International Enrollment Figures Surge

On the eve of the Trump presidency in 2016, Ivy Coach’s crystal ball predicted that international enrollment numbers would decline significantly at most of our nation’s 900+ colleges and universities. But we also predicted that international students would continue to flock to America’s elite universities — the 25 or so … 

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A Word on Admissions Agents

We’ve written in the past about admissions agents, people — often in countries such as China — who receive commissions from universities after the international students they recruit end up enrolling. America’s most highly selective colleges, of course, don’t offer commissions to such admissions agents. And why? Because they don’t … 

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International Student Enrollment Recovers

On the eve of the Trump presidency in 2016, we forecasted that the overall number of international students at America’s 900+ universities would decline. But we also forecasted that the number of international students at America’s highly selective universities — a small percentage of the 900+ universities in America — … 

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International Applications Are Going to Surge at Elite Universities

In late 2020, a number of our nation’s most reputable news publications ran articles focusing on how applications to America’s universities were down significantly. Many of these same pieces did not point out that while applications were down at the vast majority of America’s universities, applications to our nation’s elite … 

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International Applications Rise

On the eve of the Trump presidency, which seems like eons ago, we forecasted that international applications to our nation’s elite universities would continue to climb. We felt that even isolationist, “America First” national policies wouldn’t deter young people around the world from applying to the best universities in the … 

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America’s Universities Educate the World

America’s highly selective universities, including the Ivy League universities, are designed to educate the world’s citizens. They are designed to educate citizens of South Africa and Peru, Zimbabwe and Canada just as they are designed to educate American citizens from New York, New York to Tunica, Mississippi to Red Lodge, … 

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ICE Announces New Rules Governing International Students

In major college admissions news, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that if an international student’s university switches to online-only courses this fall, the international student will either need to transfer to a school that offers in-person instruction or return to their homeland. If the student fails to … 

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International Students Help American Students

A number of folks have written in of late after reading our post about why international students on American college campuses are good for all — including American students. We can’t help but find that some of these folks’ comments smell of xenophobia. And we tend to find that the ones … 

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International Applicants to US Universities

Over the years, folks have written in with comments to our posts about international applicants to U.S. universities in which they’ve argued that international applicants make it more difficult for American applicants to get into America’s most highly selective universities. Some of these folks articulate that it’s unfair these international … 

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International Applicant Numbers

There was a piece in “The New York Times” yesterday by Stephanie Saul that focused on the impact of the Trump presidency on the wave of international applicants coming to American universities. In the piece entitled “Amid ‘Trump Effect’ Fear, 40% of Colleges See Dip in Foreign Applicants,” Saul writes … 

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