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[quote=Anonymous]I was looking at the profile for various schools and found that the percent of in-region students can be massive.

For instance, 42% of Rice students come from Texas alone (which is 8.25% of the US population).  17% of Harvard students are from New England compared to under 5% of the nation. 45% of Stanford students are from the West Coast states (compared to 15% of the nation). 37% of Columbia students are from mid-Atlantic states compared to 19% of the US. 41% of Princeton students are from the Mid-Atlantic states. And I haven't included international students, which means that the magnification is even larger.

This extends to top SLACs too- Williams with 22% New England students, Swarthmore with 38% Mid-Atlantic students, Pomona with 35% West Coast students, Bowdoin with 38% New England students...

Is this a reflection of the pool being skewed at these colleges by various regions, or are admission officers deliberately admitting more students from their respective regions over those from outside those regions? I wouldn't expect H/S/P to have such a high percent of in-region students with their global widespread appeal. [/quote]

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