I live in a state where only 16 kids out of (350 applicants) were accepted to Harvard last year.
Does living in here look good (geographic diversity) or bad (schools not as good, less resources, etc) on applications?
Where did you get that statistic? To the best of my knowledge, Harvard does not publish the number of students applying from a specific state nor the number of applicants accepted from a specific state.
FWIW: Theoretically it could work both ways. For example, Wyoming, which is not a populous state probably has fewer applicants to Harvard than New York or California. So your overall chances as an applicant from Wyoming are probably better than a student from NY or CA. On the other hand, there are probably more competitive high schools (which could be better) in NY and CA than Wyoming.
I got it from http://www.rmhuc.org/.
Lots of digging, haha.
And to put in perspective nationally, I have a 2340 SAT, 4.34 GPA, All American in my sport, worked for 2 years as a paint instructor at my job… So I think I’m at least competitive?
I’m just freaking out right now because my essays weren’t spectacular, and I’m reaching for any sort of solace…
This isn’t very helpful, but still an interesting tidbit that I remembered when Gibby mentioned Wyoming: it’s actually the only state that DOESN’T have any students in Harvard’s class of 2019.
Harvard seriously didn’t accept anyone from Wyoming?! Wow. You would think that they would want to be able to say that they represent all 50 States! 49 doesn’t sound nearly as good on pamphlets.
And I heard the Princeton didn’t accept any Nebraskans last year.
Kind of a scary thought.
16 out of 350 is 4.6% which is not all that different from the overall 5.3% rate Harvard reported last year.