Does being an out of state applicant give slight boost in admissions?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Claremont McKenna College
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<p>I've noticed a lot cmc's population is comprised of California residents, so would being from NYC and hispanic provide a slight boost in admissions.</p>

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<p>Not necessarily - we have a good population from NY. One of the deans was interviewed a few months ago and admitted that while geography in general doesn’t matter, if they come down to 2 students with very similar stats, they’ll pick one from the more “exotic” state. I’d think NY isn’t one of them :/</p>

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<p>yea I would think colleges have suffient NY applicants, although some places in Nyc are quite exotic</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/registrar/enrollment-stats/f2010.php[/url]”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/registrar/enrollment-stats/f2010.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>According to the above link New York state provides the fourth largest group of enrolled students (CA - 502, WA - 109, OR - 46, NY - 45) so it’s hard to see how being from New York is going to be much help.</p>