<p>Certain states are a definite disadvantage to be in, such as New York, NJ, east coast states. What states are it an advantage to be from? Aside from the obvious Kansas, South Dakota, etc.....</p>
<p>I'm wondering about:
Oregon
Washington
Texas
Nebraska
etc.</p>
<p>Definitely not Texas. My guess is Washington wouldn’t be an advantage either.</p>
<p>Yeah I was wondering about that as well but it was for Ohio.</p>
<p>Definitely Vermont</p>
<p>Is Illinois a non-factor or a slight disadvantage? The state has a large population, but it seems somewhat under-represented to me. I know that central/southern Illinois is barely represented at top schools. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Nebraska is an advantage.</p>
<p>Depends where you’re applying. Assuming you’re talking about colleges and universities in the Northeast, the biggest geographical advantage would be less-populated states in the Great Plains (Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) and Rocky Mountain (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, maybe New Mexico) regions. Not many candidates apply from there, but a lot of schools like to boast that all 50 states (or as close as they can get to it) are represented. The Upper Midwest is somewhat underrepresented as well, but these states have bigger populations and produce more applicants, so the competition will be heavier; and at the bigger and better-known schools, being from Illinois or Minnesota would be no advantage whatsoever, because those states traditionally export large numbers of highly qualified students (mostly from their major metropolitan areas, but you count as being from Illinois whether you’re from Chicago or rural downstate). It might be an advantage at smaller schools, however. Being from the Southeast is also an advantage at some schools, not so much at others.</p>
<p>I live in Delaware (mid-atlantic if anyone doesn’t know). About a quarter of the state is city-suburb set-up with the rest being totally totally rural with towns of populations of like 100. Mid-atlantic which is supposed to be a disadvantage because it’s a fairly competitive area, but Delaware ended up being a HUGE advantage for my sister at columbia. interviews for ED were done by state and they only had 4 delawarians apply ED and they said they 100% of the time get at least one in and ususually two, so that automatically knocked the admit rate up to 25% plus.</p>
<p>Texas are an advantage if you are applying to small schools up north</p>
<p>What about little old me up here in the barren wasteland of the Arctic?</p>
<p> - it’s 60-something degrees outside and sunny</p>
<p>I’d assume AK is an advantage as well. To pretty much every school outside of AK… haha</p>
<p>I think Wyoming would be a prime state.</p>
<p>According to an unconfirmed report by my guidance counselor, no student has gone to an Ivy from our twin cities (Bloomington/Normal, IL) in three years. The towns’ total population is over 150,000.</p>
<p>How about Florida?</p>
<p>hawaii is always a winner</p>
<p>I think colleges are sensitive not just to the State but also to the part of the State where you came from (they might do this by tracking your ZIP code). For example a strong applicant from rural western PA is going to stand out much more than from an affluent suburb of Philly.</p>
<p>I feel pretty sure that if you can write your name in cursive and you’re from North Dakota, you can pretty much write your own ticket.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know about the whole zip code thing because where I live is considered a suburb of philly (maybe half hour outside the city) but when people think of delaware, they think FARMLAND, aka, way easier time getting in.</p>
<p>How about Alabama?</p>
<p>North and South Dakota?</p>
<p>NJ definitely loses… just putting that out there.</p>