[weerd]

I disagree. While you can't deny the supremacy of the elite coastal universities, there do exist great schools in the Midwest: Uni. of Illinois, Chicago, Case Western, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northwestern, etc. Oh and probably the most prestigious, Carnegie Mellon.

[astrange]

CMU/Pittsburgh is sort of in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia at the same time, so everyone gets that credit.