<p>Low representation:</p>
<p>Deep South (Miss., Alabama, Georgia...well, not really Georgia)
Arkansas (from here)
North and South Dakota
Wyoming</p>
<p>dear NoVA,
i send a curse upon your good schools!</p>
<p>love,
the rest of VA.</p>
<p>(jk.)</p>
<p>Would KY be a good underrepresented state?</p>
<p>I think so (about KY) but I'm not sure. It's not like you have huge urban or wealthy areas where a lot of rich kids go to Ivies, right?</p>
<p>I live in the largest city (Louisville) but I think the whole city may have produced 5-10 Ivy admits this year and the city had a great academic year. The city is not rich by any means(avg. income $40k-$50k) and 98% of all the kids here stay in state for college. A lot of minorites live here and we've just got out of a 20 year period of having a barren downtown area.</p>
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<p>There's a difference between being from a rural section of Kentucky and being from Louisville, especially the more affluent areas. Being from Louisville by itself isn't going to be a big advantage (i.e. overcoming a difficult background). </p>
<p>We send a fair number of students to elite schools every year, both local students and students who went away to boarding school (they count too). I go to a sendoff party for frosh to a HYPS school every year and I can assure you that these students have the credentials.</p>
<p>Who is "we"???</p>
<p>N.B. I don't live in an affluent section of Louisville. If you want to know, the neighborhood is called Germantown and it has become really horrible. I am no more than 1/2 mile away from Broadway.</p>
<p>NM the we. I think you mean Louisville.</p>
<p>What is this sendoff party?? How many students are there?</p>
<p>basically if you want into an Ivy, move to Wyoming, Montana or Alaska. Pretty much any state with, like, 3 electoral votes. Any accomplishments you make in NJ will look paltry; those same accomplishments with a Wyoming return address are certain to get you in. In fact, if you just have a PULSE and are from Wyoming, congratulations, you're eligible.</p>
<p>THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE AREN'T SOME EXCELLENT STUDENTS WITH FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS HAILING FROM WYOMING. Just that they get preference over all the achievatrons from NJ, you know?</p>
<p>But I'm not even kidding. Colleges want the bragging rights to say they've got students from all 50 states - when I was at a Tufts open house, the dean of admissions was like "We have kids coming to Tufts from 49 states...if it's been your dream to go to college and have a roommate from Wyoming, I'm sorry, you're going to be disappointed this year." lol</p>
<p>I do agree, but, give the students there a break. Do you really want to live in any of those states?</p>
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I do agree, but, give the students there a break. Do you really want to live in any of those states?
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Only the richest people in the US live there. Teton Co., Wyoming has the highest per capita income in the US. Dick Cheney and Harrison Ford find it quite comfortable. People with the means to live anywhere they chose are buying up the mountain west as fast as they can. Maybe they know something you don't?</p>
<p>ryfrky07 -</p>
<p>Back from a trip so I can answer your questions:</p>
<p>Depending on the school, each city/area may have a strong alumni association with annual sendoffs for new frosh. It's a great opportunity for the frosh to meet each other and to know that there are alums who want to see them succeed. On a typical year, we (Louisville) might have 5 out of the 7 admits attend.</p>
<p>DC has the 51st best education system in america! yay!</p>
<p>massachusetts has the 51st worst!</p>
<p>"if you just have a PULSE and are from Wyoming, congratulations, you're eligible."</p>
<p>Come on now, that post seemed like a lot of useless whining. Sure, you benefit from being from Wyoming, but not as much as if you were black or hispanic. And from a purely statistical standpoint, lets think. If you live in New Jersey, you know there will be like 50 kids accepted, but in Wyoming, you have to be THE best person in the state. So you can look at it like "It's easier to get in if you are from Wyoming", but there is the flipside argument that it would actually be harder to get in if you are from Wyoming, because your statistical chances might actually be smaller. Another reason why it may be easier to get in if you live in Wyoming: Unlike a large segment of the population in New Jersey, nobody there lives every waking minute of their lives wondering if they will get into Harvard. They are smart enough not to think that they have to go to fancy schmancy prep schools and become Billl Gates to have a happy life.</p>