<p>Sherlock, the number is probably high from those areas because those areas just have an insane amount of qualified applicants. Just because students in an underrepresented area may have a slight increase of chance for acceptance, does not mean that students in underrepresented areas will make up a large portion of accepted students. Look at accepted students in terms of race: Harvard classes are still made up of a majority of white students. I brought up the URM point because you used the fact that Harvard has no quota for geographic regions as an argument. If you read the FAQ on Harvard’s website, you will see just how ambiguous and indirect their answers to admissions questions really are.</p>