<p>Does Brown University try to take students from all states? For example if there is a student from California with a slightly better overall application, and a student from wyoming with a worse application, but no one from Wyoming has applied ED, does the student from Wyoming have a better shot of being accepted ED than the Cali student?</p>
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<p>I’d say maybe. I’m in a similar situation, as a missouri applicant. However, from what I’ve read—which is a great deal—Brown seems to accept the same percentage RD from each region. ED is probably somewhat different. </p>
<p>I’m doing research at the moment on the number of feeder prep schools on the east coast and across the country; the geographic distribution of these reflects Brown/Harvard/Yale/etc’s acceptances. This is both because of counselor connections, and applicant strength, but if you are qualified to get into Brown when stacked up against other applicants from your region, you should get in. </p>
<p>The short answer is thus: Brown tries to accept a geographically diverse class, and if there are less applicants from your area—a significantly small number—than you probably have a better chance than someone from the Boston area, simply because of the uniqueness you bring to the campus.</p>
<p>Good luck tothetop. Let me know how you do; hopefully we geographic minorities will succeed.</p>
<p>Thanks! Good luck to you too. </p>
<p>I don’t see how the link you posted supports the fact that the less people that apply from your region, the higher chance you have of getting in. </p>
<p>Please let me know, as soon as you are done with your ‘research’ of acceptance rates in different regions. Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m from Missouri, too! Hopefully we’re “diverse” enough to get in!</p>
<p>Tothetop: You’re right, that statistic doesn’t show that. The reason is that Brown only posts acceptances from each region, not applications. </p>
<p>It is true, though, that Brown desires a diverse class from across the country, so if you are the only person applying from one state, you are probably going to get in. Now, that is a gross exaggeration of our situation, but case in point: ED application numbers are miniscule from the regions—midwest, central, pacific—with already low total acceptance percentages, because there aren’t as many powerhouse prep schools here stock-full of alumni.</p>
<p>When I asked my Brown interviewer how many people he was interviewing for ED, he said just 3. I only know of two other Brown alums in my area. So I know from this that ED numbers from my area are small, but—and this is the catch—the real power-house prep schools that send missouri kids to Harvard/Yale etc aren’t in my city. </p>
<p>It’s always a crazy toss-up, and as much time as we spend trying to analyze it all and solve the rubik’s cube of the admissions process it really just comes down to if you are qualified—grades, recs, scores—and if your essay connects with the admissions officer.
If you think you have all that, I’d say you have a good chance; if not, I’m sure you’ll do wonderfully wherever you go. </p>
<p>Are you from a public or private school, tothetop? and do you know any kids from your school in the past that have gotten in? that might help.</p>
<p>Chelsea: What part of MO are you from?</p>
<p>AHHH…I hope what you are saying is right!</p>
<p>Public school…but so far from what I know, I’m the only one who applied ED from my region! I mean I’m in the highish end of 50% range of the students at Brown with my ACT score (32). I’ve taken 13 AP classes, above a 4.0 gPA, and I am 1/575 in my school. So I really hope you get in!</p>
<p>How about you?</p>
<p>tothetop: Dang, alright—with those numbers, I really hope you get in, or I won’t have any faith in the admissions process. As a valedictorian, with 13 AP’s, you should definitely stand a fighting chance with good EC’s especially if you are the only person from your region. </p>
<p>I go to a public school, and I’m an IB Diploma candidate—it’s like the equivalent of 15 AP’s on steroids—and I have a 34 on the ACT. Super-scored it’s a 35, but I don’t think they really care that much. My class rank and GPA suck though, because I got a couple of C’s my freshman year, though I do have a 4.0 UW (4.91 W) this semester. I have a million EC’s and they’re the reason my GPA was low freshman year.</p>
<p>I hope you get in too!</p>
<p>Jjjjoseph: I’m from the southwest part of Missouri. :-)</p>
<p>I haven’t taken the ACT yet, but I plan on taking every AP course that my school offers in the next two years. </p>
<p>I think you both stand a very good chance of acceptance. 99% of my peers will end up going to an in-state university. I’m almost certain that no one from my school has ever even applied to an Ivy League (or even a prestigious university).</p>
<p>Wow dude…you totally just owned my ACT score and my 13 AP classes…</p>
<p>hahahaha</p>
<p>I hope we both get in</p>
<p>tothetop: Yeah, but you’re a freaking valedictorian. I hope so too.</p>
<p>I really hope geography plays a role in admissions. I talked to an admissions guy at a Brown Near You session, and he said they pretty much do it relatively. So if like 1000 students applied in Massachusetts, 100 would be selected, as opposed to in Arkansas, where likely 10 will apply and 1 will be selected. I don’t know that they make a concentrated effort to do this; I think it is just sort of how it plays out. However, I’m sure if they noticed they had accepted 300 students from Massachusetts ED, they would be reluctant to accept a great number of Massachusetts students RD. (I know they would never accept 300 MA students ED, just using an exaggerated example!)
If you are the only student applying from your state, I’d say this would be a hook. It doesn’t mean you’ll get in automatically, but I’d imagine it gives you the type of advantage a legacy would have.
I’m from a historically poor and stupid state, so I’m hoping I’m among only a few ED applicants!</p>
<p>aleader: Which state are you from?</p>
<p>Most colleges accept more students than they can take because of projected yield. Sometimes, though, they undershoot and need to take students from the wait list. So when they go to the wait list, they may look for students whose profiles fill gaps in the class. If there are, for some strange reason, a dearth of New Yorkers, then they’ll look for those students on the wait list. Same goes for kids from Wyoming.</p>
<p>Worry less about whether your state will offer you an advantage. It’s not something you can control. You can control your transcript, your essays, and the rest of your application. Although you can guess how the number of applicants from your state will stack up to those of other states, you won’t know the actual figures, what their profiles look like, who is from your state but went to school somewhere else, etc.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>