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<p>The ones that are need-blind for internationals are indeed extremely selective.
Of the ones on the “Top 25” list I cited above, some are and some aren’t. The most selective ones are Stanford, Penn, Brown, Williams, Swarthmore, and Pomona.</p>
<p>It’s a little hard to tell for sure about the rest, because the Common Data Set files do not break out all the admission and aid details for internationals. For domestic students with good grades and scores (>= 3.5 & 2100), schools like Macalester, Smith and Bates are not extremely selective. Judging from the high percentage of int’ls who get big aid packages, I assume they must not be extremely selective for internationals, either.</p>