<p>I heard colleges like UIUC take more OOS kids because of the extra money. I really hope not since I need all the help I can get. Im instate for UIUC.</p>
<p>Generally, being in-state is a significant advantage for public schools. Sometimes, however, schools want to take in the extra money from out-of-state applicants.</p>
<p>More and more it helps to be OOS as the schools do need the money. But most state schools have a high, fixed percentage of in state students. Do note that most state schools do not offer great aid, even for the in state. Most are heavy on loans.</p>
<p>Generally, there is a public advantage.
As for private schools, it’s more neutral. It can hurt if one is from an overrepresented state, and, if one lives nearby and attends a school with which the uni has a good relationship (eg: UChicago and the Chicago Lab School), it can be a positive factor.</p>
<p>For many state colleges being in-state is an advantage and in fact a number of states have laws that require the colleges to favor in-state residents. However, at UIUC, it will neither help nor hurt as its policy has been for a long time to admit OOS on the same basis as in-state.</p>
<p>I think it can help you with Princeton… they take a ton of kids from NJ.</p>
<p>That probably has to do with the fact that people are very likely to go to a school that’s closer to them than far away, so there are probably also a ton of kids that apply to NJ.</p>
<p>Duke has a preference for people from North and South Carolina though.</p>
<p>No, it’s actually quite the opposite. You don’t know NJ. No one wants to stay there.</p>
<p>The only school I know of that actually significantly favors out of state students is Rice.</p>
<p>Replying to thread title: Typically being in-state helps though some schools do not factor ones residency towards admission. UIUC states that in-state or out-state is not a factor to admission.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter, you can still get rejected. Your grades,ec’s, recommendations etc are more important then your residency.</p>
<p>Remember, the more out of state students coming to an instate school, the more money the instate school gets from those students.</p>
<p>Some schools have minimum criteria for in state students. Yes, schools may like OOS but at the end of the day they cannot just admit OOS as questions will be asked and the schools will be required to justify why they took an OOS student and rejected an student with equal credentials who happened to be in state student. So if your record is strong, then you have a better chance as in-state than out of state. If your record is not that strong (on the lower end of admission criteria), they school may prefer an stronger out of state student. </p>
<p>However in some states, there are defined rules for instate admission. For example, if you meet the UC criteria and are in state, you will be admitted into a UC (not that one you may have wanted, but one of lower UC’s, possibly say Merced,). Cal state system has a similar rules. On the other hand, if your stats are at the bottom end of the UC scale, you will not get into a UC if you are OOS. Texas, Arizona etc. have stated criteria, so if you are for example in the top 10% of the class and in state, you will get guaranteed admission. A minimum of 85% of students should be from NC for UNC admissions. So it is better to be instate, but today instate may not assure you admission like it might have done when the economy was better, as stronger (this is comparative, they need to stronger not necessarily in the very top of the range) OOS candidates who are willing to pay their way may be preferred to marginally weaker instate. And that is the other issue, they want OOS who can pay their way.</p>