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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One third to 50% of phD students are international. Most of the phD cuts are in very small departments. Even with the cuts, American students will likely have the same chances as in prior years, due to all programs cutting internationals most. They will not go abroad because phD is not funded abroad. That is why so many come here! Our funding is much better than overseas phD programs. 
Top internationals will continue to get in. Harvard and the rest of the top 20-30 phd programs in STEM will continue to have the same quality of students they have always had--the pool is deep. Lower ranked schools will suffer. 
Additionally, the SEAS cuts are admin cuts, not phd-student cuts. SEAS phd remain a priority for top schools. 
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You're just wrong.  These were deep cuts that are hurting American science and American students.  Many PhD programs aren't able to accept students right now because their funding was slashed.  [b]And many foreign students come with their own funding from their home country, so these cuts are hurting American students the most.  [/quote][/b]

This makes no sense.[/quote] If you're low on funding, you'll take an international with their own funding over a better home student that you can no longer afford.[/quote]

Not true.

Our top-tier university funds all of our PhD students, regardless if they are domestic or international. International students typically cost us as much and often more (due to visa support and the fact that they're ineligible for many US gov't based fellowships and grants).[/quote]

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