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[quote=Anonymous]Re: all the commentary about international students....

International students make up a relatively small portion of UNDERGRADUATE students at nearly all of the "top" ( :roll: ) schools and there have not been substantial changes in recent years.

Data is from the federal government, which has stringent reporting guidelines (and schools must report data yearly to IPEDS/NCES, in a specific format, so this is the most consistent/accurate you'll find):

Harvard -- 12.3%
Yale -- 10%
Stanford -- 10.7%
Princeton -- 11.7%
Vanderbilt -- 9.7%
Duke -- 8.0%
WashU -- 7.2%
Northwestern -- 9.7%
Brown -- 11.9%
Rice -- 12.2%
MIT -- 10.3%
Cornell -- 9.7%
Amherst -- 10.2%
Williams -- 8.5%
Pomona -- 11.1%
Wellesley -- 13.5%

Outliers are UChicago (15%) and Swarthmore (15%).

Note that for federal government purposes, an "international student" is considered a "non-resident alien." They require a visa to study at a US institution (usually F-1 but not necessarily always).

Students who are US citizens but born or raised abroad, or are permanent residents, or are dual US/something citizens, or whatever...they are NOT considered international students by the US government (I feel like this is obvious...but sometimes people don't understand this). A kid who graduates from a US high school meanwhile COULD be an international student (depending on citizenship/residency status). 
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