<p>I do agree that coming from Idaho could help (I hope it is obvious that this is the state I am from) because a girl from my own high school was accepted to MIT, Princeton, and Yale with pretty much full rides at each school. Notwithstanding, she was an awsome student, but I do think that Idaho’s underrepresented status somewhat helpled. I just wanted to see others’ opinions on the matter, and if there IS evidence supporting this theory of mine.
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Is there any data showing the goegraphic distribution of Ivy League undergraduates (specifically Columbia, where I am applying)?</p>