<p>I think being from Rhode Island (like me) would be a definite advantage. Or atleast I hope it is...</p>
<p>Ah, Rhode Island, the smallest state with the longest name. :)</p>
<p>What are the advantages to living in teh southwest? I know my state does not get many students applying to penn, but my school always sends out many students who apply...what chance do i have now?</p>
<p>FYI Rhode Island has 16 enrollees in the Penn class of 2009.</p>
<p>16 admitted or 16 matriculating?</p>
<p>enrolled means they have matriculated.</p>
<p>chibiajiajin - 90210???</p>
<p>How about Alaska? :o</p>
<p>I believe Alaska had 5 enrollees</p>
<p>Georgia had 30 students enroll...is that considered to be a lot or no???</p>
<p>sammo33 - Georgia is 13th for most enrolled undergrad students at Penn, -Pennsylvania #1 with 452 and only a single person from North Dakota last year.<br>
Virginia was #12 with 39 and Michigan was # 14 with 29.
Although Georgia is not a huge hook state, I still think ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL a candidate from Georgia as compared to someone from NY, NJ, CA, MD, or MA will still have the advantage.</p>
<p>Check out this link from the Penn website:</p>
<p>lol I stare at that page all day! hahah how depressing, how sad, how mortifying, how lonesome....:(</p>
<p>Wombat306 - I would think your location would be an advantage. Just because there may be a small number of kids that enroll from your state, doesn't mean that more aren't accepted. It really would be handy to know how many apply and are accepted state by state, not just how many enroll.</p>
<p>I dunno- cant it also depend on within the state- like FL has lots of applicants- from the south but in central florida and north florida if u say UPENN the say NITTANY LIONS! My school in its 11yrs has only sent 1 peeps to Pnn but has sent 8 to Notre Dame, 3 to Harvard, 5 to DUke (this is as a result of the number of peeps from our school who apply there)-- so what i m really after is for u to say - yes being from winter sprigns fl counts big tiome welcome to penn- or something like that</p>
<p>Location in a state can make a difference, for example rural vs. cities if the rural area is underrepresented .</p>
<p>And ... " Being from Winter Springs Fl counts big time."</p>
<p>Sounds like you needed to hear that!</p>
<p>The best advantage with location would be to live in a state like South Dakota or Wyoming and live in a really rural area.... Not only do they get an extremely low amount of applicants from places like that, but they also give them some slack because not many opportunities are offered at state and local levels.</p>
<p>this is not true...nd only had 1 kid who got accepted..yet the adcom told me they recieved around 30 apps last year from north dakota</p>
<p>I believe there was one kid enrolled from ND. How do you know that more than one weren't accepted, though?</p>
<p>If Winter Springs is an advantage in FL, then being from Lake Placid, FL (population 3000) must be a huge advantage...should I get excited, lol</p>