International Student Applications Rebounding

[bjcheung77]

Astonishing record number - 100,000 applications for first year admissions to New York University! 

That's the most I've seen ever at any school I think... 22% spike for NYU international applications.

The articles mentions the Biden administration and their new laws, I agree, I think it played a role in this...

Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnie...9400779e3b

[Cofffeee]

Good for everyone- institutions will make money and offer diversity . International students will have chance to look forward to pursue legalization in future and build life there.

[dfrecore]

The definite advantage to having lots of int'l students is that they pay full freight - no government subsidies here. I also don't think it's a "Biden bump" as these aren't the students who aren't welcomed into the US with open arms. They're generally rich, and their parents are footing a very expensive bill to get them a top-notch education and rub elbows with other up-and-comers. If they want to become citizens, most can easily do so. Or they can go back to their home countries and be part of the upper-class there.

Also, doubling applications from last year should be easy, since they plunged due to Covid. Trying to give Biden credit for that is just silly.

[Cofffeee]

I.am not sure how well u know US immigration law. But i can tell 1 definitive thing- become US citizen is not easy with money or without it.

[dfrecore]

I.am not sure how well u know US immigration law. But i can tell 1 definitive thing- become US citizen is not easy with money or without it.

I should have said "staying in the US" will be easy enough, many of these people will be getting high-paying jobs.

But you're right, it's not "easy" to legally become a US citizen.  As it should be.  Lots in my family waited a long time - even ones who married US citizens who were in the military (5 years I think it was).

[ss20ts]

I.am not sure how well u know US immigration law. But i can tell 1 definitive thing- become US citizen is not easy with money or without it.

Yup. Even celebrities have a hard time. When Craig Ferguson had the Late Late Show, he said it took him 7 years to become a US citizen. 

[PrettyFlyforaChiGuy]

International application numbers really kicked up here in the EA/RD rounds. I read through something like 1500+ student application essays in the past few months, but things are dying down finally.

If anyone's interested in a bit of trivia, UCLA is the most applied-to uni still, receiving around 140K applications this year. The UC schools as a whole pulled in a quarter of a million apps. It's just crazy growth.