Carl Molden remembers exactly where he was when he found out he got into Harvard in the spring of 2023.
It was the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life.
Carl is from Vienna, Austria, so it was late at night when he got the notification on his phone.
I saw the confetti.
I couldn't believe it.
I immediately called my brother and my teacher late at night,
my grandma, and then I went back home, woke up my parents.
Carl is one of more than 6,000 international students currently enrolled at Harvard.
That's more than a quarter of the student body.
He's studying government and a bunch of different languages, including ancient Greek and Arabic.
He just finished up his second year and says he's loved his experience at Harvard.
But last week, Carl's phone blew up again with another potentially life-changing piece of news.
My phone exploded on my desk.
All my...
Group chats were full of messages and concerned students, and then I saw it, and I was shocked.
This time, it was news that his future at Harvard might be in question.
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security said it would no longer allow international students,
like Carl, to attend Harvard.
Harvard then sued the Trump administration, and a federal judge temporarily blocked the ban.
International students can stay, for now.