Importance of Geography?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Preface: I am applying ED to columbia.</p>

<p>So, I used to live in Wisconsin in 8th grade and was considered pretty smart, but nothing exceptional. Now, I have moved to Idaho, and am possibly one of the smartest and best appearing (to colleges). I am ranked 5/470, have very good EC's, and have strong Sat 2's, but 2100 on SAT. However, I have yet to meet a person applying to Columbia from Idaho who has higher scores or is more qualified. </p>

<p>Finally, my question is if we assume that I am the best overall prospect out of Idaho, but still am not considered completely Columbia-caliber, do you think they will make the exception and I will get in</p>

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<p>If you’re expecting to get in simply to fulfill some sort of “state quota” for their student body, then don’t get your hopes up.</p>

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<p>"However, I have yet to meet a person applying to Columbia from Idaho who has higher scores or is more qualified. "</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=392203[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=392203&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Maybe. Columbia doesn’t necessarily do states but does regions. So while you may the be smartest (that you know of) in Idaho, you’ll be competing with kids from the other states in your region.</p>

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<p>how about the four people who outrank you in your school!!</p>

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<p>yeah, but none of them are applying to Columbia</p>

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<p>or so they say…</p>

<p>but i think where you are applying from makes a small difference. region is important more than specific state i think. and at the end of the day it hardly matters, because the admin committee is pretty good at guaging the difficulty of competition around you / rigor of school.</p>