Any Pitt Acceptances Yet?

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At least Pittsburgh has genuinely affordable housing. Renting off campus is totally reasonable and I'd actually be surprised if most juniors aren't already doing it. Decent housing in Oakland and also South Sides Flats seems like the kind of neighborhood college kids would enjoy (lots of bars, cheap eats, and other things to do) and it's a 10-15 minute bike ride or bus ride to campus. Shadyside and Bakery Square are also easy commutes if you want a more upscale neighborhood (though rents are higher).

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Ok, bummer. DS applied late August. He looked in portal today and it said he needs to submit mid-year grades. Was not a high stats kid (3.7W from FCPS, I know), but would love Pitt if he got in. He did apply to business school, which is harder to get into. I have been reading CC and reddit and it seems most kids asked for mid-year grades in the past end up getting waitlisted. Oh well, moving on.....

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, bummer. DS applied late August. He looked in portal today and it said he needs to submit mid-year grades. Was not a high stats kid (3.7W from FCPS, I know), but would love Pitt if he got in. He did apply to business school, which is harder to get into. I have been reading CC and reddit and it seems most kids asked for mid-year grades in the past end up getting waitlisted. Oh well, moving on.....

Did he submit test scores?

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Following. My kid has a 3.5w from Fcps but did not apply to business. It’s a reach. Expecting to be waitlisted or rejected or at least asked for 1st semester senior year grades.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone get admitted with a 3.5-3.6?

My kid was a no with those stats.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, bummer. DS applied late August. He looked in portal today and it said he needs to submit mid-year grades. Was not a high stats kid (3.7W from FCPS, I know), but would love Pitt if he got in. He did apply to business school, which is harder to get into. I have been reading CC and reddit and it seems most kids asked for mid-year grades in the past end up getting waitlisted. Oh well, moving on.....

Did he submit test scores?

Hang in there. They take a ton of kids off the WL if I am recalling correctly assuming your DC ends up on the WL. Check the Pitt common data set to confirm.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw that Pitt is only guaranteeing two years of housing for incoming freshmen. It was 3 until now but it seems like they are accepting bigger classes. They had to rent a Hampton Inn and scramble to fit all this year's first-years.

Where are getting this information about the housing guarantee? The Pitt website still says three years. https://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing-services/faq

In the acceptance letter.

Interesting. I wonder if existing students are grandfathered. My daughter is a freshman at Pitt and we haven't been notified of this change.

Don't use this terminology. It is from slavery.

NP. Did not know that.

The PP is correct that we shouldn't use this term, but it's not exactly "from slavery." It's related to poll tests (literacy tests, etc.) aimed at disenfranchising Black men in the post Civil War era. Because those tests would also potentially disenfranchise White men, the law said that if your grandfather was allowed to vote, you were automatically eligible. Because most Black men had grandfathers who had been enslaved and, thus, not allowed to vote, only White men were "grandfathered" into their voting rights.

Yikes! Is there a generally known term that replaces it?

Vested or legacied

[Anonymous]

3.4 UW has been asked for 1st semester grades as well - my DD has been emailing with the admissions rep and shared some additional context, which the admissions rep said they appreciated. Onward!

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Anonymous wrote:3.4 UW has been asked for 1st semester grades as well - my DD has been emailing with the admissions rep and shared some additional context, which the admissions rep said they appreciated. Onward!

I am the PP just above that applied for business. Did your DD apply to business as well? Bummer to put in the effort to apply early and then get put off.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw that Pitt is only guaranteeing two years of housing for incoming freshmen. It was 3 until now but it seems like they are accepting bigger classes. They had to rent a Hampton Inn and scramble to fit all this year's first-years.

Where are getting this information about the housing guarantee? The Pitt website still says three years. https://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing-services/faq

In the acceptance letter.

Interesting. I wonder if existing students are grandfathered. My daughter is a freshman at Pitt and we haven't been notified of this change.

Don't use this terminology. It is from slavery.

NP. Did not know that.

The PP is correct that we shouldn't use this term, but it's not exactly "from slavery." It's related to poll tests (literacy tests, etc.) aimed at disenfranchising Black men in the post Civil War era. Because those tests would also potentially disenfranchise White men, the law said that if your grandfather was allowed to vote, you were automatically eligible. Because most Black men had grandfathers who had been enslaved and, thus, not allowed to vote, only White men were "grandfathered" into their voting rights.

Yikes! Is there a generally known term that replaces it?

Yes "inherited"

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Anonymous wrote:3.4 UW has been asked for 1st semester grades as well - my DD has been emailing with the admissions rep and shared some additional context, which the admissions rep said they appreciated. Onward!

I am the PP just above that applied for business. Did your DD apply to business as well? Bummer to put in the effort to apply early and then get put off.

DD applied to Dietrich. Definitely a bummer, but she's focused on the fact it's not an outright denial. We'll see how it plays out...good luck to your kiddo!

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Anyone hear from nursing school?

Are a lot of people in communication with some of these admissions admins? Interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone hear from nursing school?

Are a lot of people in communication with some of these admissions admins? Interesting.

Applied to Dietrich but I saw a bunch of nursing acceptances on college confidential. Since Pitt takes into account demonstrated interest, I’m sure a ton of kids are communicating with the AOs!

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, bummer. DS applied late August. He looked in portal today and it said he needs to submit mid-year grades. Was not a high stats kid (3.7W from FCPS, I know), but would love Pitt if he got in. He did apply to business school, which is harder to get into. I have been reading CC and reddit and it seems most kids asked for mid-year grades in the past end up getting waitlisted. Oh well, moving on.....

Were most of his Bs early or late in high school? Or spread evenly among all 3 years?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone get admitted with a 3.5-3.6?

3.8 private school