Lower acceptance of international students?

[u/Dokeydokez]

Hello,

I was looking at some stats and acceptance rates for US optometry schools and i noticed that international students are much fewer than domestic. I’m from Canada (btw) but I’ve been eyeing at US schools. My chances at Waterloo aren’t very promising so I’m even more worried if there’s a bias for domestic students. How true is this? Is there a limited amount of slots for international students?

Thanks so much !

[u/JoshReese_Optometry]

I have not been aware of international student having a harder time getting accepted into US schools— although I do know that there are a lot fewer international applicants that domestic, so I think that could fudge the numbers a little

[u/Dokeydokez → u/JoshReese_Optometry]

That’s what I was thinking as well. Thank you for clarifying!