<p>Stanford says Geography is an important factor in admission. What does mean? Does it mean applying from a particular state gives you an advantage, or applying from far away gives you an advantage?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I don't think geography is really an important factor, unless you're from North Dakota or some place where they dont receive many applications from competitive applicants. Perhaps applying from California may put you at a disadvantage since so many applicants are from there.</p>
<p>In the princeton review best 331 college guide 2002 edition they have this part where they list very important factors, important factors, other factors considered, and factors not considered. </p>
<p>State residency was under the very important factor, and geography was under important factors. </p>
<p>???</p>
<p>according to the stanford common data set (<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/</a> .. section C7) for 2004-2005, geographical residence is "considered," while state residency is "not considered" which i guess means that they consider you differently if you're international... </p>
<p>yeah if you look at the past common data sets, they say the same thing about geography being considered and state residency not being considered, so i don't know what princeton review is talking about...</p>