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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The same number of kids got into Ivies this year, as last year, as the schools have not changed the number of kids admitted.[/quote]

But the unis may have changed their goals for admission - two easy examples, maybe they are admitting more international students or wanted more geo diversity within the US. [/quote]

Those are big "may" and "maybe" 's.

You'd need to cite evidence or it is easy to dismiss your post.[/quote]

No need to get huffy. I'm not the PP, but have 2 DCs just going through these last cycles and both of these popped to mind when I read this thread. For example, I am aware of a T20 university with an overseas campus. There is an agreement that the students at the overseas campus will be able to study for one year at the US campus. That school is now having to accommodate two years' worth of students in this coming academic year. Given that, there are not as many openings for the incoming '26 class. [/quote]

It’s not getting huffy to say “you just made that up without evidence” as people may read this forum, take your statement as fact and make uninformed decisions based on it.

This is a discussion forum.  If you make a claim you should be prepared for it to be challenged.  Your anecdote above is not evidence, and your lack of mentioning the school is a tell that you can’t support it with any facts.

PP is right - essentially the same number of seats for the same number of students.  That’s all verifiable in the CDSs.[/quote]

LOL. It's Duke and heard directly from a board member. So maybe Duke spun the board member, IDK.

Again, I'm not the PP with the original assertion. I responded because those were the first two points that also crossed my mind based on college search, tours, etc over the last three years. You can still have the same number of seats but fill a fair percentage of them with international students. That translates into a smaller pool of seats available for US applicants.

Again, no need to be huffy. You could have framed everything you did above without immediately accusing people of acting in bad faith. This is DCUM, not a Congressional hearing.[/quote]

Duke CDS Enrollees:

2021: 538 non-resident aliens
2020: 631
2019: 636

I guess we'll have to wait for the next CDS to absolutely check what you heard, but the current data, for the "last three years", shows the number as around 10% and declining slightly.  Enrollments are what matter, if they are taking the same number of enrollees, there is no net reduction.

If requiring facts and one minute of research makes me "Huffy", then I embrace huffy, and feel there is a total need for facts and none for "may and maybe"s.  This process is hard enough on people.

Have a great day, and try not to be so sensitive when you have your facts checked.[/quote]

Again, as I posted, these are students enrolled on their overseas campus who are promised one year (semester?) on Duke's campus. According to the board member, they have two years' worth of those students who have not been able to attend Duke due to COVID and now need to be accommodated. IDK where the campus is or if the non-resident alien (technically not NRA if not in the USA) numbers of students enrolled on overseas campuses are reflected in the CDS, but somehow, according to this board member, they have to be housed this school year.

And again, LOL. I'm not being sensitive. I am just suggesting that your communications style may be lacking.

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A classic ad hominem, Which is what you do when you don’t have any facts.[/quote]

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