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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not so sure about that suspicion at all. For example, look at the newest CDS for Carleton and Haverford, both of which include the numbers for foreign applicants and neither of which are need blind for internationals. These schools have an even higher proportion (>40%!) of low-probability-of-success foreign applications than do Amherst and Bowdoin. My suspicion is that this is endemic among the elite SLACs, need blind or not, and that if only Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, etc. would publish their numbers we would see exactly the same thing. [/quote]
So you think need-blind admissions make no difference for international applications? To be fair, I can't account for Haverford or Carleton. But I also know CMC, Mudd, Scripps, Pitzer, Smith, Wellesley, and Wesleyan have international applicant pools under 33%.

Another thing to consider is the actual percentage of internationals in the student body. Swat and Pomona are around 14-15%. Whereas Bowdoin is around 7%. Williams is about 9% and Amherst is 11%. So even assuming they were all receiving 35-40% international applications, Bowdoin is likely rejecting its international applicants at a higher rate (thus reducing its overall admission rate at a slightly greater rate than is peers).[/quote]

Middlebury is also at 14% international students. [/quote]

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