Regional "Quotas"

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>I tried the search feature for this, with no luck. I heard from totally unreliable sources that USC admissions take pretty strong preference for California folks. What's the validity of that?</p>

<p>I'm from Massachusetts. Would someone from Massachusetts have a more difficult time getting in than someone with equal states from, say, Fresno? </p>

<p>Or is that total bull, and the admissions committee doesn’t pay very much attention to the state you're from at all?</p>

<p>Or do they want people from far off places for some regional diversity?</p>

<p>This feels like a stupid question, somehow. </p>

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<li>Jack</li>
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<p>I think there’s so many people from CA because USC is so big here. I know a lot of people see USC/UCLA on par here, but when I ask most of my OOS friends how they heard of USC, they say they just wanted to go to a school in CA or just searched for it but hadn’t really heard of it previously. But I’m almost positive it’s non-discriminatory, after all it is a private, not public institution. Plus, I think I heard them boast once that they had either students or applicants from every state; I know they take a lot of pride in their diversity (international students as well) so I can only think of it as a plus.</p>