Georgraphic Residence and Advantage??? Or No???

NJDS
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:10:33 +0000

In a way it is possible.
Being a National Merit Semifinalist makes absolutely no difference because there are lower cut-offs in a state like Oklahoma compared to a state like New York or California anyway. However, if you reach the academic and extracurricular achievement that a student from a northeast or west coast school, then some admissions officers would say you have a slight “advantage” not because of your geographical region but because you have, in a way, made more use of the resources available to you (based on the idea that more resources are available to Northeast/West Coast schools that are typically better).