<p>Hello every one! I am new to the web site and the whole posting thing. I was just wondering, can your geographic location affect the admission process at a boarding school.</p>
<p>Absolutely, if you live somewhere unique it will greaten your admissions chances. Schools love to stress where all there students our from. If you live somewhere where nobody is from that is attending the school, then it will help you.</p>
<p>No. Actually, sometimes the farther the way the better because they like to brag about how they have kids from so and so countries and so and so states.</p>
<p>yeah, it should help, but not a ton, location won't get you in, but it will help.</p>
<p>However, if it is one of the overrepresented countries like Korea or China, I think that may lessen the chances because so many people apply from them.
I know for a fact that Blair accepts 2-3 Korean students per year, so it can get pretty competitive.</p>
<p>Well, I live in the Midwest i am applying to Andover, Exeter, and Lawrenceville. They have that board at Exeter and there were less than 5 pins in my state.</p>
<p>I think that the intensity of the effect varies. If you are from Alaska applying to Exeter it will be a nice little pro that you can play up or stress in your application. Its nice since you dont cost the school any Green Cards. If your applying from Ethiopis it would also be quite nice since I'm guessing that only a few students would apply. However, if you find yourself applying from a wealthy county in CT with 100's of applicants (all with amazing stats) who are able to pay full tuition, the school is likely to have a bundle of students such as those. Schools look for diversity and I sometimes think of it as them trying to have a majority minority. As lalalove said, overrepresented countries like Korea and China have a small disadvantage. First of all, they need green cards to be provided by the schools and they also have tons of qualified girls and boys applying. </p>
<p>Its all very variable.</p>
<p>What state are you from, dragonkid?</p>
<p>I'm from Wisconsin, near Madison.</p>
<p>that'll help.</p>
<p>i hope it does.</p>
<p>Groton doesn't have anyone from Michigan, so I'm hoping that will help me. Andover and Taft only have three or four, and I'm not sure about St. Paul's.</p>
<p>Good Luckk!!</p>
<p>It will probably help if the applicant's geographical location enables the student to develop a special skill or unusual perspective. For example, applicants from Alaska may get a closer look due to ice hockey skills, Native American status or for experience of living in an isolated village demanding unusual self reliance. Applicants from the Southwest U.S. may have grown up on a large cattle ranch--a significantly different background than that of the typical New England applicant. An applicant from Arizona or Utah may offer a Morman perspective. In short, use geographical location to differentiate yourself from the other applicants.</p>
<p>I agree with icy9ff8 on this. Unlike colleges with much larger enrollments, boarding schools can't create diversity in every possible way. The applicants these schools seek need to bring something extra -- and personal -- to the table along with their geographic peculiarities. Geography -- in and of itself -- is a passive characteristic. It's not so much the geography, but the way the applicant interacts with it, that can make a difference. It's still up to the applicant to be distinctive in active ways. </p>
<p>If you think you benefit from unusual geography, then don't sit back and gloat. You need to answer this question somewhere in the context of your application: how have you exploited that opportunity? Don't count on geography to create luck for you. As with most things in life, you have to create your own luck.</p>
<p>Ok. i will take that information to heart. good luck to everyone, only 26 more days!!</p>
<p>what about living in hawaii? will that make a difference in applying to andover or exeter?</p>
<p>I remember when I had my interview at Exeter, they had a map of the world with push pins to mark where each one of their students came from... Basically, if you came from South Dakota you'd be a shoo-in.</p>
<p>At a info session at Villanova, they seriously asked if anyone was from South Dakota up front.</p>
<p>It helps but I don't think it guarantees acceptance. The kids who come from further away are self selecting - they're the top of their game.</p>
<p>Do you think living in Delaware gives me a chance?? haha doubt it..</p>
<p>does anyone on this board live in South Dakota or Nebraska by any chance?</p>