Does your location affect your admission chances in any way?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey. I am going to be a senior this fall and I am going to apply to different colleges.</p>

<p>I was wondering if being an out-of-state student has any effect on admissions?</p>

<p>For example, I am going to apply early to Columbia and I live in NJ.</p>

<p>Will this hurt/help/do anything to my chances for admission?</p>

<p>In addition, will my status as being an out-of-state applicant increase my tuition, if I am accepted? (Though I plan to move to NY and get an apartment or dorm if I am accpeted to Columbia).</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for the clarifications.</p>

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<p>I don't think applying from NJ will make you special. If you applied from Wyoming, however, that would be a different story.</p>

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<p>The general idea on cc is that if one lives in NJ, admissions could be a tiny bit harder because of how overrepresented NJ tends to be at top schools.</p>

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<p>Private universities such as Columbia charge the same tuition for all students, without regard to geographic residency. Only public schools charge different rates for in-state and out-of-state students (because State residents support the school with their tax money).</p>

<p>Also, private schools do not normally consider your home state when making their admissions decisions unless they are seeking a geographically diverse class and you happen to live in an area from which they get very few applications. A New Jersey resident would almost never qualify for this kind of consideration though, because there are so many students from NJ applying to schools all over the country.</p>

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<p>Only for State Universities will being from the state that the university is in will it help your chances, while being OOS will hurt them. The UC system is the most radical part as according to collegeboard.com your state of residence is more important than your GPA or SATs</p>

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<p>Columbia takes A LOT of kids from New York and New Jersey. So it could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how competitive you are.</p>

<p>But I agree with the above posters, it is easier to get in if you're from Wyoming, Alaska, Nebraska, North/South Dakota, Utah, Iowa, and Kentucky.</p>

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<p>rofl. /**********/</p>

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<p>Said states also have more cattle than humans; so coming from those can be an advantage.</p>

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<p>It all comes down to money, I really don't think it matters.</p>

<p>e.g.,</p>

<p>OOS pays 17,000 vs an instate student with equal stats pays 3,000.</p>

<p>Now who would you take to attend your university? Also, having more OOS students probably makes the university seem better since more people from OOS are applying = maybe more notable?</p>

<p>Don't worry.</p>

<p>$$</p>

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<p>None of the Ivies charge a different in-state vs. out of state tuition, at least that I know of.</p>

<p>A cap on out of state kids is really only a factor for State Us.</p>

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<p>^ Haha, like Texas?</p>

<p>In all seriousness, do regions matter? I'm certain south Texas is rather poorly represented among top universities.</p>

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<p>Yeah...you are right, those from underrepresented states often receive a slight boost in chances because it is harder to find qualified applicants from those states.</p>

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<p>They recieve more than a slight boost. Those from over represented states (ca, ny, ct, ma, nj, etc) have a much harder time.</p>

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<p>It's all because the colleges are trying to get lots of geographical diversity.</p>

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<p>I think it also depends a lot on the University itself. For instance, I know NC applicants at Duke get an admissions boost.</p>

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<p>if I'm applying to a smaller liberal arts school in Boston (Emerson) and I live in Alabama, will that help my chances?</p>

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<p>^Probably.
Not dramatically, but at least a small boost.</p>

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None of the Ivies charge a different in-state vs. out of state tuition, at least that I know of.

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<p>Cornell does for a specific college -- the one that's funded in part by the state of New York.</p>

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<p>mtngoat1: It will help if nobody from Alabama applies there!</p>

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<p>I'm sure very few from Alabama will, at least to the deparment I'm applying to.</p>