<p>hi
I was wondering, do you have a better chance of getting in if you live in NJ?</p>
<p>much worse</p>
<p>basically all east coast states = worse chance</p>
<p>does being in AZ help?</p>
<p>^^ Possibly</p>
<p>Move to alaska or montana if you can.</p>
<p>The amount that your location helps or hurts is probably pretty miniscule. You can have a 2400 SAT and be valedictorian and from Alaska and not get in, and you can have lower numbers and live in New Jersey and get in. They look for "geographic diversity," so no, they don't want their entire freshman class composed of people from the East Coast, but it's really not something to legitimately worry about because you really can't change it. I think it's also considered because of the general strength of school systems...generally (and stereotypically), East Coast public schools are of a "greater quality" than public schools in rural and unpopulated areas in Idaho, or something, so geographic location also sometimes determines quality of education or difficulty of education or "drive" necessary to get a good education and work hard. </p>
<p>That's my fairly unsubstantiated opinion, at least.</p>
<p>"much worse"</p>
<p>Are you kidding me?</p>
<p>From what I read, New Jersey residents do have a distinct advantage in getting in. After all princeton has to pay homage to its community.</p>
<p>According to this (<a href="http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pucra/princetonprofile.htm)%5B/url%5D">http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pucra/princetonprofile.htm)</a>, roughly 13% of Princeton's undergrads are from New Jersey. Since New Jersey's population accounts for around 3% of america's total population, there is an obvious bias towards its residents.</p>
<p>Though, it could also be explained that more new jerseyians would apply to princeton but I doubt that would explain such a large disparity in expected figures.</p>
<p>^^
NO. It's just that NJ has a rigorous school system (compared to most other states) The only way to show if they have an advatage getting in is by comparing to other top schools.</p>
<p>Absolutely not true NJ residents have a distinct advantage. Rutgers maybe, Princeton definitely not. In fact, the largest group from any one state at Princeton is Californians. FredFredBurger is right, New Jersey has a rigorous school system, and that definitely has an effect. Many New Jersey students find Princeton to be desirable, and many more apply anyway. Lots of talented students applying from one group (New Jersey students) = greater percentage of them being accepted.</p>
<p>what about louisiana? :)</p>
<p>What about Greece :D</p>
<p>Petter your analysis is completely incorrect. There is a disparity between Princeton's NJ population and the population of NJ in the US not because there is a favorable bias towards NJ residents, but simply because those who live in NJ are more likely to apply to Princeton. It's a common effect found across colleges in America; those who live near a certain university are simply more likely to apply there.</p>
<p>As if it is "harder" to get into Princeton from NJ, its really doesn't make a big difference. Again, it goes back to the quality of the applicant--whether the same person lived in NJ or Alaska, at most there would be a 20% difference in the possibility of getting into the same university. However, given that Princeton does care a little about geographical diversity, (but again its not a MAJOR factor in someone's app, like SATs) it might be SLIGHTLY harder to get into Princeton from NJ b/c so many apply from NJ.</p>
<p>but again, i would not stress out about being from NJ.</p>
<p>it's true, being from an underrepresented state [I'm from WA] can help you, and yes being from an overrepresented state [TX, CA, NJ, NY] should push you to really make yourself stand out.</p>
<p>"In fact, the largest group from any one state at Princeton is Californians." </p>
<p>.. due to the fact that the most populated state is California.</p>
<p>Correlation is not causation my friend. This is may not be the case with other schools. Just because California is the most populated state doesn't verify the reason why they are the largest group from any one state at Princeton.</p>
<p>wow, i just took stat and what tokyorevelation9 said brought me back to the hell-ish ap exam. :D do we use chi-square test for relationship or R^2 to explain percentage?</p>
<p>You use the R-squared test to determine the correlation within a set of statistical values. You use the chi-squared test to determine the relative frequencies of occurence based on a specified frequency distribution, which would be the null hypothesis (e.g. a dice has six sides, if I roll it the chance of getting either of the six faces is equal).</p>
<p>Am i pretty much a shoo in since i live in Baghdad.</p>
<p>no (10 char)</p>