<p>I was reading an article on university of pennsylvania’s admission process and it stated that your chances can increase or decrease depending on where you live. What i want to know is if my location will increase or decrase my chances. My location is Bedford, Texas (Between Dallas and Fort Worth)</p>
<p>It doesn't make much difference if it's a normal place like most people live. It slightly increases if it's very rural and out-there, and decreases if it's a big feeder to the school</p>
<p>what about suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia???</p>
<p>how many does UPenn usually admit students from Georgia, if anyone knows?</p>
<p>class of 2008:
2, 468 total
20 from georgia
73 from Texas</p>
<p>What abotu Westchester, NY??? (That's partly a joke!!)</p>
<p>See: Demographics</p>
<p>As others noted, Penn wants geographical diversity too so if an applicant is from Montana, well yea, that goes in their favor. Same for rural areas.</p>
<p>but I'm pretty sure that neither of your two people above's states are in areas where they need more regional diversity</p>
<p>I came from Oregon. Woot.</p>
<p>coming from any of the white states on the map gives you a good boost. Coming from the next category up (light blue) gives you a slight boost. If you come from the next two categories (mid and dark blue) then sorry you get no advantage and in some cases having so many people from one state can make admissions harder.</p>
<p>Your chances can vary HS to HS.....ie if nobody else applies to Penn versus if 45 folks apply to Penn. While there are not cutoffs one can conclude that Penn will only admit a limited number of students from any given HS and I include Preps. So if you are up against the strongest candidates from your own HS then I am inclined to say that is a tougher process.</p>
<p>There are a lot of people applying from Pennsylvania/Philadelphia area though, but it doesn't seem to hurt them...is Penn required to take a certain amount from philly or something?</p>
<p>ya philly kids get a break when it comes to penn, they have this deal with the municipal government or something</p>
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<p>Penn has no requirement but has always had a feeling of responsibility and service to the local community. One of my classes met with HS students from a Philly HS...it was an interesting experience. I think this involvement in the community is a great thing that Penn does for both sides, the Penn students and the Philly students. It is also nice to have local kids in the Penn community of students. The better the relations with the community the better Penn is as an institution.</p>