<p>Hello, I was just wondering if anyone knows how many applicants apply from Alabama every year? I know I was the only person in my county to apply as well as the surrounding counties?</p>
<p>I’m sure plenty do. Every state is represented at Princeton, so you’re likely not alone. The specific number could be anyone’s guess.</p>
<p>Not sure, but I think Princeton provides a data set on its undergrad admissions website that says how many applicants are admitted from each state, if that helps at all.</p>
<p>Wow! According to Princeton’s geographic region sheet 3 people were accepted for the undergraduate program from Alabama; however, the good news is from another source, I read said that there were only 4 with a 27 and above and three were chose out of those four. This just made me really excited!</p>
<p>Understand that Princeton is not obligated to adhere to some state-by-state quota. They strive to represent all fifty states, but do not grant any overt advantages to geographic minorities, so to speak.</p>
<p>Also bear in mind that most accepted students on the lower spectrum score-wise are most likely URMs or athletic recruits.</p>
<p>Does competitive swimming and running count even though I didn’t apply to play in sports?</p>
<p>No–you would have needed to be recruited by the university.</p>
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<p>I disagree. Geographic residency is definitely considered in the decision, according to Princeton’s admission policies on Collegeboard .com</p>
<p>rmayes, could you link the second source? for Tennessee, if available</p>
<p>Yes, I will. This is the geography for Princeton acceptances last year. [Number</a> of Students in the Class of 2014 by Geographic Region](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/map.htm]Number”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/map.htm)
When I went searching for how many people applied from Alabama last year I used college ******* and college data. I had to sift through a lot of information; however, I finally figured out how many people applied from my state and with what scores. The people accepted from my state last year did not have outstanding standardized scores; however, they were all three salutatorians or valedictorians with 4.0 UW GPA. Also, they all three had 27 ACT scores or above. However, it looks like they are more lenient on the south when it comes to standardized test scores than the north. I have found that a lot of people with 27s are accepted as long as they have great ECs.</p>
<p>Imagine us CCers applying with 35/36s from underrepresented states like that. Remind me why I live in NY?</p>
<p>Yes, I know. It seems like the further you get up North the higher the requirements for the SAT/ACT. However, Alabama, is not a state with a lot of money. I mean I come from a divorced family living with my mother who makes less than $28,000. I did a little further research with those two sites and found that in two states AL and MS, the ACT scores to get into Ivy League only needed to be equal to or greater than a 26 to get in. However, GPA and rank usually play a lot for Alabama students.</p>
<p>^Yes, there is no doubt that the circumstances and the opportunities afforded play a critical role in shaping the applicant. It’s still fun to imagine taking all the testing junior year and then moving to Alabama senior year before applications.</p>
<p>What are the websites you got that info from?</p>
<p>goldtortoise</p>
<p>I found that information from College Data and College Prow-ler. You had to sift through a lot of data for each individual state but you will eventually find what you are looking for.</p>
<p>The same number of kids are in the Class of '14 from Georgia (25) as from Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana COMBINED!!! Possibly Atlanta feeds most of them?
Insight, anyone?</p>
<p>think i’ll move to Kansas.</p>