<p>I noticed that many threads have mentioned that states like Minnesota, Alaska, and North Dakota are given a little more slack during the admissions process-- almost like they're an underrepresented minority. </p>
<p>How true is this?</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>tenchar</p>
<p>It’s a point of interest – but if you’re under-qualified or otherwise not unique, you will get rejected. BTW: MN isn’t under represented.</p>
<p>The two guys I know from South Dakota who got into the Ivies (one to Yale, the other to Harvard) were both math “geniuses” - took part in international math competitions, etc. Being from South Dakota may have given them a smidgen of an advantage, but neither exactly required any extra slack…</p>
<p>Hate to thread jack but is Oklahoma under represented?</p>