Harder for East Coast Students

orbdas
Fri, 16 May 2014 02:55:56 +0000

What incentive would Stanford have for giving California applicants preferential treatment, though? With the possible exception of nearby “feeder” schools that consistently send Stanford solid students, I can’t think of a logical reason why an applicant from California should be preferred in the admissions process. If anything it would be reasonable to think that Stanford may pay more attention to one of two otherwise equally matched applicants if he or she would add “geographic diversity” to the class, even if that diversity factor just means being apart of the Californian plurality on campus.

On the whole, though, I seriously doubt that east coasters and west coasters in general face significantly different odds for admission.