<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>I live in Nevada, and when the Exploring College Options presentation came to Las Vegas, they said being from here would definitely work in our favor. Boy am I glad! I can use as many leg ups as I can get!</p>
<p>I'd say you could add Virginia with instate schools including UVA, William + Mary, and Virginia Tech to go along with Richmond as well. I'd say North Carolina sends a lot of kids to college as well.</p>
<p>Sometimes being in an overly represented state is good if you are applying to a very selective instate school (e.g. UVA, UNC...).</p>
<p>Are you saying that North Carolina is overrepresented in general at schools across the country, or it just has a good state university system that probably accepts way too many instate students (hey i'm not complaining, i'm from NC).</p>
<p>pennsylvannia has a lot of good schools</p>
<p>What about Florida?</p>
<p>mj93, how is it for Oregon?</p>
<p>That list is hardly complete...</p>
<p>Just to name one, I think AZ is a fairly lesser represented state in college admissions...Afterall, AZ is one of the LOWEST FUNDED states for education (but then we have BASIS ranked as the 6th best school in the nation.) Oh, the irony...BASIS is charter and private though..</p>
<p>I dont think your state has anything to do with where you get accepted, unless its a public state school that gives preference to residents. Those states that are least represented just happen to have laarge rural populations where college might not be a priority, where most people just stay in their small home town.</p>
<p>What about Utah? I mean it spends the lowest per student in education.</p>
<p>Hehe, my state isn't on either list.</p>