<p>my friend and i were discussing where we were applying. my friend is rather smart, but most likely not ivy-material. </p>
<p>she said she is going to apply to Emory,UVA,UNC-CH and Duke, and said her teacher told her it would be easier for her to get in to them because she lives out of state. i know Duke and Emory are not state schools, and obviously UVA and UNC-CH are. </p>
<p>i thought that for schools such as D & E, the state did not matter, and i thought it was HARDER to get into schools like UNCCH and UVA as an out of state student. this threw me off alot. can someone please clarify this for me?</p>
<p>It is WAY harder to get into UVA and UNC-CH from out of state and for the most part, your geographic area doesnt matter unless you live in an overperforming or underperforming state.</p>
<p>Public schools are harder to get into if you're out of state, because they mainly want to represent the state they're in, and they're own in-state students will get top priority.</p>
<p>Private schools want to boast their geographic diversity (both in the US and internationally), so you have a much better chance of getting in if you apply from an area where the school has fewer students. So if a student from Montana and a student from Georgia have identical stats and both apply to Emory, the student from Montana may get in even if the student from Georgia does not. </p>
<p>I think your friend's teacher had it a little mixed up.</p>