<p>Why Colleges want Internationals?</p>
<p>To diversify their student body?</p>
<p>Why do you ask? I probably interpetted it wrong, but your question came across quite offensively.</p>
<p>Because we're the best :). Hehe.</p>
<p>I am a international myself, so it wasn't offensive. There are enough academically oriented kids in the US to fill their freshman class a Zillion times.
US is already full of diversity, a more sensible way to diversify their freshman class would be to admit Martians.
Why Internationals?</p>
<p>When you grow up in a different country, you grow up with different beliefs and customs and traditions and a very different thought process. We're Indians from India. Indians who grow up in America will have American thought processes, because they have so much of their influence, even if their parents have an Indian thought process. That's how international students bring diversity :).</p>
<p>Internationals pay full costs.</p>
<p>No, we don't. We have a lot of financial aid. But yes, comparitively.</p>
<p>EDIT: Well, no, not a lot. But some schools give a lot of finaid, for example, Oberlin treats American and international students equally, for finaid.</p>
<p>I suppose a better question to ask would be 'Why do schools like MIT (which is need-blind for internationals, and gives a hell of a lot of aid) want internationals?' (And yes, I am an international applicant.)</p>
<p>This is going to sound a bit jaded, but colleges essentially (to some extent at least) want kids who are going to grow up to be famous alumni (or alumnae). Admitting bright internationals is a good idea (not that I'm saying that US kids aren't smart, because they obviously are. But, you know, an even larger number of bright and deserving kids.) for that purpose, because by admitting the very qualified students who <em>will</em> excel, they're creating a huge number of [College] alumni, who will go home and do stuff and be noticed. If that made any sense. </p>
<p>At least, that's my spin on things. 'Diversity' is probably a part of it as well.</p>
<p>I agree with Noldo.
Most intels go back to their home country after they complete their studies in the U.S. If they do go back, and become an extremely successful alumnae, they carry the college's NAME and up the college's reputation. Same for grad schools.
And I dont think this is their ONLY reason colleges admit intels - I think it's just one of the reasons. (Diversity probably plays the biggest part).</p>
<p>Yeah... :). I agree too. Maybe if Colgate accepts me, and I become the first person to win the Nobel Prize for all the categories plus the Pulitzer prize for all the categories, I can say proudly in India "I went to Colgate!" and people won't snicker and say "...toothpaste!"</p>
<p>I like NOFX the band. ^_^,</p>
<p>They want internationals because the universities want to have an international impact and they also want their American students to develop the sophistication and insights that one gets from being exposed to people who live in other countries.</p>
<p>Hmmm...then I am hoping that my D's dual citizenship with Ireland and summers spent there throughout childhood might help to make her "unique".</p>
<p>I thought it's supposed to be much harder for internationals to get in?</p>