<p>do colleges take into account where an applicant is from? if so, to what extent?</p>
<p>for example: north dakotan with pretty good credentials.</p>
<p>come on people, north dakota? not even a little interested? </p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>
<p>Well, I think colleges try to have a certain amount of people from different regions. Also states have certain school rankings and education systems, so in a sense yes, but no.</p>
<p>it depends.
some colleges want kids from all over like Rice.
some are more biased to their own state, like UCLA</p>
<p>most private schools would definitely be interested in someone from the dakotas, as they like to say they have students from xx number of states</p>