<p>Which states are exactly underrepresented according to Pitt? </p>
<p>Pitt probably would only track this stat as a matter of trivia – some item to put on their brochure. I highly doubt an applicant from a less represented state would be any tip factor for Pitt – which uses mostly metrics based admissions.</p>
<p>For a state (or semi-state in PA) university, all or almost all states other than the state that it is in will be under-represented (i.e. non-PA states will be under-represented). Whether or not that matters is a separate question.</p>
<p><a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/Interactive-Freshman-Class/129547/#id=215293”>http://chronicle.com/article/Interactive-Freshman-Class/129547/#id=215293</a></p>
<p>If a school has to choose between otherwise equal applicants, there is a very slight advantage to the school in being able to claim they have students from more (or the holy grail, “all 50”) states.</p>
<p>You may think that way, but that doesn’t mean that the school thinks that way. Full disclosure: I don’t know definitively that Pitt admissions more strongly than most other schools desires diversity in its admissions class, but I kept hearing that it’s so as my D, who’s at Pitt, went thru the admissions process.</p>