<p>The question is in the title.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen anything definitive on this question from the university. And they don’t provide admissions data broken out between NYS applicants and all other applicants. So there is basically no way to know for sure.</p>
<p>I see no reason to presume that the endowed colleges give any preference. About 1/5 of enrolled undergrads at the endowed colleges are NYS residents, This is substantially below the % for other western New York privates. If they gave preference the % would be higher, IMO.</p>
<p>On the other hand, nearly 1/2 of enrollment at the contract colleges are NYS residents. But these colleges provide substantial tuition discount to NYS residents, which undoubtedly bumps up applications from in-state residents. So do the contract colleges give preference to in-state applicants, or are there that many more qualified in-state applicants, so that the acceptance rates are comparable between in-state and out-of-state applicants? I don’t really know.</p>
<p>@monydad got it on the mark — some people just outright disagree with the argument, but i really hope theres a slight preference for NY students (im applying from NY!) </p>
<p>I think more students apply from NY, so more students from there also get in. With that being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a slight preference towards NYS students–30% from one state is HUGE. You don’t see Stanford getting 30% of their kids from CA, and practically everyone there applies. </p>
<p>Best of luck! </p>
<p>^39% of Stanford undergraduates are Californian ;)</p>
<p>^ Really? I had no idea, haha. I thought it was more like 15%. Thanks for the info! </p>
<p>But for the contract colleges, I do think that being from New York will help, even if only a little bit. I mean, at any rate it won’t hurt you. Again, good luck!</p>