<p>how important is it? can it ever be a significant deciding factor?</p>
<p>I don't think it's very important. In some weaker states, it's not unnatural to see just 1 or even 0 acceptees. Hence, the % acceptance might be ridiculously low. I think it's more ofa tip than anything. If you are academically strong enough, then maybe it'll help you over another who lives in, say, Cali.</p>
<p>It can be a deciding factor at SOME schools, but not all. It won't tip you over if your stats are way below range.</p>
<p>most of the top colleges enjoy having at least one person from every state go to their college. if u live in like North dakota, alaska, wyomgin, or other states with like no ppl in em, then the college will prolly take the top 1-3 applicatns from the state, hopin that at least 1 will enrolll.</p>
<p>state matters alot with the UC system, UF, FSU, UVA, William & Mary, UNC-CH, UT-Austin, UMICH.</p>
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<p>What else do you need? It matters for public schools, but it's merely a small tip factor for privates. They want to see if you could actually survive at the school first: what good is it if a person from Alaska fails and drops out?</p>
<p>hahaha, i live in alaska.
Errr, geodiversity isn't a huge factor, i don't think. many people here were deferred from Yale and Harvard, but all the adcoms do is take your situation into consideration. I mean, c'mon, alaska has a crappy educational system (we have a 33 million dollar deficit right now). Adcoms wanna see you rise above that and excel.</p>