“It is less regional/more national than it once was, but it is still much more regional than many people on CC seem to think.”
Today Harvard gets 40% of its class from New England (17%) and the mid-atlantic (23%). While that is disproportionate by population, it also means that the majority of Harvard students come from outside its region.
17% comes from the south, 21% comes from the western U.S., 10% comes from the midwest. 20% are from outside the U.S.
That’s a huge change.