<p>I heard something interesting about if you come from california, because a majority of people who apply OOS tend to apply to big name universities, the competition for LAC admission is lower than it should be. is this true? i'm looking into a loooot of LACs for my undergraduate years so this is significant news for me.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>it might be. it really depends on which LACs/the kids in your school. u should be able to find ‘well-represented states’ on college websites.</p>
<p>I suppose that depends on the school. At the high school I attend, Pomona, for example, is very much popular with about 20 or so applications a year, while schools like Amherst, Williams, and Swarthmore receive perhaps on average 4 applications a year. The east coast LACs are undoubtedly weaker in name recognition here, so it would certainly be advantageous to apply to such schools if that were what you were looking for.</p>
<p>Hmm let’s just assume its a relatively big (2400 student big?) high school in a competitive area of california. from what I can tell, very few people are aware of LACs (a majority didn’t even recognize pomona) but then again in a high school where 600 people are in each grade you never know ahaha.</p>
<p>I thought most East Coast LACs got a great volume of applications from the East Coast (obviously, lol) and California…</p>