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Anonymous wrote:Our kid applied to Pitt at the end of October. He was deferred until mid year grades (he has a 4.0). What's funny is Pitt was one of the few schools we actually visited. Didn't visit Penn State, UMass, IU, and 3 others and got in to all of them. We're doing visits now. I was happy to visit Pitt and love Pittsburgh but the demonstrated interest stuff didn't help our kid. By the time we factored in gas, parking, hotel, eating out, etc we spent $1k on that trip. Not sure how colleges expect kids who are less well off to travel to visit.

$1k from the DMV area? Where are you staying, and what are you eating? That's way more than we spent touring 6 colleges in NE, driving from DC. No Red Roof Inn for you!

+1, that's a half day drive and you can find lodging in Pittsburgh for less than $100/night, depending on when we go and where you stay. One of the more affordable school visits in the region.