Nov
14
Do colleges care where you come from?
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Question: I’m from Oakland Ca, we don’t exactly have the best anything haha. My friend is from Piedmont, an hour away, and it’s rich city. Suppose we get the same GPA, and we took similar classes, but they have better teachers that teach better. I’m guessing that richer cities have better and tougher classes that poor cities.
Are colleges bias on where you come from because obviously it’s worst classes and stuff, not always, but yea. My friend did work harder and did more, but we got the same classes. So are we even in the eyes of collegeboard people?
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November 14th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Sometimes, but they care more about SAT/ACT, GPA, extra Curricular, class rank, what your major is and how many they have accepted already in the major.
I would say that you and your friend are even, but did one do more extra curr. like sports, clubs, volunteer, SAT/ACT. That would put you ahead.
Actually, states like a diverse field, and they like to have more states represented – depending upon the institute. A community college may want to only get close inquiry while Harvard or Yale wouldn’t think twice of taking people from Idaho or Nebraska or Maine or Oakland, California. So you shouldn’t feel biased due to where you are from.
And what do you mean you don’t have anything in Oakland, it’s the hub and you have the Raiders.
If I could suggest, don’t compete with a friend – rather cooperate if your trying to get into the same institute. Good Luck with your collegiate future!