Geographic diversity has to be one significant driver since the winners are doled out on a per state basis; it may explain why the service academies do so well. And, just looking at a map of the U.S., I would predict schools in California and Texas having significant headwinds working against them. OTOH, I imagine being situated in a sparsely populated state, or where the college has a lock on that state’s top graduates, would work in a college’s favor (UKansas comes to mind, but also UVA and UNC-CH.) Bottom line: kudos to NESCAC!
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