<p>i live in california and no one else in my high school is applying to cornell.
she said that i have a better chance because of that.
any thoughts?</p>
<p>im also mexican so i think she took that into account as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, i think it does help</p>
<p>i'm from california too, (orange county) and i'm mexican, and i got in :)</p>
<p>so you probably stand a pretty good chance</p>
<p>I'm just wondering...who's she?</p>
<p>I think location can affect admission. Colleges try to have a diverse freshman class, so you have a slight advantage there - but not as much as someone from Wyoming or Kansas. Also, in some colleges admissions counselors are assigned by region, so you could have a slight indirect advantage if your regional person is more favorable to you than one of the other regional reps would be.</p>
<p>Yes. Location affects admission vastly.</p>
<p>All Ivys like to have a representation of geographical diversity. So, if all stats are similar, an applicant from CA has way way better chances of getting in northeastern universities than someone from NY, NJ, CT, MA, VT.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the hispanic race (perhaps also native americans) have the best advantage. Being from Cali also helps. GL!</p>
<p>^ i totally agree
my friend got in and she had lower than avg SAT scores for cornell</p>
<p>i thought getting in from NY is easier..</p>
<p>no. getting in from NY is common though, because of cornells land grant schools. college admissions people (cornell specifically) dont claim to have quotas from each school, but they do admit to having regional quotas. regardless, this still translates that to if you have 20 people applying ED to cornell from your school, for example, you better be in the top portion. if youre are the only one, in a not so competitive area, your chances are absolutely increased.</p>
<p>you obviously don't know what you're talking about. the contract colleges do not accept more ny residents simply because of residency! in fact, the contract colleges, and cornell as a whole (at least undergrad), have so many ny state residents enrolled because that's the state where most of their applicants come from! </p>
<p>and regional quotas: just about every prestigious colleges has these "regional quotas." that's why you'll always see them bragging about enrolling students from all 50 states, and showing the different regions of the United States where they have accepted students from!</p>
<p>that regional quota for new york is only there to help decide where to take the vast number of ny applicants cornell as a whole gets (its not just a contract college thing). this ensures that no college is taking half its ny applicants from Brooklyn, Rockland County, Nassau County, etc.</p>
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the counselor..</p>