<p>Except in those schools where getting more diversity is a big priority, and I don’t mean the Ivies or most of the top 25 schools, internationals have a tougher row to hoe. Very few top schools offer need blind admissions for international students and the aid available to them is very limited in most schools. At need aware schools if there is a large pool of international students who are full pay, yes, they could be getting preference just as all full pay kids in that pool would. </p>
<p>In Michelle Hernandez’s book, “A is for Admissions” she does touch upon international applicants to Dartmouth when she was admissions officer there. Her take on it is that there are far more highly qualified international applicants that a school like Dartmouth would love to accept than they can do to financial aid restraints. She speaks glowingly and with admiration what the academic profile of so many of these applicants .</p>