<p>How does where you're from play into the admissions process? For example, I'm from VT will that help me at all in the admissions process to a few top tier schools?</p>
<p>I think it matters alot to some schools. State schools unually favor in-state residents, while privates have stiffer standards for "local" applicants because they want to build a diverse or international class and reputation.</p>
<p>VT might help, but being on the east coast its hardly unknown at the ivies and other eastern schools. It might help for a selective college out west. The people who really benefit from where they live are kids in square states.</p>
<p>"square states"...I love that!!! :)</p>
<p>I LIVE IN F***ING Long Island any where that resembles IVY or Faraway...will Be hard to get into!!!</p>
<p>The only really "huge" advantage (straight from an admin) is to come from South Dakota, Wyoming, or some place like that where they have an extremely small amount of applicants (in some years only 1 or 2) --- ... In addition to receiving a small amount of applicants, these states don't offer much for EC opportunities (other than sports) at the state and local levels. Also, schools there aren't as good as they are in other parts of the country. For all of those reasons, people in those states have advantages.</p>
<p>I'm from Arkansas applying ED to JHU.... thinking being from there helps?</p>