I was looking at a site that showed the geographic locations of the student body at MIT. Out of every state / country, Massachusetts had both the most undergraduates, and graduate students. Is this because more people from Mass. apply, or does it actually help your chance of admission if you live in Massachusetts?
<p>Bump bump.</p>
<p>I does not help your application if you are from Massachusetts. It would help to be from places like Alaska, Hawaii, or Kentuky if you were applying to schools in the northeast.</p>
<p>yay! kentucky!</p>
<p>quite frankly, i think they have more students from mass because more apply. if you look at a location map for any school, the map will show more students from the area of the country the school is located. that said, all the admissions counselors have said while they don't have geographic quotas, they do try to get ppl from around the world/country.</p>
<p>Y .</p>
<p>so.. does that make a southerner easier to get into schools in the mid north? like uiuc perhaps :) i'm from nc btw, oo and good point that someone mentioned in my thread, duke has about 15% students from NC, just a fun little fact :)</p>
<p>Or a northwesterner (Idaho) at a place like UNC?</p>
<p>if u r a guy, u'd definately wnana come here,,, too many girls at unc chapel hill,,, err....</p>
<p>Maybe it has something to do with the state government offering more scholarships to people who go to college in-state?</p>
<p>state government doesn't offer scholarships, i've never heard scholarship that's found by the government, but North carolina is kinda strict on how many in-state students they have to take, usually more than states like virginia and georgia, for unc chapel hill, too many girls go there for social studies and BIOLOGY (all wanna be doctors one day) or bio-related fields. guys are pretty happy in here, coz there're about 65% of females or so</p>