<p>The Princeton University Undergraduate website for admissions shows the geographic distribution of students admitted for the 2013 class:
Number</a> of Students in the Class of 2013 by Geographic Region
185 people were admitted from New Jersey. Does this indicate that there is a favoring of in-state applicants? I couldn't find admission statistics by state, so I hope someone on cc knows the answer to this question. =)</p>
<p>NJ is a ridiculously competitive state.</p>
<p>Which part of Jersey are you from? There’s lots of competitive schools in NJ but I don’t know how it compares to other states.</p>
<p>New Jersey and Mass. are the two most competitive states in the country. I’m going to bet that at least half of those acceptances in NJ to Princeton are ones to kids that go to private schools in NJ that have good connections to Princeton </p>
<p>What statistic do you use when you say NJ and MA are the two most competitive? What about CA? NY? VA (Thomas Jefferson)?</p>
<p>I was just going by scores needed on the PSAT to get NMSF status. California is a competitive state, but that’s also because it is a huge state, same with NY.</p>
<p>There’s gotta be some preference here. I would be willing to say New Jersey might be more competitive than either Northern California or Southern California, but both combined? Come on. If you look at most academic competition winners, the teams will be from either Texas or California.</p>
<p>It might be that virtually every competitive kid from New Jersey applies to Princeton. I know a lot of good California kids who didn’t bother. Or maybe a lot of California kids matriculated to Stanford, sinking California’s representation.</p>
<p>I would think so. Ivies would give a distinct advantage to those applicants from their state.</p>
<p>Of the accepted students at Stanford, 40% were from California</p>
<p>Columbia also gives a a distinct adavantage to applicants from N.Y.</p>
<p>Students from NJ may also just be more inclined to actually choose Princeton after being admitted.</p>
<p>^^While 40% is a huge margin, I could only assume it is the same thing as what xatuuatx is saying; many, many top applicants in California would be more comfortable staying relatively close to home while getting a comparable education of an Ivy League school at Stanford. I know quite a few people who are strong applicants for an Ivy school who don’t even apply outside of California.</p>
<p>I highly doubt Stanford is giving a very big preference to California students (I’m sure there is some preference). California people are more inclined to Stanford just as NJ people would be more inclined to Princeton.</p>
<p>I don’t believe that the new president cares too much about geography, although, if anything, it’s harder to get in from here (competing with children of faculty, private prep schools around Pton, etc.)</p>