<p>I've heard that Stanford attempts to represent each region and area. Does anyone have any idea about what that breakdown is? What constitutes as an under-represented area?</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, if I had a 30 on my ACT, would I be more likely admitted if I lived in over-populated California, or small town rural Wyoming?</p>
<p>Just a curious question from a curious observer...</p>
<p>"Does anyone have any idea about what that breakdown is? What constitutes as an under-represented area?"</p>
<p>I don't know the specifics, but the student population represents all 50 States and 60 Countries around the world. An underrepresented area is probably one which does not send many students to schools (e.g. rural Wyoming). On the other hand, Los Angeles or New York would really be underrepresented.</p>
<p>"Hypothetically speaking, if I had a 30 on my ACT, would I be more likely admitted if I lived in over-populated California, or small town rural Wyoming?"</p>
<p>Rural Wyoming.</p>
<p>I'm not sure you'd have a better chance in either place. The percentage of students coming from CA is higher than from say Wyoming, but the acceptance rate for both state could be about the same</p>
<p>^that's due to the number of people who apply from each state. California has a DRASTICALLY higher number of applicants than wyoming, and therefore it's acceptance rates are higher
colleges, for a fact, especially the upper tier colleges, accept more people from those states that are poorer and have a smaller population.</p>
<p>Does anybody know where I can find a state-by-state breakdown of admitted applicants into Stanford? I was able to find one at Princeton, and I found it very interesting. That is what spurred my interest about the breakdown at Stanford (since it claims to be one of the most diverse universities)</p>
<p>Bear in mind that although there may be less people applying from a state such as Wyoming, Wisconsin, or Idaho, the school may only take 6-8 students. Those 6-8 students tend to be the cream of the crop in their state. There are not as many on-the-borderline of being a qualified applicant types applying.</p>
<p>It's not really something you can control, so why worry about it? Just pretend that your location will help you either way if that makes you feel less stressed. Sometimes when I look down at the freckles on my skin, I wonder if I have enough to identify as half-black on applications...then I just figure I'll let the school's interviewer or admissions counselor make the obvious distinction when they see me in person ;-) (this last bit is all in jest)</p>
<p>^could you post the princeton breakdown? I'd like to see it.</p>
<p>Here is the breakdown for Princeton (if this is what you are thinking of):
Number</a> of Students in the Class of 2012 by Geographic Region</p>
<p>The reason I ask this is because I am from a rural state that is not overly represented. In all honesty I am the first student to apply to a "major school (ivy league caliber)" in the last 6 years. That being said I am from a school of 1200+ kids; they just happen to be small-town minded. :)</p>
<p>Tell me which state are you from, and I may find out the info for Yale's SECA in your state from last year. It should be similar to Stanford's, if that is the case. I never see Stanford's data.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link! I found it to be very interesting. Although technically, it only shows us the breakdown for the members of the class of 2012 and doesn't tell us the percentage of students accepted from each state who applied. For all we know more students from NY are in the class than Florida because more students applied rather than having a higher acceptance rate. </p>
<p>Stanford I believe has a much more skewed distribution than similar caliber schools. 45% of their class is from California and although I don't have data on the breakdown of applicants, it's probably roughly the same, or even higher. So you have roughly 800 students from Cali, and the other 900 or so distributed amongts the other 49 states and foreign countries. Western states like Arizona are probably more represented than eastern states like Rhode Island (NY might be an exception due to the high amount of people from NY go to top schools).</p>
<p>Well since California is the most populous state, it wouldn't be surprising for it to have many students go to top colleges.</p>
<p>From the Common Data Set: Stanford</a> University</p>
<p>For the Class of 2012, 36% of students are from California. For all undergrads enrolled Fall 2008, 42% are from California. I haven't seen any information about students from the rest of the states, though.</p>
<p>I am not particularly fond of putting "myself" all over the internet. I don't like putting what state I am from etc. etc. :). Where would you have gotten your information if I would have told you.</p>
<p>Yale</p>
<p>Alabama (10)
Alaska (2)
Arizona (4)
Arkansas (2)
California (too many to count... at least 70)
Colorado (6)
Connecticut (49)
Delaware (2)
District of Columbia (11)
Florida (29)
Georgia (20)
Hawaii (6)
Idaho (4)
Illinois (45)
Indiana (3)
Iowa (4)
Kansas (3)
Kentucky (2)
Louisiana (1)
Maine (6)
Maryland (33)
Massachusetts (59)
Michigan (13)
Minnesota (11)
Mississippi (2)
Missouri (8)
Nebraska (1)
Nevada (1)
New Hampshire (8)
New Jersey (53)
New York (a lot like Cali49a... that's all you need to know)
North Carolina (18)
North Dakota (1)
Ohio (16)
Oklahoma (4)
Oregon (4)
Pennsylvania (43)
Puerto Rico (3)
Rhode Island (4)
South Carolina (3)
Tennessee (12)
Texas (quite a few..)
Utah (2)
Vermont (4)
Virginia (18)
Washington (14)
West Virginia (1)
Wisconsin (6)</p>
<p>What else does anyone think? Will my chances be greater if I am from a rural state compared to someone from a heavily represented state?</p>
<p>Thanks. As expected my state had a low amount.</p>
<p>But that could be because your state has a lower number of applicants. Power states like the ones in New England, Florida, and Texas tend to have an overwhelming number of applicants.</p>
<p>oh joy i'm from a "power state"</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many applicants come from Canada each year? Thanks!</p>
<p>so long as you are ballpark with most applicants you see, you will definitely benefit. southern by any chance?</p>