<p>Soo... a look at how many students from each state enroll at Vanderbilt.. there is a clear strong number from TN (713 for Fall 2013), with the next biggest being NY (472).</p>
<p>Are TN residents favored more in the application process, or is that just how it happened to be/more people from TN willing to go because of the less distance?</p>
<p>You probably know this, but those numbers are for all years, not just freshmen. So just over 10% of Vandy undergrads are from Tennessee:</p>
<p><a href=“Vanderbilt At A Glance | Undergraduate Admissions | Vanderbilt University”>http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/profile/</a></p>
<p>I would doubt that Tennessee residents are favored. Probably a lot apply.</p>
<p>Many apply simply due to the distance and exposure. This is normal – Duke admits the most students from NC, for example.</p>
<p>That’s what I thought, haha.</p>
<p>Duke’s charter has a requirement regarding admission of NC and SC students so they do get a bit of an extra boost. for consideration among equals in the admission pool.</p>
<p>As a comparison, Yale has 6% Connecticut residents, while Vanderbilt has 10.4% Tennessee residents. When population differences are considered (the population of Tennessee is 80% greater than the population of Connecticut), Yale and Vandy have virtually equal preferences for in-state students. </p>
<p>Following up on post #5, I see that only 9% of the Class of 2018 is from Tennessee (compared to 10.4% for the Class of 2017):</p>
<p><a href=“http://news.vanderbilt.edu/files/VU2018Numbers.jpg”>http://news.vanderbilt.edu/files/VU2018Numbers.jpg</a></p>
<p>so Vandy has less of an in-state preference than Yale.</p>
<p>Interesting information!</p>
