<p>How does coming from certain regions affect the admissions process?</p>
<p>I realize that the larger pools from NE, Cali, and Texas to an extent have a larger amount of competition. BUT how does coming from a state such as Arizona come into play?</p>
<p>Is Arizona considered along with California as West regionally or indepent, etc?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Colleges have 3 things they look at as far as location goes.
1.)Your country
2.) Your region.
3.) Your state
4.) Your local area
I was told by a Harvard admin that being from the midwest, living in South dakota, north dakota, or wyoming, and coming from a rural area is the best advantage as far as location goes... However, only probably like 5 people, at most, within the history of this board have those similar conditions. Here's the deal, people in places like wyoming don't have many opportunities (academic or extracurricular) at regional, state, or local levels. They also don't have very good school systems. Therefore, those who apply will be considered mainly on their test scores and gpa. They are given an advantage in the admissions process, no dout for their lack of resources and because so few people apply. Your region is good, your state, however, is slightly under-represented, not as much as wyoming, but it's not nearly as represented as california, MA, NY, NJ, ect... What's the size of your city/town?</p>
<p>Just over one million. I don't know if it matters, but it is 40% Hispanic.</p>