For a Math major, Wash U in St.Louis or UNC?

[lesdiablesbleus]

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@Alexandre

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.

This is a good point but there are several notable exceptions like Duke and Princeton.</p>

<p>[Duke</a> University Admissions: Class of 2013 Profile](<a href=“http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2013profile.html]Duke”>http://admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2013profile.html)
Only 12% of Duke students come from NC and the overall geographical distribution of the student body is incredibly balanced with 22% coming from the Southeast, 18% from the Mid-Atlantic, 12% from the Northeast and 14% from the West. The top 5 represented states in the Duke student body are California, New York, North Carolina, Florida and Texas the last time I checked.</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> University | Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/)
Only about 13% of Princeton students come from NJ and the most represented state in the student body is California just like at Duke. PA, NJ and NY only make up about 25% of the Princeton student body as supposed to 40% at Penn.</p>

<p>WUSTL, Princeton and Duke are far more geographically diverse than state schools but other privates are more variable.</p>

[Alexandre]

<p>That is correct LDB. But when it comes to international students, some publics, like IU, Michigan, Purdue, UIUC, UVa and Wisconsin really do a great job.</p>

<p>Purdue: 9% (2,400) international
UIUC: 8% (2,400) international
Indiana University: 6% (1,900) international
Michigan: 5% (1,300) international
Wisconsin: 5% (1,400) international</p>

<p>Private universities seldom enroll over 1,000 international undergrads. Cornell, NYU, Penn and USC are the only notable exceptions I can think of. Most private universities enroll between 350 and 700.</p>

<p>Michigan also does a great job attracting students from the coasts, with over 2,000 undergrads coming from the tri-state area and another 1,000 coming from the West Coast.</p>

<p>But back to the UNC vs WUSTL topic, I think an international student will fit in just as easily at UNC as in WUSTL.</p>