<p>-I know some colleges want diversity in the student body, so why is it an advantage to be in state when applying? Wouldn't they want people from different places? Is it some economic issue or something?</p>
<p>-How much does being in state or a first-gen college student help? </p>
<p>-Do Div III Schools (specifically, MIT) recruit for sports?</p>
<p>Yep. For public U’s, the in state tuition for residents is typically substantially less</p>
<p>I see. But how about like Ivys and the such? Since they have so many national/international applicants, why would they favor the people living in state when they could diversify the pool of students?</p>
<p>Universities have a commiment to the state. They need to accept a certain amount of in-state applicants to be in good terms with the state, in which they reside. This is true for public universities, I don’t know so much for private universities.</p>
<p>DIII schools do indeed recruit for sports and it is just as much of a significant push as being recruited at DI. Friend’s brother was recruited as a baseball pitcher and accepted into JHU even though his GPA was a 3.1 and his SAT was around 1850. He wasn’t even an All-American or near that caliber.</p>
<p>lol I’ll give you a more thorough answer:
Publics: Whether you choose to or not, you (or your parents) are paying taxes that fund your State U, therefore when you go to college there they get a “discount” for their previous payments (it’s almost like getting payed back in a no-interest loan, and you could not get payed back at all if your kids don’t go to college XD)</p>
<p>Privates: Don’t really favor instate kids, BUT they usually do try to support local schools which means they might look more favorably on locals AND the closer you live to a U the more like you are to apply (to a certain degree).</p>
<p>Obviously a lot of bostonians apply to harvard, therefore they make up a substantial porportion of the applicants and consequently the entering class. </p>
<p>Hopefully that helped with Q1</p>
<p>Instate helps at some, hurts at others (for instance, in STL, where I live, WashU hates to admit local kids, they cap the number they admit @ 10%)</p>
<p>1st gen definitely helps!</p>
<p>Not as agressively as D1, unless I missed a memo XD I’m pretty sure that’s what makes them D3 (they don’t shell out the big bucks for the best), but they do sponsor athletes</p>