admit more students from their home state and have put higher standards for students from other states?
<p>i don't know if they give preferences, but princeton and harvard do have a really high percentage of students from their respective states</p>
<p>Ivy League schools do not give preference to in-staters (with the exception fo the public schools at Cornell). When there is a high proportion of students from the local state, that's caused by two factors. (1), Virtually all top local high students will apply there, so they are overrepresented in the applicant pool, and (2), the school gets a higher yield on local admits than they do admits who live across the country.</p>
<p>They usually give some preference to under-represented states.</p>
<p>I think the fairer way to make a comparison would be to take a look at other competitive non-Ivy private schools (e.g. Rice/Texas, Duke/NC, WashU/MO) and see what the average in-state admit is at any of those schools are vs. any particular Ivy-in state admit number...</p>
<p>I have NOT run the numbers (nor have I seen any) but my guess would be that the non-Ivy private school number would be at least as high and probably higher.</p>
<p>well ivies get the majority of their applications from the new england area mainly because thats where all the prestigious prep schools are, high concentration of motivated students, intense student body competition, etc. new england schools are much different from elsewhere in the united states and thus, the competition in new england is far greater. california is also a huge region for education and thus majority of ivy league applications come from california + new england. </p>
<p>schools like r ice and washu are known to be regional schools and are meant to appeal mainly to those in their region. duke was a regional school and is slowly phasing out of it, getting a stronger national-reputation.</p>
<p>I know Harvard and Penn specifically recruit URM and underprivileged talented students from the Boston and Philadelphia area respectively. Not sure if the other Ivies have similar programs. Beyond that, I don't think it matters if you're in state or out.</p>
<p>I believe it is about 25% of Columbia students are from New York and New Jersey. California, Texas and Connecticut also make up a good portion of the students there.</p>
<p>"admit more students from their home state"</p>
<p>that is a tricky question because like someone else mentioned before, there are many top private or boarding schools in the new england area. perhaps yale admits more students from connecticut than elsewhere, but that doesn't necessarily follow that connecticut natives get a boost to yale. it's because there are just so many top students at really good schools in connecticut that apply. same for the other colleges. </p>
<p>"and have put higher standards for students from other states?"</p>
<p>depends. lower standards for underrepresented states, such as a montana or south dakota or wyoming. they don't get many applicants from those areas. if the school emphasizes geographical diversity, then coming from california, texas, new york, new jersey, connecticut, and massachusetts might be a slight disadvantage simply because many applicants come from those states. BUT, this is not an absolute rule. for example, someone from southwest texas or rural northern california might be designated as someone from an underrepresented area.</p>