"Geographic diversity"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally, we were told by college counselor that there is some advantage applying to Midwest schools that typically don’t receive as many applications from this area (Grinnel, Macalester, even Notre Dame). Rice too. The sense I got was it wasn’t going to make a candidate below stats work, but could make a well-qualified candidate more likely.

The negative reactions posters often have to going to school in these areas would support this theory.

So I'm more likely to get into a college I don't want to attend? Yay, I guess.

It's more that you are more likely to get into a college that fewer people in your area are less likely to attend. If you don't want to go to a college, don't apply...right? (no snark intended)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally, we were told by college counselor that there is some advantage applying to Midwest schools that typically don’t receive as many applications from this area (Grinnel, Macalester, even Notre Dame). Rice too. The sense I got was it wasn’t going to make a candidate below stats work, but could make a well-qualified candidate more likely.

The negative reactions posters often have to going to school in these areas would support this theory.

So I'm more likely to get into a college I don't want to attend? Yay, I guess.

It's more that you are more likely to get into a college that fewer people in your area are less likely to attend. If you don't want to go to a college, don't apply...right? (no snark intended)

correction for above: fewer people in your area are likely to attend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nice try. None of the colleges in California that are worth traveling all across the country to attend consider being from the DC area to be worthwhile "geographic diversity."

DC attends a highly selective SLAC in CA. Classmates are mostly from CA, greater New York, and the DMV in that order. A few Chicago, and the pretty random.

[Anonymous]

If you live in a random state like Montana or Iowa, but live in Bozeman or Iowa City, are you still given a slight bump? A lot of mountain west states have a few affluent towns with skiing, colleges, and tourism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nice try. None of the colleges in California that are worth traveling all across the country to attend consider being from the DC area to be worthwhile "geographic diversity."

DC attends a highly selective SLAC in CA. Classmates are mostly from CA, greater New York, and the DMV in that order. A few Chicago, and the pretty random.

Makes sense not only because we’re a highly educated area but also many of us are transplants. I’m from California so those schools and the areas are familiar to me so I’m encouraging my kids to look at them.