Pitt acceptance rate below 50%

[Anonymous]

Imagine paying $50k a year for a mediocre school and having to live in a hotel room lmao.

[Anonymous]

Will make sure my child applies ASAP!!

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine paying $50k a year for a mediocre school and having to live in a hotel room lmao.

IDK.. some of those Residence Inn rooms are a lot nicer than dorm rooms. And they have better a/c.

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Anonymous wrote:I think DCUMers using it as a safety school certainly have something to do with this!

To clarify for those reading this thread who don't know: Pitt has rolling admissions. So a lot of college counselors advise getting an early application in so your child enters senior year (as ours did) with at least one college acceptance under their belt. It did help to relieve anxiety. as a result, applications to Pitt are way up.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine paying $50k a year for a mediocre school and having to live in a hotel room lmao.

Imagine paying in state tuition for a moldy dorm

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

They dialed back merit aid a few years ago and the numbers are still going up.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

They dialed back merit aid a few years ago and the numbers are still going up.

They're still more generous than any similarly situated school

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t send my kid there because of the boom. My nephew was a freshman last fall and didn’t have a dorm. He was housed in a hotel, which he ended up liking more because he got free cleaning each week and a private bath. However, there were no dining options. I think my BIL said the university gave those in the hotel a special dining stipend for door dash and Uber eats but it didn’t go far because the fees are so high.

They bused them to campus but the bus was never on time either. He almost missed a big exam when the bus couldn’t make it in some snow and got stuck. Big downside there.

He also had several classes where if you didn’t get there 15-20 mins early, there was no seat. Classes were over-registered. Students paid all that money to take exams on the floor. Crazy.

Give it a few years and the boom will be over. There are other great safety schools on the Pitt level.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine paying $50k a year for a mediocre school and having to live in a hotel room lmao.

And no seat in class. That happened to my nephew. He had to take exams seated on the floor. Insanity.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

They dialed back merit aid a few years ago and the numbers are still going up.

Dialed back? What did it used to be? DS was accepted this past cycle and was offered 22K/year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

They dialed back merit aid a few years ago and the numbers are still going up.

They're still more generous than any similarly situated school

Not Minnesota.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

They dialed back merit aid a few years ago and the numbers are still going up.

Dialed back? What did it used to be? DS was accepted this past cycle and was offered 22K/year.

Would have been a lot more in the early/mid 2010s. Almost everyone I knew from out of state with top stats was on full tuition or close. Pitt has benefitted from students wanting urban research universities. (Same factor that is boosting BU, Northeastern, etc.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Their popularity is directly tied to their extensive merit aid. pull the aid and watch matriculation plummet

They dialed back merit aid a few years ago and the numbers are still going up.

They're still more generous than any similarly situated school

Not Minnesota.

Minnesota is a 20 hours drive from major east coast cities.. Pitt is less than 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t send my kid there because of the boom. My nephew was a freshman last fall and didn’t have a dorm. He was housed in a hotel, which he ended up liking more because he got free cleaning each week and a private bath. However, there were no dining options. I think my BIL said the university gave those in the hotel a special dining stipend for door dash and Uber eats but it didn’t go far because the fees are so high.

They bused them to campus but the bus was never on time either. He almost missed a big exam when the bus couldn’t make it in some snow and got stuck. Big downside there.

He also had several classes where if you didn’t get there 15-20 mins early, there was no seat. Classes were over-registered. Students paid all that money to take exams on the floor. Crazy.

Give it a few years and the boom will be over. [/b]There are other great safety schools on the Pitt level.

Such as?