<p>For Stanford admissions, is it an advantage to live in state?</p>
<p>yes it is an advantage even tho stanford is a private university. This is because Leland stanford wanted the university to benefit the children of california, so the university accepts about 50% of its class from in-state.</p>
<p>Well, that's also because a ton of people from CA apply. I don't think the benefit is very significant.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm pretty sure the acceptance rates of in-state vs. out-of-state are about the same. This was discussed before (maybe in the archives) and I think it was concluded that there wasn't an advantage either way.</p>
<p>Yeah, but a lot of In-staters apply just because it is the well-known top private school in California. For example, there are a lot of applicants at my school who have no chance at all who still apply. I'm sure these lower applicants cause the rate to be similar to the rate of out of staters. But I'm just a senior in high school, and since I'm reflective, I don't know anything.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that lots of legacy candidates will be from California. That's because people who graduate from Stanford tend to stay in California and will therefore raise their families in California. Legacy candidates obviously enjoy a greater chance of admission.</p>
<p>Let's not also forget that California is the most populous state in the country. So one reason that Stanford has a lot of students from California is just because California itself has lots of people.</p>