<p>Here's a list of the least represented states in colleges:</p>
<p>Alaska
Arkansas
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming</p>
<p>and the most over-represented:</p>
<p>California
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois (?)
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Texas
Vermont (?)</p>
<p>Not sure if those lists are all-inclusive or fully accurate. Any feedback?</p>
<p>Cali
Mass
NJ
NY</p>
<p>are def. the top 4 most over-represented states in all top colleges. I think it comes with having a great education system, so I wouldn't call them the worst state to be in for college admissions</p>
<p>Worst? Again, you're speaking from the perspective of that very, very thin slice of HS seniors who, any given year, are striving for the ultra elites. </p>
<p>If you're speaking in raw terms, those states which have the best school systems have the BEST attendance rates at colleges in general, no? </p>
<p>Also, know that only 1% of the current human population is ever going to attend college/university. Don't take everything for granted. Just some thoughts to share with you...</p>
<p><em>takes out car</em></p>
<p>"Mommy!! I'm moving to Wyoming!!!!"</p>
<p>I dont think NH, VT, ME and DE are ORS. Us in PA are much more OR.</p>
<p>hahah, NH until recently had no taxes, and therefore no money for a good school system. The Northeast has a collage of outstanding colleges, everybody, but it's really only NY, MA, PA, and NJ that are really overrepresented. RI and CT have decent representation. my history teacher refers to NH, ME, and VT as the armpits of eduction. (which is a bit too harsh, IMO, but they're definitely not OR)</p>
<p>I'd rather be in MA than anywhere else though, because I know I'm getting a good education and great preparation for college as opposed to what may be perfect grades in North Dakota but a worthless education.</p>
<p>there is truth in what you are saying, but colleges choose to overrepresent these states because there are many "feeder" schools due to their great education systems...so I feel this is somewhat pointless lol</p>
<p>No. More money = smarter people = better students = students who make their schools look good. </p>
<p>Money is an indicator, not a cause.</p>
<p>What about Missouri?</p>
<p>And Florida?</p>
<p>Re Post #10:
Sorry, not really. We've had discussions about this on other threads, including recently. Not a correlation between wealth & brains, but this I will accept:</p>
<p>More money = better educated parents (usually).
More educated parents is absolutely correlated with student achievement, practically a one-to-one correlation. </p>
<p>Posts 6 and 9 are correct.</p>
<p>bump (10 char)</p>
<p>And what of AZ? I'd say AZ is one of the lesser represented states in college admissions.</p>
<p>Michigan - smack dab in the middle(But maybe going down with state's economic downturn?).</p>
<p>This also depends a lot on the school you are looking at. Rice would likely have Arkansas OR rather than UR, and Massachusetts might be UR due to every superperformer looking towards Ivy/NE LAC's.</p>
<p>Best. California. UC system</p>
<p>Are all NE states overrepresented in the western schools as well, or just in the NE ivies?</p>
<p>massachusettes.... is absolutely filled with top schools, ivies, and non-ivies, they have top liberal art schools and private schools</p>
<p>Haha, funny you say that that's where I live. If you look at schools like Stanford and Pomona and top west coast schools is massachusetts overrepresented as well?</p>
<p>i think mass. beats cali.
cali= cal tech, ucal, stanford, pepperdine, USC some liberal arts...
mass= mit, harvard, boston college, boston university, amherst, tufts ect...</p>
<p>Haha, I completely agree with you. I think I misinterpreted the thread, but I was asking AT those schools in california are massachusetts students overrepresented the same way the are overrepresented at the Ivies/top colleges in the NE?</p>
<p>For example say x% of students at NE top universities are from mass and y% of top cali schools' students are from mass, is x>y</p>
<p>sorry I brought variables into this....very weird...but I just did math homework so I'm in a math state of mind.</p>