<p>I find this all together not true. Harvard doesn’t need geographic diversity. No matter what they are going to have some of the top student from an area like North Dakota applying anyway. I think geographic diversity is true for most schools but not Harvard. Harvard prides itself on a lack of quotas. Straight from the Harvard FAQ admissions page</p>
<p>-Are a student’s chances of admission hurt if there are other applicants from his or her school or community?
No. There are no quotas for individual schools, communities, states, or countries. A student’s application is compared rigorously with others from around the globe.
[Harvard</a> College Admissions Office: frequently asked questions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/faq/admissions/app_pols/index.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/faq/admissions/app_pols/index.html)</p>
<p>I’m from Westchester County, which is notorious for having many applicants to Ivies, but the Harvard acceptance rate for Westchester is about 16%, so our highly competitive area certainly isn’t being penalized. I think it boils down to they can get they best of the best no matter what, and that’s exactly what they want. They aren’t going to accept an underqualified person from nowhere, because all the best students from nowhere applied anyway. Am I making sense?</p>