Underrepresented States?

Prep School Admissions
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<p>What about California? I'm applying to schools that are all in New England. It's no Wyoming or Kazakhstan but I feel it won't damage me too much right?</p>

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<p>there are a large number of CA kids in NE prep schools, esp from the Bay area</p>

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<p>Umm… What about from LA? BTW that was really quick :P</p>

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<p>BS websites & lookbooks will boast that their students hail from X number of countries and Y number of states. I’ve never see one that made the distinction: …Y number of states*</p>

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but for CA, W number from SF and Z number from LA</p>

<p>I don’t think applying from CA will “damage” you, but it probably won’t help you either.</p>

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<p>How about Texas?</p>

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<p>Intuitively I would expect states near to the BS, states with large populations, states w a BS culture to be more likely to have higher representation at the BS. But every school is different. </p>

<p>To be sure, check w each school individually-- look at the school’s website or viewbook, or ask the Admissions office.</p>

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<p>Isn’t there something about “states that begin with vowels” being the the under-represented ones?</p>

<p>I personally don’t think CA or TX are under-represented states for most NE boarding schools…</p>

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<p>Regarding “states that begin with vowels”, DS’s BS has a fair number of kids from Chicago</p>

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<p>How about Idaho or Washington?</p>

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<p>Think the West and the Deep South, more than the East or West Coast–states where people think a boarding school is a place where you send your troubled child.</p>

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<p>There is no one answer. Go to each school’s website and they’ll often list their state and country distribution. An over represented state in one school might be under represented at another.</p>

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<p>I don’t think many Midwestern kids apply to ** (I might be the only one in my grade), let alone head out to the East Coast. I live in Bloomfield Hills, MI, which is a pretty predominantly-white, privileged, middle-upper class area, but I haven’t heard of any ** brads.</p>

<p>Of course, I’ll be the first one in my family to ever apply, in addition to being a minority (A-A) so what do I know about underrepresentation?</p>

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<p>troubled children like this:
<a href=“http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ahNvUh5V0o/UAcXNXtirQI/AAAAAAAAHNk/mWnAHo9mIzA/s1600/REFORM+SCHOOL+GIRL+(1957)+NM+!+Lobby+Card+Set+ED+BYRNES+2.jpg[/url]”>http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ahNvUh5V0o/UAcXNXtirQI/AAAAAAAAHNk/mWnAHo9mIzA/s1600/REFORM+SCHOOL+GIRL+(1957)+NM+!+Lobby+Card+Set+ED+BYRNES+2.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>OH, GREAT link GMT. That’s where I’ll send folks who wonder why my d is at an all-girls’ boarding school ;-)</p>

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<p>Really, in the big scheme of things, what state you are from is just one small portion of the big picture. </p>

<p>Spend the time composing the best essay ever, instead of wondering what fraction of a percent difference your home state makes.</p>

<p>Even if a particular school doesn’t have anyone from, say, Iowa, and someone applies from Iowa, it’s not like they’re going to say “Oh we better admit her, we need somebody from Iowa.” Maybe they get 10 applicants from Iowa, but if none of them really excite the admissions committee, my bet is they’ll just live with the fact that they don’t have any students from Iowa…</p>

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<p>@GMTplus7 - best laugh of the day - thank you for that link!</p>

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<p>@GMT I shared that with my d, who, um…“appreciated” it ;-)</p>