<p>is it easier to get in to stanford from the west coast or from the east coast?
(what about for transfer apps?)</p>
<p>Although a great portion of Stanford admits come from California, I think that they do value candidates from the east coast because they need geographic diversity. I would say that there is a negligible difference in chances based on east/west geographic location.</p>
<p>EAST!!! My school is in San Francisco and we have gotten 3/45 girls who applied into Stanford since 2000, compared to 3/21 for Harvard, 4/16 to Princeton or 3/13 for Yale.</p>
<p>The difference is that some qualified people from the east coast apply to Stanford. EVERYONE from the west does, and Stanford, like every school, wants geographic diversity.</p>
<p>The new director of admissions is on record as wanting to increase east coast representation at Stanford.</p>
<p>Stanford is relatively new to being a world class college. For decades it was the college where mostly the best from CA went. Undergrad is still half from CA!! This can't go on much longer. There are a ton of rich legacies and development candidates that are accomodated. After that,m I think non Asian from east coast has the leg up.</p>
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That is not surprising, of course, since Dean Shaw was Yale's admission dean before being Stanford's...</p>