Number of Students Accepted by State

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<p>Does anyone know where I can find data on the number of students accepted (or enrolled) from each state? Specifically, I live in Michigan. I searched through Columbia's statistical abstract and could not find any data related to this.</p>

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<p>They don't publish that data. They have it by regions, i.e., 29% from the midwest, 38% from the south, etc.</p>

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<p>Far too many from metro New York and California...</p>

<p>Michigan will probably help you, and certainly won't hurt you. There are relatively few Michiganders here.</p>

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<p>How 'bout Wisconsin? Are there any other top colleges that publish this information?</p>

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<p>I know exactly one person from Wisconsin. Anywhere in the Midwest is probably beneficial, really.</p>

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<p>southwest? arizona?</p>

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<p>Again, the vast majority of Columbia students are from the Northeast and California, so virtually anywhere else is probably advantageous. How much of an advantage it is, who knows.</p>

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<p>Info on the Columbia website states that the most popular states for first-year enrollment are New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
<a href="http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>According to my Cornell info session, Cornell tries to admit the number of students from a state roughly proportional to the amount who applied. So if they have a 10% acceptance rate, out of 10 people applying from Wisconsin, 1 will get in, and out of 100 people applying from New York, 10 will get in. Anyone know if Columbia does something similar?</p>

<p>At a school as competetive as Columbia, I don't think living in Wisconsin vs living in New York will be the deciding factor in admissions.</p>

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<p>I don't believe Columbia has any sort of specific quota system like that.</p>

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<p>is living in a wayyyyyy rural part of New York state 10 minutes from canada way up north any different from a nyc or long island student at colleges like columbia, etc? is being a hick diversity?</p>

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<p>Whether or not you're helped by geographic diversity factors is really a consequence of weather Columbia is trying to admit more out of state students or more from outside the New York metropolitan area. Luckily for you they seem to have trended toward boasting the latter statistic in recent years.</p>