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I've heard that it's harder to get in sometimes from certain schools because so many of your classmates apply.
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I don't have any special insight to the way Admissions Officers think, but I've heard the same thing. All else being equal (a big assumption), they would probably prefer to admit students from different schools than one group from the same school.
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I know I'm cursed because I'm from MA
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Not necessarily, just apply to good schools outside the Northeast, and your location may work to your advantage. I've also heard that high school students from the Northeast have reputations for:
(1) being exceptionally well qualified, and
(2) being exceptionally difficult to lure to other parts of the country
There are great LACs like Grinnell, Carleton, Davidson, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Washington & Lee, etc. that would love to get more students from Massachusetts.