<p>If the website is correct, and not a simplified version of the true program, then Pitt’s honors program is doing itself a disservice by in effect excluding students from schools that do not rank, using high school ranking procedures that do not match Pitt’s priorities, and not taking into account the varying quality of high schools that do rank. After checking a few state schools in the east several did not have an honors program in the sense we are talking about here, Binghamton and UVM use their own criteria based on the standard admission information, and Penn State’s Schreyer Honors program requires a separate application with additional essays and information.</p>
<p>If Pitt is of interest to you I would contact them directly and ask them it they would use your schools unweighted ranking in determining entry into the honors program.</p>