Oregonian at an Ivy?

Applying to College
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<p>Does coming from Oregon give you a slight edge over other ivy applicants? just because its a smaller state or something.</p>

2

<p>First of all, Oregon is not small. Rhode Island is small. </p>

<p>If the state is under-represented, it will help; however, I do not think that Oregon will help particularly. It is only states like South Dakota and Wyoming where geography is a big help. It's probably better than being from Massachusetts or California, though.</p>

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<p>I'm a fellow oregonian, and I think it helps, especially at smaller LAC. My school tends to send a bunch of people to east coast and a few to ivy's. I think for Stanford, though, it's a disadvantage since we're so close. Generally the ivies and top tier schools on the east coast have 10 to 25 students from oregon.</p>

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<p>In area, yes. In terms of population they are both on the small side --> ~ 1 million for R.I. and ~2.8 million for Oregon.</p>

<p>Ivy League schools probably get more apps from R.I. though, since it's right there in the northeast. Viewed from Oregon, the Ivy League looks pretty remote.</p>

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<p>Even in terms of population, Oregon is not particularly small. There are about twenty three states with populations smaller than Oregon (using populations from July 2004).</p>

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<p>for gcard1, what school do you attend?</p>

7

<p>Why would you want to leave Oregon anyway? I'm an international and Oregon is one of the very few states I would love to live/study in.</p>

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<p>I think Oregon is amazing, but when you've grown up here all your life, you sort of want to branch out. Many people do comeback though.</p>

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<p>I definately love Oregon, and when I am through with college, I definately want to come back here. There is no place I would rather live. However, the universities I really like are all on the east coast. For my college years, I want to be near a big city.</p>