What is your merit offer from Pitt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hypothetical question.. If your kid was admitted into the school of CS (or whatever it's called) at Pitt and Drexel and assuming the cost is the same, which one is *objectively* a better choice? Why?

Well, Pitt in general is ranked much higher than Drexel. It’s not even close.

[Anonymous]

DD applied to Arts and Sciences in September. 3.9 UW/34 ACT. Got $10K/year in merit.

[Anonymous]

My kid submitted SRAR early November. When would you think kid would find out?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:20k/yr. Engineering. Applied/admitted Sep, FA letter sent in Oct.

Just to clarify for others, that was a merit scholarship, which has nothing to do with financial aid. The FAFSA hasn’t even come out yet.

PP here. Yes, it was merit because that is what OP was asking.

Well, you referred to “FA letter” which means financial aid.

...which includes merit aid.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the major. CS sometimes gets $0.

I assume, OP, your kid is not CS since they received $5K?

My kid was CAS and received $5K. The merit awards are much lower as Pitt has chosen to give most merit to PA residents and/or those with demonstrated need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS applied 10/7 for Pitt Computer Science school. Got in 11/8 but no word on merit.

It's very hard to get merit for CS. They don't need to "buy" students for that program because so many students want to major in CS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hypothetical question.. If your kid was admitted into the school of CS (or whatever it's called) at Pitt and Drexel and assuming the cost is the same, which one is *objectively* a better choice? Why?

Well, Pitt in general is ranked much higher than Drexel. It’s not even close.

You can cross enroll at Carnegie Mellon too-don’t know all details but could provide some advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my DS got none. Where does it indicate it though?

Look in Documents section f portal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS applied 10/7 for Pitt Computer Science school. Got in 11/8 but no word on merit.

Last year very, very few CS majors got any merit. Son 4.0, 1520 got honors college but no merit at Pitt, got 16K merit at UMass and no honors college.

Wow. So where did your child end up going?

UMD in-state Honors College a little merit

[Anonymous]

Dietrich A&S, 10K merit, notified late October.

[Anonymous]

80% of students at Pitt get zero merit. Everyone asking “where’s my scholarship” like their owed one.
Most people aren’t getting one.
Additionally, offers have slowed down considerably during the last month.

[Anonymous]

*they’re

[Anonymous]

10K per year

[Anonymous]

That was 10K merit per year
OOS
CS
Applied mid-September, merit notification about a month later

[Anonymous]

Last year ~$9700 was the average non need based.