Where have kids already been admitted?

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Anonymous wrote:Anything new (and true) to report?

DS just this week has been admitted to:
Penn State
WVU
West Chester University
Duquesne

3.6UW, 4.4 weighted, test optional

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Anonymous wrote:Anything new (and true) to report?

DS just this week has been admitted to:
Penn State
WVU
West Chester University
Duquesne

3.6UW, 4.4 weighted, test optional

That great! My DC has not heard from Penn State yet but also does not have those stats.

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota

Congratulations! Minnesota is the school that I'm always most surprised doesn't get more DMV love (especially considering how much Pitt gets and how similar those two schools are).

My kid visited Minnesota (Mac, St. Olaf, Carleton). All the white sameness at the schools and around the Twin Cities in general was hard for her. Everything felt very alien to her— even though she is white. She just didn’t like the vibe. Which is ash me, because for different reasons p, all 3 schools had something to offer her. Pitt was a lot closer to the mix of kids at her FCPS public.

The percentage of white students at Pitt and UMN (both of which my kid applied to) is almost identical. Can’t speak for the SLACs you mentioned.

My husband did UM. So, I can’t comment. I did the 3 SLACs with my older kid a couple years go, and the lack of diversity was striking. But, he liked St. Olaf. My current kid took a strong dislike to MN, period. The whole state. She just hated it, and felt like whole area was very white and very weird. I know demographics say it isn’t true. But good luck convincing a teen whose mind is made up. Not MN, period. Which is a shame, because Carleton in particular should be a excellent match. Nope.

Pittsburgh’s. Much more diverse city in general. More like DC.

Really not trying to beat this into the ground but a quick search shows Pittsburgh is 67% White, while Minneapolis is 64%. So …

I can't speak directly to this comparison between Pittsburgh and Minneapolis but stepping back, two cities can have similar overall racial/ethnic diversity numbers but be very different in how that plays out. For example, it's very different to have a city with diversity within neighborhood vs another where persons of different races/ethnicities live in highly clustered and fully separate communities. And it's very different when economic diversity cuts across all races/ethnicities versus being stratified so that wealth is all within the white community. To simply state %white in these cities is pretty naive.

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota

Congratulations! Minnesota is the school that I'm always most surprised doesn't get more DMV love (especially considering how much Pitt gets and how similar those two schools are).

My kid visited Minnesota (Mac, St. Olaf, Carleton). All the white sameness at the schools and around the Twin Cities in general was hard for her. Everything felt very alien to her— even though she is white. She just didn’t like the vibe. Which is ash me, because for different reasons p, all 3 schools had something to offer her. Pitt was a lot closer to the mix of kids at her FCPS public.

The percentage of white students at Pitt and UMN (both of which my kid applied to) is almost identical. Can’t speak for the SLACs you mentioned.

Oh brother. Unbelievable.

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Any new schools?

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Pitt this week
1330/4.4

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Pitt is definitely rolling out acceptances. My FCPS 4.0/4.46 kid got accepted into the school of engineering with a guaranteed acceptance to the masters program. Also, heard that other kids have gotten accepted in the last week. Nice to have the acceptance in hand, as it’s let my kids drop some other safeties.

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1330/4.4

When did you apply? How many weeks did it take to get a decision.

Congrats!

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt this week
1330/4.4

When did you apply? How many weeks did it take to get a decision.

Congrats!

Engineering?

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt is definitely rolling out acceptances. My FCPS 4.0/4.46 kid got accepted into the school of engineering with a guaranteed acceptance to the masters program. Also, heard that other kids have gotten accepted in the last week. Nice to have the acceptance in hand, as it’s let my kids drop some other safeties.

When did your kid apply?

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt is definitely rolling out acceptances. My FCPS 4.0/4.46 kid got accepted into the school of engineering with a guaranteed acceptance to the masters program. Also, heard that other kids have gotten accepted in the last week. Nice to have the acceptance in hand, as it’s let my kids drop some other safeties.

Amazing! Congrats.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt is definitely rolling out acceptances. My FCPS 4.0/4.46 kid got accepted into the school of engineering with a guaranteed acceptance to the masters program. Also, heard that other kids have gotten accepted in the last week. Nice to have the acceptance in hand, as it’s let my kids drop some other safeties.

When did your kid apply?

Late September and it took about a week.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt is definitely rolling out acceptances. My FCPS 4.0/4.46 kid got accepted into the school of engineering with a guaranteed acceptance to the masters program. Also, heard that other kids have gotten accepted in the last week. Nice to have the acceptance in hand, as it’s let my kids drop some other safeties.

Amazing! Congrats.

Thanks! My kids is thrilled!

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt this week
1330/4.4

When did you apply? How many weeks did it take to get a decision.

Congrats!

Engineering?

Took about 2 weeks, not engineering

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Took my kid about 2 weeks to get his Pitt acceptance. 4.0 UGPA and 33 ACT. Hoping for Honors and merit award, but in the meantime likewise very happy that he has this safety and can drop a few applications to other schools.