Does in-state matter?

Transfer Students
1

<p>I currently live in New York, but am moving to Rhode Island in January. Would it be beneficial to apply as a resident of one or the other for the following schools? </p>

<p>Cornell
Brown
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Harvard
Wesleyan
Tufts
Emory</p>

2

<p>not if theyre all private, no
only state schools look as residency for IS</p>

3

<p>Wesleyan is interested in students of the Connecticut Community College system. If you were to attend a CCC, Wes would look favorably on that, as is stated on their transfer website. Other than that, you might check with Brown to see if they do the same thing with students of RI CCs.</p>

4

<p>errr, I go to Trinity so that wouldn't really apply to me. The only reason I ask is because I know Cornell typicaly fills about 30% of their Freshman class with New York residents, while Tufts states directly on their admissions homepage that a large chunk of the class of 2010 is from NY and MA. Would applying as a RI resident give me an advantage in helping geographic diversity, or is this all just useless banter?</p>

5

<p>I mean, I don't think RI students are underrepresented, seeing it's a small state, and a good chunk go to other schools in the U.S., particularly in New England/the Northeast. If you were from South Dakota or Alaska or something, then your state would make more of a difference.</p>

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<p>It seems like many private universities are looking for diversity. Going to college in Iowa would be far more helpful than going to college in New York or the general northeast. I doubt it will really help you and am guessing that 30% of Cornell's class is from NY because:</p>

<p>1) They get MANY applicants from New York, thus just have a larger pool to choose from.
2) They are partly a state school, so they may have a responsibility to the residents of NY.</p>

<p>I don't know about Tufts. If that's the info, then so be it. But I wouldn't think being in the same state is necessarily helpful since a student from another state that doesn't send many students to that school will add diversity and thus be more desirable.</p>