<p>For a competitive school such as Elon the admission decision is going to be based on your daughter’s direct competition. The admissions committee will look at your daughter and compare her to others from the same geographic region, ethnic and cultural background, academic and extracurricular accomplishment. In other words, she will be compared to others who are like her coming from a similar region. For example, if your daughter comes from the Washington DC suburbs like Montgomery or Fairfax County she will be evaluated against those applicants who share similar profiles coming from the same region. Her competition will be other girls from Fairfax County. If she doesn’t stand out in some way or if she is competing against many accomplished students in her cohort it will place her at a competitive disadvantage. A school such as Elon could fill its entire entering class with highly qualified students from Fairfax and Montgomery County alone. They will not do that as geographic diversity is an important part in putting together a diverse mix of students. Today’s students don’t want to attend a school that is not reflective of the real world. Ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic diversity is what makes a dynamic and enriching educational experience.</p>