What about University of Pittsburgh?

[Anonymous]

My kid also found the honors acceptance email confusing! I guess there’s no harm in expressing interest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid (4.1W TJ, 1530 SATs) was notified she was admitted to Honors College on a Friday at 4:30. Everyone she knows got in (but it’s a TJ weighted sample). Almost everyone on College Confidential amd Reddit reports bing admitted, a couple were waitlisted, and no one reported being rejected.

I was wondering if they had released acceptances before rejections, or if they had admitted pretty much everyone this year. Last year, it was about a 5% admit rate.

Mine with similar stats also accepted (not TJ). We found the acceptance note confusing. Click "accept" if interested but not necessarily committing to Pitt yet??

The wording strange. But, if you click on the link in the email, it takes you to a page where it tells you you are agreeing to attend Pitt and pay the deposit. So it looks like Moreno than an expression of interest.

So strange. Did aNYONE get rejected by Pitt Honors, or even waitlisted?

[Anonymous]

When do you have to accept Pitt Honors and pay the deposit? I’m hoping you are going to say the deadline is in April, after you hear from the regular decision schools, otherwise Pitt might have to go off our list for next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid (4.1W TJ, 1530 SATs) was notified she was admitted to Honors College on a Friday at 4:30. Everyone she knows got in (but it’s a TJ weighted sample). Almost everyone on College Confidential amd Reddit reports bing admitted, a couple were waitlisted, and no one reported being rejected.

I was wondering if they had released acceptances before rejections, or if they had admitted pretty much everyone this year. Last year, it was about a 5% admit rate.

Mine with similar stats also accepted (not TJ). We found the acceptance note confusing. Click "accept" if interested but not necessarily committing to Pitt yet??

The wording strange. But, if you click on the link in the email, it takes you to a page where it tells you you are agreeing to attend Pitt and pay the deposit. So it looks like Moreno than an expression of interest.

So strange. Did aNYONE get rejected by Pitt Honors, or even waitlisted?

My kid decided not to click because of the confusing language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When do you have to accept Pitt Honors and pay the deposit? I’m hoping you are going to say the deadline is in April, after you hear from the regular decision schools, otherwise Pitt might have to go off our list for next year.

By May 1. They just hope Honors convinces highly qualified kids to commit sooner.

[Anonymous]

Pitt doesn’t know quite what to do with honors. The average Pitt student has the stats for top honors colleges like Arizona State, so rejecting lots of kids from the UHC isn’t a great idea. Nice to see them go back to the strategy of making everyone 1400+ eligible for honors. (With some lower stat kids too)

[Anonymous]

Does anyone NOT get into Pitt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pitt doesn’t know quite what to do with honors. The average Pitt student has the stats for top honors colleges like Arizona State, so rejecting lots of kids from the UHC isn’t a great idea. Nice to see them go back to the strategy of making everyone 1400+ eligible for honors. (With some lower stat kids too)

How do you know they've gone back? Source? Last year tons of perfect stats kids didn't get in. Acceptance rate was 5%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pitt doesn’t know quite what to do with honors. The average Pitt student has the stats for top honors colleges like Arizona State, so rejecting lots of kids from the UHC isn’t a great idea. Nice to see them go back to the strategy of making everyone 1400+ eligible for honors. (With some lower stat kids too)

How do you know they've gone back? Source? Last year tons of perfect stats kids didn't get in. Acceptance rate was 5%.

Associated with the university, last year was the ONLY year ever that they accepted 5%. It was one of the dumbest choices ever. The last thing a school with yield problems (like Pitt!) needs to do is tell three-quarters of it’s high-stat admits that they can only get “second-tier Pitt”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone NOT get into Pitt?

For yield reasons, they end up accepting most everyone above 1300/1600.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pitt doesn’t know quite what to do with honors. The average Pitt student has the stats for top honors colleges like Arizona State, so rejecting lots of kids from the UHC isn’t a great idea. Nice to see them go back to the strategy of making everyone 1400+ eligible for honors. (With some lower stat kids too)

How do you know they've gone back? Source? Last year tons of perfect stats kids didn't get in. Acceptance rate was 5%.

Associated with the university, last year was the ONLY year ever that they accepted 5%. It was one of the dumbest choices ever. The last thing a school with yield problems (like Pitt!) needs to do is tell three-quarters of it’s high-stat admits that they can only get “second-tier Pitt”.

So did they end up with a tiny honors class last year? If they are liberal admitting to honors, how will that work as far as honors dorms and programming? Do they have the resources if their yield ends up being high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pitt doesn’t know quite what to do with honors. The average Pitt student has the stats for top honors colleges like Arizona State, so rejecting lots of kids from the UHC isn’t a great idea. Nice to see them go back to the strategy of making everyone 1400+ eligible for honors. (With some lower stat kids too)

How do you know they've gone back? Source? Last year tons of perfect stats kids didn't get in. Acceptance rate was 5%.

Associated with the university, last year was the ONLY year ever that they accepted 5%. It was one of the dumbest choices ever. The last thing a school with yield problems (like Pitt!) needs to do is tell three-quarters of it’s high-stat admits that they can only get “second-tier Pitt”.

So did they end up with a tiny honors class last year? If they are liberal admitting to honors, how will that work as far as honors dorms and programming? Do they have the resources if their yield ends up being high?

Las year’s class was significantly smaller. Not every kid in honors wants honors housing. Before last year they would simply designate kids as “honors course eligible” and the housing app was separate. About 25% of freshmen were honors course eligible. Pitt admin is smart enough to know that locking kids out of opportunities so NOVA parents can feel better about sending kids there is DUMB.

[Anonymous]

I don't know any kid who got rejected. Every.single.kid applied got in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know any kid who got rejected. Every.single.kid applied got in.

+1. I know of a couple waitlists. Zero rejections.

[Anonymous]

It’s a different situation in Pennsylvania. They get OOS kids with better profiles and have experience with the yields from different areas.