What states are underrepresented?

<p>how about washington, at midwest or east coast schools?</p>

<p>Montana, Alaska, Idaho,</p>

<p>Kamehameha School</p>

<p>Only people with pure Hawaiian blood are allowed to go there.</p>

<p>Pretty discriminatory imo..</p>

<p>"Kamehameha Schools gives preference to children of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law."</p>

<p>tonyt88, post #5:</p>

<p>I think the good people of the state of Iowa would be completely insulted to learn that you consider midwestern states to have inferior educational systems. Iowans pride themselves on the superiority of their public institutions! In fact, I would venture a guess, though I'm too lazy to look up any supporting info, that schools in Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois (with the possible exception of Chicago-land), outpace the publics in almost any other state.</p>

<p>The kids from these states may indeed be underrepresented in the ivies because their public U's are so strong, these kids do not feel compelled to spend $225K+ to obtain an education.</p>

<p>OK, back to your regularly scheduled programming...</p>

<p>lol, all i know is that i hope Oregonians are Under-represented a littttttllle bit....</p>

<p>^^^nice.</p>

<p>Maryland's definetely not underrepresented ANYWHERE. Even a midwestern school I was looking at listed Maryland as the number 6 state of matriculants.</p>

<p>I think New Jersey must be the MOST OVER represented state. Man, those people can really get around.</p>

<p>lol, same with California.........</p>

<p>Alabama?????????????!!!!!!!</p>

<p>bumpppppppp</p>

<p>yes. /<em>/</em>/</p>

<p>i dunno i am from oregon and in the protalns metro area, there are so many smart kids. U would think oregon would be dumb, but then u got to the my school adn teh other schools around. My school had over 15 kids get into ivies alone. Representaives of colleges know what schools are good and what are not. Rembeber a lot of colleges have like west coast reps, north west etc who are actually the one who review your application.</p>

<p>portland* my bad i sux at typing.</p>

<p>I think Mid-West=underrepresented is the rule of thumb</p>

<p>Two things make the Midwest underrepresented in elite private college admission: </p>

<p>1) Few of the colleges that most people call "elite private colleges" are located in the Midwest, and yet most students go to college within 500 miles of home, so it takes extra effort to find students willing to go so far from home even for the most famous colleges, </p>

<p>and </p>

<p>2) most Midwest states have strong state flagship universities, which usually have top-of-the-nation programs in at least a few subjects, and often strong undergraduate honors programs that keep in-state students in state. </p>

<p>Both reasons to stay in state can be overcome, and of course the very most famous elite private colleges get applicants from all over. But, speaking of Minnesota, it is my impression that a lot of young people who would be very competitive for applying to colleges in the northeast or California simply decide to apply only to State U, because an honors program placement with a full-ride-plus-travel allowance merit scholarship is a hard offer to turn down. When students from Minnesota apply to HYPSMC, there seems to be more self-selection of the students and fewer "lottery ticket" applications, and for most of those colleges the base acceptance rate of applicants from Minnesota is approximately twice the overall base acceptance rate of that college.</p>

<p>There might be an actual stigma against the elite colleges in some of the smaller cities of the midwest, almost an anti-eliticism, if you will. </p>

<p>Plus, many midwestern cities aren't exactly convenient to transportation hubs and it can turn a Thanksgiving visit into a nightmare - or worse, try flying back to the east coast in a blizzard that follows you eastward. Very expensive, not fun.</p>

<p>"Kamehameha Schools gives preference to children of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law."</p>

<p>And only 1 kid with no Hawaiian decent has gone there is basically 20 years I believe.</p>

<p>H has a hard time getting students from the Pacific NW. I heard this at a national meeting at Harvard for alum volunteer admissions interviewers. I don't think the problem is a lack of smart students, but a lack of such students' applying to H. My guess is that Pacific Northwest students want to stay on the West Coast. </p>

<p>It's also hard for H to get students from Miss. and states like ND, SD, Wyoming and Montana.</p>

<p>Often you can figure out what states are underrepresented at a college by checking its admissions website to learn what states students come from.</p>

<p>That's what i wanted to hear!!!!!!! :D ^^^^^^^^^</p>