<p>When talking about very competitive applicants from top East Coast public schools and very high class rank, great ECs and leadership, high SAT scores, a clear personality in essays, recs and all that other good stuff, can they have more of a chance at Stanford than at HPY? On the one hand, Stanford has very low admit rates on the East Coast particularly. On the other hand, seeing as most very high achieving students on the East Coast apply to HPY, I guess there would be less competition at Stanford...right?</p>
<p>Also, does this vary between SCEA or regular decision?</p>
<p>Almost everyone has a poor chance at all 4 of HYPS. For those truly in the league of these schools with sub 7% admit rates, who don’t have a hook, it’s hardly about where they’re from though Alaska or North Dakota might add a few percentage points to their chances.</p>
<p>Perhaps they have a greater chance – schools like Stanford want to maintain a certain amount of geographical diversity. Perhaps they have a lower chance. East coast students who get into both Stanford and HYPM may be more likely to go to school closer to home.</p>
<p>I think I read in this board that actually, students from CA have an edge provided all other stats are same with east coast. Someone had commented something about how Stanford was formed (land grant from state, etc…etc)…Of course if you are the dream candidate, any college will snap you irrespective of state. About state diversity, I would think that applies mostly to the mid-west type states, there are plenty from the east to choose from.</p>
<p>Based on my son’s school’s naviance data, students have a much harder time getting into Stanford than the Ivies. He goes to a very strong east coast high school.</p>
<p>Most of the Stanford admits from my school are legcies, however there have been very few (if any) very qualified students in my school who have Stanford as a first choice over the Ivies.</p>
<p>With the new dean of admissions(Shaw), East Coast Students might have an edge. He was from Yale so he has stated he wanted Stanford to NOT be so California centric.</p>
<p>@DrGoogle, that’s an interesting point, perhaps it also shows that Stanford is on par with the top East Coast schools (and superior to the lesser Ivies).</p>