Months after U.S. election, American interest in Â鶹ֱ²¥app grows
Published: January 3, 2017
Applications to Â鶹ֱ²¥app from American students are up about 70 per cent compared to the same time last year, says Ted Sargent, vice-president international.
“It's not too late. The University of Toronto continues to be really excited to welcome applications from the best students around the world to come to this great city and this great univerisity,†Sargent told Global News Toronto.
Media across the U.S., Canada and Britain – including , Washington Post, The Toronto Star and – are reporting that more American students are considering moving north for their studies.
Many students' interest in Â鶹ֱ²¥app appears to have been stoked by the outcome of the presidential election. The day after the vote, for international applicants recorded nearly 10,000 American visitors – 12 times the U.S. traffic that the site handled around the same period last year. There was also a slight increase in the number of visitors based in Britain and India. Google Trends shows that searches for “University of Toronto application†and “Canadian university application†picked up in mid-November.
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But there are many other reasons for the spike in American interest in Â鶹ֱ²¥app, said Sargent.
“I think Â鶹ֱ²¥app’s reputation has continued to grow internationally, Toronto’s reputation as a great city has grown, Canadian politics moved in a more open and inclusive direction, and then there was also Trump’s election,†he told the Associated Press.
Applications to Â鶹ֱ²¥app from American students are up by about 70 per cent compared to last year, says Ted Sargent, the university's vice-president international
Academic reputation also plays a part in students' decision-making, and Â鶹ֱ²¥app's research, teaching and global impact have made it one of the world's top-ranked universities. Students who graduate from Â鶹ֱ²¥app have one of the best employability outcomes in the world. Last year, U.S. News & World Report’ ranked Â鶹ֱ²¥app among the top10 public universities – and the University placed fourth in the world in the National Taiwan University standings, which are based on research productivity, impact and excellence.
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Sargent says he expects more American students will come to Canada for their studies, and in particular, to Â鶹ֱ²¥app. American students are the third-largest group of international students at Â鶹ֱ²¥app, behind China and India. About 630 international students at Â鶹ֱ²¥app come from the U.S. Sargent told the AP that he expects the number of American applications to Â鶹ֱ²¥app this year to be “in the thousands.â€
To help American students get to know the university better, Â鶹ֱ²¥app held recruitment events in New York and Washington D.C. in December.
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Rebekah Robinson, a 17-year-old student in Baltimore who went to the Washington D.C. event, said she had already visited the university and plans to apply.
“I really liked the school,†she told the AP. “I like the programs they offered and I thought it was a great fit for me, so the president and the election just kind of played a small factor in it."
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