<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I know MIT imposes a quota of 10% for internationals on the number of freshmen they accept every year. Which other colleges in America have a similar policy?</p>
<p>Are you sure there is a quote for MIT? Where did you see that?</p>
<p>there is a quota for at all the colleges there .it is sort of not exactly fixed but tentative in range... </p>
<p>Infact for major Countries from which no. of appliacnts is usually high, there is a quota for country also..</p>
<p>they don't officially call it a quota (try asking them and they'll say ABSOLUTELY FALSE). but there is.</p>
<p>as far as i remember, most of the places that top the rankings accept about 7%</p>
<p>Today, Brown visited my school and said they have about 10% internationals, which is likely the quota.</p>
<p>usually hovers around 8%-13%</p>
<p>ya definetely not more than 14% at any top place</p>
<p>For example, Princeton accepts ABOUT 9% non-resident alien. Each university has its own "quota" which is not so strictly determined.</p>
<p>I wonder how many of these int'ls are Early Decision admits...anyone know?</p>
<p>I changed my citizenship to Norwegian from Indian (because of financial reasons. i get $15K per year grant-loan combo from the gov.) Would this make a difference in the sense, would i be under the indian quota (7 per year at Princeton) or under the norwegian/scandinavian "quota"? Btw there are next to zero norwegian citizens applying to princeton.</p>
<p>Callthecops, you are in a very priviledged position, as far as international students go. In my opinion, you will be considered in the Scandinavian/Western-European pool, which is deffinitely less competitive than the Indian one (that is not to say that there aren't amazing people in Western Europe, just that fewer of them want to get a scholarship to study in the US than, say, Indians do). Colleges like people coming from "unlikely" countries, and Norway is deffinitely an unlikely country. Put that on top of the $15k the Norwegian Gov-t pays and your chances are pretty good.</p>
<p>thanks! That 15K means that i dont apply for FA. However, from what I've heard, Princeton is completely need blind, so i dont know how much dif that would make.</p>
<p>No as per as what i feel ...since ur present citizenship is Indian u will come under the Indian Quota........</p>
<p>However as this is a question none of us can answer correctly. i suggest u ask this to the adcomms only.... via email ... u'll get ur answer within 3 days (at max)</p>
<p>and that 15k stuff is cool man</p>
<p>btw only 4 ppl were admitted in Princeton frm India</p>
<p>My present citizenship is Norwegian, i changed it recently. I've got the email of an admissions officer for int'ls who my counselor knows so I'll just find out. They will, however, vehemently deny the idea of quota per country.</p>
<p>no ask them only that what will be ur status in their application...</p>
<p>like what will ur application be treated like ... as an Indian or otherwsie</p>
<p>She is no longer an Indian citizen or resident! How will they know she's Indian - look at her last name? :P</p>
<p>Bogororo...im not gender confused. Im a guy :p </p>
<p>I applied last year so theyl have my file which states that i was an indian national. I'm both a norwegian citizen as well as a resident. Any more thoughts on what type of competition i might face?</p>
<p>OK, sorry for the confusion. As about the fact that you applied last year, I don't think they will be mean enough to put you into the uber-competitive Indian pool - it would look good for them also to say that "a student from Norway applied," rather than "another student from India applied" (nothing to do with India in particular, I could write Romania, Bulgaria, China or whichever other applicants-heavy country)</p>
<p>I come from a country with less applicants (Costa Rica), might that increase my chances of getting into a competive univeristy?</p>