就是这么个理，常言道

“丑妻近地家中宝”，东部发展的早，是美国的经济、文化、教育中心，大学和工作选择都多，所以孩子自然就愿意在家附近上学啦。前十名大学8个在东部，前五十名大学里有三十多个在东部。能进入前五十大学的孩子基本都有资格而且也会申请更好的大学，比如前二十或前十，而藤校在前十五名大学占了8个，另外再加上麻省技校、杜克、霍普金斯、卡基梅隆、乔治村塾、纽约大学等等（恕没一一列名，排名不分先后），如果孩子申请8-10个大学，估计也就2-3个在中部、南部或东部，或者东部一个都没有。这个跟学校好坏没关系，大家都知道斯坦福、加州技校不错，就是不想申请，你还能逼着孩子申请吗？

http://www.ivyglobal.com/sat/rankings.asp?gclid=CJzZ0a3jya8CFUGo4AodXy-xaQ

Rank	School	Admissions Rate	SAT Total	SAT Critical Reading	SAT Math	SAT Writing
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	8.8%	2100 - 2380	700 - 800	700 - 790	700 - 790
2	Yale University New Haven, CT	8.9%	2080 - 2370	700 - 790	690 - 790	690 - 790
3	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	9.7%	2080 - 2360	690 - 790	700 - 790	690 - 780
4	Stanford University Stanford, CA	10.3%	2000 - 2310	660 - 760	680 - 790	660 - 760
5	Columbia University New York, NY	11.6%	1990 - 2290	660 - 760	670 - 780	660 - 750
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	12.5%	2040 - 2310	660 - 760	720 - 800	660 - 750
7	Brown University Providence, RI	14.0%	1990 - 2290	660 - 760	670 - 770	660 - 760
8	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	15.7%	2020 - 2320	670 - 770	680 - 780	670 - 770
9	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	16.0%	1990 - 2270	650 - 750	680 - 770	660 - 750
10	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	16.9%	2150 - 2350	700 - 780	770 - 800	680 - 770
11	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	17.3%	2055 - 2295	680 - 750	690 - 780	n/a - n/a
12	Georgetown University Washington, DC	20.8%	1950 - 2235	650 - 750	650 - 740	n/a - n/a
13	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	21.4%	1920 - 2220	630 - 730	660 - 770	630 - 720
14	Duke University Durham, NC	22.7%	1990 - 2290	650 - 760	680 - 780	660 - 750
15	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	23.8%	1790 - 2160	580 - 710	620 - 740	590 - 710
16	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	24.5%	1930 - 2230	640 - 750	660 - 760	630 - 720
17	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	25.0%	1910 - 2180	620 - 720	650 - 740	640 - 720
18	Rice University Houston, TX	25.1%	1950 - 2260	640 - 730	670 - 780	640 - 750
19	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	25.7%	1910 - 2220	630 - 730	650 - 760	630 - 730
20	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	25.8%	1760 - 2090	570 - 680	610 - 720	580 - 690
21	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	27.3%	1860 - 2140	610 - 710	630 - 720	620 - 710
22	Tufts University Medford, MA	27.5%	2010 - 2230	670 - 750	670 - 740	670 - 740
23	Carnegie Mellon University Pitt*****urgh, PA	28.0%	1900 - 2190	610 - 710	680 - 780	610 - 700
24	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	29.6%	1980 - 2250	650 - 740	670 - 760	n/a - n/a
25	Emory University Atlanta, GA	31.9%	1950 - 2205	640 - 730	660 - 740	n/a - n/a
26	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	31.9%	1920 - 2025	600 - 640	680 - 710	n/a - n/a
27	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	32.8%	1940 - 2210	640 - 740	660 - 740	640 - 730
28	College of William and Mary William*****urg, VA	33.7%	1870 - 2160	630 - 740	620 - 710	620 - 710
29	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	34.1%	1780 - 2070	590 - 690	610 - 700	580 - 680
30	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	34.8%	1670 - 2020	550 - 670	560 - 680	560 - 670
31	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	35.2%	1800 - 2120	590 - 700	610 - 720	600 - 700
32	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	36.3%	1890 - 2190	630 - 730	630 - 730	n/a - n/a
33	New York University New York, NY	36.7%	1860 - 2140	620 - 710	620 - 720	620 - 710
34	George Washington University Washington, DC	37.8%	1770 - 2060	590 - 690	600 - 690	580 - 680
35	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	38.0%	1740 - 2020	580 - 680	600 - 690	560 - 650
36	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	38.5%	1980 - 2295	670 - 770	650 - 760	n/a - n/a
37	Northeastern University Boston, MA	39.4%	1755 - 2010	570 - 660	600 - 680	n/a - n/a
38	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	39.8%	1845 - 2130	600 - 700	630 - 720	n/a - n/a
39	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	42.1%	1710 - 2040	560 - 670	580 - 690	n/a - n/a
40	Fordham University Bronx, NY	42.1%	1695 - 1995	570 - 670	560 - 660	n/a - n/a
41	Wake Forest University Winston Salem, NC	42.4%	1860 - 2115	610 - 700	630 - 710	n/a - n/a
42	SUNY at Binghamton Binghamton, NY	43.1%	1770 - 2010	570 - 650	610 - 690	n/a - n/a
43	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	43.2%	1580 - 1890	520 - 620	560 - 660	500 - 610
44	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	43.9%	1410 - 1740	460 - 570	480 - 590	n/a - n/a
45	Baylor University Waco, TX	44.0%	1665 - 1965	550 - 650	560 - 660	n/a - n/a
46	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	44.4%	1790 - 2060	600 - 690	590 - 680	600 - 690
47	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	45.6%	1700 - 2030	540 - 660	600 - 700	560 - 670
48	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	47.0%	1370 - 1800	470 - 600	440 - 610	460 - 590
49	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	47.0%	1755 - 2070	570 - 680	600 - 700	n/a - n/a
50	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	48.1%	1620 - 1910	530 - 630	550 - 650	540 - 630