<p>But that doesn't mean that they have a limit of 3 or anything -- it just means that there are approximately 2 or 3 students who enroll each year from West Virginia. If there were 10 extremely qualified people who applied one year, all ten of them could possibly get in.</p>
<p>To give a personal story, my high school had never sent anyone before my year to MIT, and has never sent anybody since. My year, both my friend and I applied, and we both got in. Being from the same geographical area and the same school didn't hurt either of us.</p>