[tsycho]

Next year will be even worse.

This was the first year of Trump's new term and most of the anti-immigration executive orders happened in the last few months. By August, most international students had already accepted offers, made travel and stay plans, and likely paid some part of their tuition already, and just continued due to sunk costs and hope that things will stabilize.

However, at this point, I think a lot more people will not even apply to US schools for next year.