Acceptance into selective PhD Prog for International Students

[jazzmintea]

Hi all,

I'm applying for PhD in political science this fall and am aiming for top 20 programs in the U.S.

I just graduated from an Asian institution which is top 3 in my country.

I was just wondering if another student from the same home institution getting accepted into the same program this year (2015-2016 cycle) would affect the chance of my acceptance for 16-17 cycle since most programs prefer diversity. Not sure if I'm making sense here. It's just that I feel that programs are less likely to accept applicants from the same institution especially in the case of international students.

[Warelin]

If your profile fits what they're after, you'll be accepted. I've seen a few students in English ph.d programs with the same foreign university listed as a credential.It didn't seem to stop them. (And neither of these places were Cambridge or Oxford)