<p>I was wondering if living out of state increases ones chances to getting into a school.
Specifically, I am talking about Stanford, UC Berkeley, U Penn, or Georgia Tech...
Also, are there certain states that those colleges would rather have over other ones?
For example, I live in South Carolina, and it's probably safe to assume that not many South Carolinians go to Stanford. So will Stanford want more students from South Carolina, or will they rather have students from California?</p>
<p>For an out of state public, (Berkeley, Gtech), being out of state will decrease your chances of getting in significantly.</p>
<p>And if you look at the school’s website, you can see what percent of students come from which states.</p>
<p>Some of the schools that you mentioned are private, so they being out of state should not change your chances. For the public schools that you mentioned, as AmaranthineD said, being out of state hurts your chances. Also, being from SC might help (I don’t know), but for really competitive schools like Stanford, it probably won’t help that much if at all.</p>
<p>Does Stanford post theirs? I can’t find it on their website if they do. @AmaranthineD</p>
<p>Some schools with lower rankings are sometimes looking for geographic diversity, but highly ranked schools like Stanford get plenty of applications for all areas of the country. So you can’t count it in helping you out. As far as being from out of state for a public school, your odds may go up if you are full pay and not applying for need based aid. </p>
<p>I think it might help if you are looking at LAC’s. For example most LAC’s in upstate New York have about 40% in state, with a good portion from California. I think being from a largely unrepresented state like Alaska or Montana increases your chances</p>
<p>Look up common data sets for your schools. There should be a checklist where they say whether or not geographic diversity is an important factor in their admissions. </p>