What makes you think she’s not an American?
Seriously?
“What makes you think she’s not an American?
Seriously?”
What makes you think that she is American?
Seriously!
Foreign Students at MIT 2017/2018
China (People’s Republic Of)
Undergraduate:57
Graduate:708
Special Undergraduate: 26
Special Graduate: 5
Exchange Students: 151
Total Chinese National Students at MIT: 947
https://iso.mit.edu/about/country_17-18.shtml
Source: International Students Office
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave, Building E18-219
Response by: H. Larry Elman, SB Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Answered Dec 21, 2016 I have already placed a comment after the ANONYMOUS answer, but many persons do not read that far down.
MIT Admission is by merit only. Donations, family prestige, or where your ancestors attended college has no effect. I am an MIT EC (Admissions Intervewer), so I deal with this question often.
To the best of my knowledge, Chinese people are like other people — generalizing about them as one commentator did —- is just plain WRONG.
Another answer gave an excellent argument based on the huge population of the PRC. One could add to that a good school system.
I had the good fortune to have a Chinese Faculty Advisor at one time. He was very wise, very courteous, and a man to deeply respect.
In short, as an MIT Alumnus, I have no reason to feel uneasy or to question the number of PRC students at MIT.
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Tom Stagliano, MIT Volunteer, interviewed freshmen for admissions
Answered Dec 22, 2016
Students from the PRC make up just under 12% of the international undergraduate population and 24% of the international regular graduate student population at MIT: International Student Statistics 2015-2016
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Huang Tongnao, lives in China
Answered Dec 21, 2016
Short answer: getting a PhD is the way to glory, wealth, social status, and a green card for many Chinese.
The tradition of gaining social status through education is a direct result of the "imperial exam", or "科举制度" in ancient China, when China was ruled by emperors.
The imperial exam is a method to select officials from all Chinese who are non-illiterate.
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https://www.quora.com/Why-there-are-so-many-China-PRC-students-in-MIT