<p>FWIW, geographical origin of freshman:</p>
<p>Vanderbilt
55% South, 23% Northeast, 14% midwest, 4% West, 2% international (half from Malaysia )</p>
<p>Northwestern:
41% midwest, 23% Northeast, 9% south, 2% west, 7% international</p>
<p>Cornell:
60% Northeast, 11% west, 11% international, 8% midwest, 7% south.</p>
<p>remainders in each case: Southwest/ Mountain states.</p>
<p>I thought that was interesting.</p>