<p>Is it true that being from a southern region is somewhat of a hook?</p>
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<p>Though not rising to the level of what one typically associates with the term hook, being from an underrepresented state (which is the case for many southern states) is an advantage.</p>
<p>How much of an advantage is it?</p>
<p>It depends on the state.</p>
<p>Well, I hear that it’s more of an advantage for the following states:
-Alabama
-Louisiana
-Mississippi
-Arkansas </p>
<p>Texas is ruled out because it’s such a giant.</p>
<p>Top schools want to promote geographic diversity, so students from a less represented region might have a little more pull. However, this advantage is marginal at best. I don’t have numbers for Yale, but here is a acceptance by geographic location map for Princeton. As you can see, the four states you mentioned had a combined 17 acceptances to Princeton.</p>
<p>[Number</a> of Students in the Class of 2013 by Geographic Region](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/map.htm]Number”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/map.htm)</p>
<p>^ That’s the number of kids per region who enrolled, not the number who were accepted. </p>
<p>I can give you guys the stats from the admitted student site for Yale’s class of '14, when I get a chance.</p>
<p>^ My mistake. Nonetheless, given Princeton’s ~60% yield, I doubt the number of accepted students from extremely underrepresented states is that much different from the total number of accepted students from those respective states.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness. SEVENTEEN? That is so completely daunting. Yes, rockermcr, whenever you get a chance to pull up stats regarding how many students applied from those regions, please.</p>
<p>^ Well a significantly smaller number of students apply from those states than from strong academic states such as California, NJ and NY.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/933187-regional-statistics-admitted-students-class-14-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/933187-regional-statistics-admitted-students-class-14-a.html</a></p>
<p>^ Thanks; that’s interesting.</p>
<p>^^ Thanks rockermcr. To be honest, I’m a bit surprised that Connecticut only had 101.</p>
<p>Wow, I didn’t know more Californians would be admitted than New Yorkers.</p>
<p>I am from Colorado … and according to ^^ link 18 got into Yale. I looked at Princeton’s chart when I visited and it was only 8. Why would that be? Does Yale look more outward or what?</p>
<p>^ Isn’t the Princeton chart for matriculants?</p>
<p>I believe rockermcr’s list is a list of admitted applicants whereas the Princeton link I provided is a list of students who decided to matriculate. I would suspect that the number of Princeton acceptances from Colorado is somewhere in the low teens.</p>
<p>Ok … that makes sense. Anywasy, which (if any) of the Ivies looks more at states like Colorado.</p>
<p>^ I don’t think anyone can answer that.</p>
<p>I guess … Historically which of the Ivies accepts most Coloradoans?</p>