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Jamie Beaton has built a career helping students from around the world gain admission to\u00a0Harvard University\u00a0and other top-tier institutions.<\/p>\n

Now, days after the Trump administration banned Harvard from enrolling\u00a0international students and stopped scheduling appointments for student visas, Beaton, co-founder and CEO of\u00a0Crimson\u00a0Education, a college consulting firm, is advising his clients to “ignore the chaos.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Getting into an Ivy League school like Harvard is a yearslong process, Beaton said. For recently admitted applicants, current students and this year’s graduating class, he says, “remain steadfast in that goal.”<\/p>\n

And for Harvard hopefuls, particularly from abroad, there could be a benefit to applying in the upcoming cycle even amid the ongoing political strife. “You may have an advantage in the eye of the storm,” Beaton said, as some applicants turn their attention to other schools.<\/p>\n

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Over time, Harvard has become the gold standard of the Ivy League. As of last year, Harvard’s\u00a0acceptance rate was just under 4%, down from more than 10% two decades ago. Roughly 18% of the Class of 2028 is from abroad.<\/p>\n

“I think Harvard’s brand on the world stage is so strong and so viral, it would take a long time to lose some of that trust and excitement,” Beaton said. “The brand can take a lot of big hits.”<\/p>\n

Of course, students are justifiably nervous as the federal government continues to fire blows at one of the nation’s oldest and most venerable institutions of higher education.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a roller-coaster ride since last Thursday,” said Fangzhou Jiang, a student at Harvard’s Kennedy School<\/a> and co-founder of Crimson Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>Harvard, Trump battle over international enrollment<\/h2>\n
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration\u00a0moved to stop scheduling new interviews<\/a> for international students seeking visas to come to the U.S. and said it plans to expand social media vetting of foreign students, effectively disrupting international enrollment. Politico<\/a>\u00a0first reported the stop to new student visa interviews.<\/p>\n

In the escalating standoff between the federal government and Harvard, the White House also attempted to terminate Harvard’s student and exchange visitor program certification and cancel all remaining\u00a0federal government contracts with\u00a0Harvard, which are worth a reported $100 million.<\/p>\n

The latest moves come after Harvard\u00a0refused to meet<\/a>\u00a0a set of demands issued by the Trump administration’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The whole instability or uncertainty is quite damaging,” said Jiang, who has a student visa and would consider transferring across the country to Stanford University, where he is pursuing a dual degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said\u00a0in a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday\u00a0temporarily halted the Trump administration’s ban\u00a0on international students, following a petition from Harvard. A hearing is set for Thursday, May 29, to determine whether the temporary order should be extended.<\/p>\n

“This is a critical step to protect the rights and opportunities of our international students and scholars, who are vital to the University’s mission and community,” Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, said in a statement<\/a>. On its website, the Harvard International Office<\/a> says, “Harvard is committed to maintaining our ability to host our international students and scholars.”<\/p>\n

Beaton predicts that by the time college applications are due this fall, the university and the federal government “will come to a compromise.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“International students make up such a vital part of the undergraduate student population,” said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s editor-in-chief.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Further, foreign students typically pay full tuition, which makes international enrollment an important source of revenue for Harvard and many colleges and universities in the U.S.,\u00a0according to Franek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Altogether, international student enrollment contributed\u00a0$43.8 billion<\/a>\u00a0to the U.S. economy in 2023-24, according to a report by NAFSA: Association of International Educators.<\/p>\n

During that academic year, the U.S. hosted a record number of students from abroad, marking a 7% increase from 2022-23, according to the latest\u00a0Open Doors<\/a>\u00a0data, released by the U.S. Department of State and the Institute of International Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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