<p>Great....now I have all of this competition amongst Houstonions....I mean, I have very little to offer in the first place, but now all these crazy kids applying from Houston, being hispanic (like myself)...damnit.</p>
<p>Someone said:</p>
<p>"My alumni interviewer said "If you want to know one thing that will increase your chances significantly, move to Missouri."</p>
<p>That is actually pretty cool, because I live in Missouri! That is just too ironic.</p>
<p>BTW. My interviewer said that 11 people were applying that she knew of ED, and about 2/3 were from two of the private schools around here. I am liking my chances (but am still VERY apprehensive).</p>
<p>my GOD! I went to Taylor for 2 years until transferring to the Texas Academy of Math & Science. My mother was there this morning procuring a copy of my transcript (to replace the one the admissions office lost, but that's another story)... wow so many TX people...</p>
<p>I'm applying to Brown RD. But anyway, I've heard that TX really isn't underrepresented in top college admissions and admit rates are generally in line with national rates at most schools. This is not true, however, with other parts of the south.</p>
<p>Candlize -</p>
<p>How do you like TAMS? D was seriously considering it a couple of years ago.</p>
<p>Arizona for the win.
I know Texas is going to have more applicants at eite schools than here.</p>
<p>To all you in popular areas like long island, nyc, massachusetts, take comfort: most of my friends are from there. It may not give you an advantage, but there are still ****loads of you here.</p>
<p>about those texans... Ruth Simons (our President) hails from the giant state of Texas, and this year, they had a bunch of texans... so i geuss they filled thier quotas for the next four years. but yes, this year was above average texan recruitment... any NJ people?</p>
<p>crum - are you saying Brown will be taking no more Texans for the next four years?</p>
<p>haha, of course not. i was joking around with that, but they did have a lot of kids from texas.</p>
<p>Yes Texas! Dallas area representing! Yay Brown!</p>
<p>I'm an Indian of Norwegian citizenship and I graduated from a school in S. Korea. I'm taking a gap year in Norway at the moment. I had studied in an int'l school in Norway for 12 years and have lived here for a total of 15 years. Where will I be considered to be from geographically? Does this "diversity" (if it is) give me an advantage?</p>
<p>Does someone have an answer to my question?</p>
<p>Do I understand you correctly; you have lived in the States for 15 years, but attended school in Norway for 12 years and you graduated from a school in South Korea. And now you are back in Norway for your gap year. Were you transferred senior year? </p>
<p>If you are not an American citizen, having spent so much of your life overseas, I would imagine you would be considered an International applicant. And I think it goes without saying, you are a candidate that contributes to the geographical diversity of any freshman class. It just depends on how much international diversity a college desires when building that freshman class.</p>
<p>Being in NJ, Ny, MA, Ca, and states as such will hurt you because of the competition. Being in SD,ND, WY, or something will help you because the competition is very low and not many people apply. coming from anywhere else won't really effect you. Though being rural can help you in admissions if you play your cards right.</p>
<p>^^^^I agree. If I had submitted my exact same app but lived in the city, I doubt I would have gotten in. Yay for the country!</p>
<p>"I'm an Indian of Norwegian citizenship and I graduated from a school in S. Korea. I'm taking a gap year in Norway at the moment. I had studied in an int'l school in Norway for 12 years and have lived here for a total of 15 years. Where will I be considered to be from geographically? Does this "diversity" (if it is) give me an advantage?" </p>
<p>By this I mean I am a Norwegian citizen, and I lived in Norway for 15 years (attended an international school in Norway for 12 years of that - because the first three years of my life I didnt attend school - duh :p) I am of indian ethnicity. I moved to Korea at the end of the 9th grade in Norway and skipped 10th and did my last 2 years of high school in an international school in South Korea (11th and 12th). Now I've moved back to Norway for my gap year. What position am I in? Good or bad?</p>
<p>does living in the city really hurt you that much? i thought it would help.</p>
<p>either way it's too late to do anything about it now! I think factors like aademics, and personality mean much more than geographic location....</p>
<p>city = high density population = more likely other ppl in your area also applied to brown</p>
<p>Esquared, candlize, Idmom06, orestes, pinkdillo, hornetguy, ricer, and all other Texans out there --- Ive started a new thread entitiled Texans for Brown; please come and visit it!</p>