<p>Which states would qualify as the 'over represented' states for Ivy/Top 20 college admissions? Just curious!</p>
<p>Depends on the college, but mostly:</p>
<p>New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
California</p>
<p>I always hear “New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts.” Once can assume because of their NE location and excellent public school systems.</p>
<p>“Top 20” would include schools like Stanford, where Californians are definitely overrepresented.</p>
<p>Would Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois be considered Over represented or under represented? Or neither?</p>
<p>Minnesota and Wisconsin, probably underrepresented to some degree. Illinois… I suppose it depends on the school. Chicago and Northwestern have a bunch of Illinois kids, obviously, as does nearby Notre Dame. However, Illinois isn’t really somewhere I would think of as having an effect on your college admissions. Probably around middle of the road.</p>
<p>Would Ohio be considered under represented in Ivy league schools?</p>
<p>Not Ohio. Think WY, ND, SD, MS, MT – states on the low end of the population scale or traditionally not known for academic strengths. </p>
<p>Ohio is 7th out of 50 in population</p>
<p>Maine? Ha, when we came up here for our job interviews in 1986, DH and I said, “Wow, Maine? Is that even part of the US?” People tend to forget about us, which is fine!</p>
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<p>No. Could you convince your parents to move to the Dakotas?</p>
<p>The Ivies say (at least, the ones I know about say) that they’ve arranged their admissions dockets so that it isn’t particularly easier to gain admission from Wyoming than it is from Wellesley, Mass. I’m skeptical about that, but that’s what they say.</p>
<p>should CT be included in that whole overrepresented northeast group of NY, MA, NJ, etc. ?</p>
<p>^ I’d assume so, since there are a good number of prep schools in CT</p>