<p>Is it easier for someone living in Princeton to get into Princeton University than someone from another state?</p>
<p>According to Education Week: "Good neighbors make good feeder schools. Princeton High School, a public school down the street from Princeton University, sent 19 kids to the college last year, up from 12 four years ago. Jeff Lowe, the high school's college adviser, says the numbers are so high in part because the children of Princeton professors are more likely to attend the high school, and they're also likely to be good students. He says the school typically sends between 10 and 20 kids to the university every year. (The university subsidizes up to half the tuition for the child of a faculty member.) Two years ago, the high school began accepting kids from outside the district for $15,817, after parents requested it."</p>
<p>It's actually a disadvantage unless you have some connection to the University, i.e. your parents are alums/professors. If you have no connection, then you are compared to the scores of kids at your school that do.</p>