Are many Indian students applying to Ivy League universities?
When we speak in terms of Brown University we can say that the applicant pool from India has increased steadily since 2004. The students are bright, inquisitive and engaged learners. They contribute greatly to the Brown community. Anecdotally, we hear from our peer institutions that interest from Indian students is also very high. Has the number of applications fallen post-recession? The USA is still facing a turbulent economic climate, but it hasn’t shown a marked impact on our application numbers, domestically or internationally. We had a record number of applicants overall last year — out of 30,136 249 were from India. So the good news about what Brown has to offer is out — both here and abroad. How would you define the US education scenario? How different is it from the Indian one? There are over 4,000 institutions of higher learning in the USA. These differ in size, philosophy and the programmes they offer. There are options for everyone to move with their interests. What are the
