I am applying to both Carleton and Macalester and noticed that at both colleges, only ~20% of their students come from in-state. As a Minnesota resident, will it hurt my chances of getting accepted because I’m in-state?
check their CDS and if they place any weight at all on state residency. My guess is they don’t.
That percentage doesn’t seem terribly low, at least in the universe of highly ranked LACs.
Short answer is no.