Pitt acceptance rate below 50%
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Anonymous
| Per new student orientation. Might be tougher to get in going forward. |
Anonymous
| damn you DCUM — we need it as a safety. |
Anonymous
APPLY ASAP. The earlier the better. Now is not too early. |
Anonymous
| It would be interesting to see it broken down by majors. All the kids I know are applying there for engineering and CS. I bet it is still a safety for everything else. Good luck getting any merit aid though. |
Anonymous
| Minnesota is also good for this. |
Anonymous
+1. Apply in August, early September. |
Anonymous
+1. My kid applied to both UMN and Pitt with fee waivers. |
Anonymous
Does your kid go there or something? Trying to justify your choice? |
Anonymous
? Weird response |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Ppl on this forum are really insecure about Pitt becoming popular |
Anonymous
| I think DCUMers using it as a safety school certainly have something to do with this! |
Anonymous
I think that is part of it, but if the acceptance rate is dropping while applications increase then there is a real increase in demand to enroll as well. |
Anonymous
| This is an article from Feb talking about the increase in applications for Fall of 2022. I know there was likely an increase an enrollment bc they had to rent dorm space from a nearby college and turn some lounges into dorm rooms (my dc is an upperclassman). I typically do not pay attention to this stuff but a friend had texted me the chart in the article. |
Anonymous
Correct. My daughter applied in October and was told the decisions were taking longer than usual because the admissions office had 50% more applications than expected. They were oversubscribed in the first-year classes both last fall and this fall, had to find additional dorm space to put all the extra students. Last year they took over a Residence Inn, this year they still have it plus the added spaces PP mentioned. -Parent of incoming first year student |