<p>Does it play a substantial importance? I know this has been asked..but California was never brought up. So here i am ;). I am a male from Southern California..and was wondering if my location mattered for Cornell ED</p>
<p>Geographic diversity refers to places like South Dakota and Wyoming, not California.</p>
<p>Oh..didn't know that.. so my location would be a disadvantage (kinda?)</p>
<p>No. It just won't be an advantage.</p>
<p>affirmative norcal</p>
<p>Not entirely true..</p>
<p>Not to give you false hope, but there's an under-representation of Californians at Cornell - failing in battle against the UC's, Stanford, and the Claremont Consortium..</p>
<p>If it helps, I'd rather apply from CA than NY, NJ (been there, done that), CT, or MA.. </p>
<p>Good luck, stay motivated</p>
<p>hmm..so it'd be an advantage (kinda) if i applied from CA?</p>
<p>No, they won't care either way. Unless you come from a very obscure state, or maybe a state loaded with applicants biased toward that school (in which case it would be a negative of course, but I doubt even this counts for much, if anything) "geographic diversity" is hardly a factor worth noting.</p>
<p>is kentucky geographic diversity?</p>
<p>possibly, it's definitely not like we have too many kentuckeyans here</p>
<p>what about the southeast (florida)? is that at all an advantage?</p>
<p>If you want an advantage because your parents decided to move to southeast Florida versus a kid whose parents decided to move to NJ, then I apply somewhere else..</p>
<p>cause if you do, then I don't want you here :-D</p>
<p>Your grades and SAT's will open doors, your essay will get you in.. focus on that</p>
<p>FWIW, I live in an underrepresented state in the midwest. I have been involved in some alumni activities and have seen the admissions data from my area.</p>
<p>The percentage of applicants accepted to Cornell from my area is pretty much the same as the percentage accepted to Cornell overall.</p>
<p>Cornell doesn't get many applications from out here, because many people prefer the state universities, or to stay closer to home at places like Northwestern, Chicago or Wash U. But Cornell doesn't seem to disproportionately accept people anyway. At least that's what the data I've seen suggests to me.</p>
<p>There's not an under-representation of Californians here! Most people I've talked to are from NY, followed by NJ, and third comes CA.</p>
<p>I think that it depends what region from certain states you are from. For example, many people in the south-western Detroit area apply to Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Northwestern, but few apply to Darthmoth or Bowdoin.</p>
<p>I also think Cornell will look at your high school and compare current alumnui's status to others within your region. My teacher, a Cornell alumnus, told me that because my friend is doing very well at Cornell Engineering it may help me to get in because only he and another student from my High School have ever attended Cornell.</p>
<p>:).. thanks i guess. i asked this question long time ago</p>
<p>is washington (state) underrepersented</p>
<p>Is Iowa considered geographic diversity? because I'm hoping that will help to get me in</p>
<p>I don't think geographic diversity helps for students from underrepresented states, but only for students from non-represented states. Colleges like to brag that they have students from x number of states; if theres no one at Cornell from your state, it should probably help you. There are a ton of Californians here and a ton of Floridians here (actually, 2 of the active posters here are from FL: me and perro) so to answer the OP and James17, you won't get any help.
(BTW I'm not completely sure of what I said above, its just my suspicions)</p>
<p>is Western Canada considered a plus??esp in ED engineering??</p>