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<p>Actually, you have a hook that’s so obvious, you don’t even realize it - you’re from a rural area. The VAST majority of kids who apply to elite schools, especially LACs, are from urban and suburban areas. A farm kid (or small town kid) with your stats who wants to go to a LAC in New England is a pretty rare thing and would add “flavor” that most colleges would love to add to their campus. It’s not huge, but it’s more than a stereotypically upper middle income kid from East Coast suburbia has.</p>