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So what you’re saying is that if there are two candidates, one from NE, the other from the South, and both are objectively making the same amount of money, the candidate from NE would actually have a lower standard of living? By that line of reasoning, QB should see the NE candidate as more favorable, since he/she has to experience more hardship.</p>
<p>@GA2012MOM: While I completely agree with you that kids from NE and the mid-atlantic tend to be more informed and interested in attending privates, why then is there such a vast disparity between just New England and the mid-atlantic? 3% of QB finalists are from NE, while 15% are from the mid-atlantic. Additionally, when you compare matches to finalists, a higher percent of matches than finalists are from the mid-atlantic, while the opposite is true for the states further west and south. This would suggest that QB colleges have a bias towards the mid-atlantic and against states to the south and west.</p>