Different Kinds of Legacies

NJDS
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:26:10 +0000

but @above posters, i dont think its easier to get in if you aren’t from CA.
i think its just what a lot of californians use as an excuse.
in general the applicants from outside of the west coast are a more qualified. stanford gets a huge spectrum of applicants bc basically evryone from CA wants to go to stanford. east coast and midwest and southern applicants are a self-selective group because most of them wouldnt even bother to apply if they didnt think they had a slight chance.
thats my opinion
but yes, chances seem to also depend partly on geographic over/under-representation