domestic students. As an example, last year's admit rate for Yale for U.S. citizens was around 7%. For internationals, it was around 2.5%. For UC Berkeley, the admit rate for U.S. citizens was 25%. Internationals: less than 10%. This trend is true for most competitive colleges, including MIT, CalTech, Stanford, and all of the Ivies. As you can see, U.S. colleges have quotas for admitting international students and colleges want to limit the international student body at like 7%, 10%, etc. depending on different colleges. My point: the increase in numbers of international applicants to U.S. colleges will make it more difficult for international students to get acceptance, but won't directly influence the domestic applicants.</p>