URM, or underrepresented states?

katliamom
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:15:37 +0000

The two guys I know from South Dakota who got into the Ivies (one to Yale, the other to Harvard) were both math “geniuses” - took part in international math competitions, etc. Being from South Dakota may have given them a smidgen of an advantage, but neither exactly required any extra slack…