<p>No, it's clear now!</p>
<p>why the northeastern bias? here's a thought -- look at some of the school's in the south - St. Andrew's-Sewanee, Darlington, Baylor, Webb. great teachers, diverse student bodies and, here's the bonus!, when you apply to college from Tennessee or Alabama you get slotted into one of the geographic diversity slots rather than having to compete with the bazillion students from Mass. and NY applying to the Ivies.</p>
<p>Well, I think you answered your question as to the bias. With a bazillion students from those Northeastern states, guess which schools get talked about the most?</p>
<p>EDIT:</p>
<p>As to your point about geographic slotting...you probably know the answer to this being one of the few people here who aren't amateur commentators:</p>
<p>If you are one of those bazillion students from the Northeast and you attend, say, St. Andrew's-Sewanee, are you slotted as coming from Tennessee or the Northeast?</p>
<p>Conversely, if you're from the South (as I am) and you attend a school in New England, would you become one of the bazillion, or are you regarded as sort of a hybrid or a Southerner?</p>
<p>I believe it's like the Rhodes Scholarships - you become a hybrid. Schools will gladly classify you as whatever they need to in order to attain that all important 50 state and countless countries diversity.</p>
<p>Really? Well then, I could represent New Mexico -- very underrepresented! As well as California, Colorado, New Jersey, and now, New Hampshire.. better represented states, but hey. They could get 5 states in with my acceptance (well, 3 if they didn't want to stretch the truth)!</p>
<p>On your georgraphic question -</p>
<p>I am quite certain colleges look at where you are actually from, not where you go to school, when looking at states. So, if you are from NY, but go to school in TN, you are still from NY. IF you are from SD, and go to school in NH, you are still from SD. Of course, colleges look at where you go to school, too, when comparing applicants and trying to get balance in the class. </p>
<p>I think the confussion might come because the National Merit program goes by where your school is, not where you are from. However, the program does have "extra" boarding school spaces to account for the fact that many talented kids are "imported" into certain states.</p>
<p>My observation is that when it comes to top tier BS's, or a school that they feel absolutely meets their child's needs, many families will send their kids anywhere. But, when it comes to other BS's, families prefer a closer school, or a day school, rather than sending the student far away, especially if it means going more than a bit south. It is only recently that many northerners have become open to more than a few southern colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks all! There are no decisions being made at the Maker household on the basis of geographic slotting, but I did wonder if that even comes into play. </p>
<p>Frankly, what I'd like is to work out something where the boarding school becomes the place of residence for in-state tuition purpose as he has his eyes on a state school where he will be boarding.</p>
<p>Dream on D'yer about that in-state tuition where he is in school.</p>
<p>However, if it makes you feel any better, he will qualify for in-state tuition in your home state. :P In our situation, if the hockey thing doesn't work out and she ends up coming home, she will get in-state plus will be eligible for our state's lottery funded scholarship. And with my current employment, she would in effect actually get paid to attend school locally (tuition discount + lottery scholarship + $1300 = Tuition at Flagship U here it town). </p>
<p>Of course, I threaten her with this all the time by telling her that she will have to memorize the words to our flagship U's notoriously silly fight song. So she had better keep those grades up. LOL</p>
<p>Inquiring mind=--- it may depend on the school. For the Ivy that my son currently attends, he counted as being from NH where his prep school was, rather than from where we live.</p>
<p>You may say I'm a dreamer, but...</p>
<p>...maybe if he's charming enough, the school will adopt him!</p>
<p>My equation was incorrect on the last post. It would imply that I would actually have to pay money to send my D to the local flagship U. The formula should be (tuition discount + lottery scholarship - $1300 = Tuition at Flagship U here it town). In effect, she would have $1300 for books, supplies, and a food plan (so she can eat lunch on campus).</p>
<p>Of course, this school is not exactly her cup of tea. Some of it is the size, but I think a lot of it is that in her first 3 years of being a southerner (she is more culturally a midwesterner where she spent the early years of her life) she has never taken to the south. It is probably considered the top rated flagship U in the region, though. Oh well! It's only money! LOL</p>
<p>How residency is determined can sometimes be arbitrary or depend on how you fill out the app. S who was at Loomis was admitted as an in-state student to our UC and CSU system, but his friend who attended Andover was considered out-of-state applicant. The difference? S listed CA as his primary address on his apps and friend listed MA on his apps even though his permanent residence is with his parents in CA.</p>
<p>I can see how you can screw yourself OUT of in-state tuition, but I'm not sure you can wedge yourself in to in-state tuition based solely on where you attend boarding school. California would have no need to double-check or verify a student who applies and claims he's out-of-state, even if the only time he's ever left the state has been when he's at his BS. If you want to pay top dollar, are they going to argue or vet your application to determine if you're entitled to a lower tuition scale?</p>
<p>As much as I would love for it to be otherwise, I don't think declaring your permanent residence as California will cut it if the basis for declaring yourself as a resident is your boarding school address when you're a dependent on the tax return of an out-of-state family.</p>
<p>In response to the statement that "St. Paul's is harder to get into than Andover and Exeter," I would like to make the point that all these schools (as they're all in the Ten Schools organization) share their admission info. Often, when St. Paul's and Deerfield hear that a prospective student of theirs is admitted into Andover, they wait-list that person because they assume that the student will choose Andover. This doesn't make a school more selective; it makes a school more realistic.</p>