<p>I am not sure where you got your information Colm. 17% international is ridiculously high…bordering on “unacceptable” by US standards. Universities try to limit the international student pool to under 10%. </p>
<p>I am part of the CAAAN committee in Dubai and we are given annual enrollment reports. According to the Cornell admissions office, Cornell enrolled a total of 3,179 freshmen in the fall of 2010. Of those, 1,034 (33%) were residents of NY and 258 (8%) were international students. That does not inlcude residents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, which make up an additional 15% of the student body.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, Cornell is definitely more geographically diverse than Cal and UNC and slightly more so than Michigan, but Cornell (as well as Rice and Stanford) are not as geographically diverse as WUSTL. That is the case with most universities by the way. 40% of Penn students come from PA, NJ and NY. Outside of FL and CA, there is very little diversity at Penn too. Generally speaking, 40%-60% of undergrads at most private universities that claim to have geographic diversity are either residents of the state or come from neighboring states. Outside of that group of three or four states, the majority will come from CA. Very few students will come from less represented states. </p>
<p>I genuinely do not think geographic diversity is worth mentioning since very few universities truly have such a diverse student body.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000415.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000415.pdf</a></p>
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