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<p>Okay, I’ll revise my statement in light of what you said. Midwestern students are underrepresented in elite private colleges along the coasts because they have some elite private colleges in-region. </p>
<p>After edit: to know just which state or region is “underrepresented” we would have to look at the high-school-age population of each state and region, to figure out what a “natural” number of college applicants from each place might be.</p>