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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Super hot at TJ. Which tell you something about their STEM.  Last year more TJ kids applied to Pitt than VT and more ended up attending.  First time ever that UVA/ Vat and WM were not the top three schools by far.  Mostly engineering. Quite a few guaranteed admit med.   Last year 110 kids applied and 109 were admitted.  And the one red X on Naviance had good stats, so it would have been an honor code issue or something.

Selective?  Maybe not. But offering full tuition to TJ kids who apply and great word of mouth.  The word from Alums is that TJ kids love Pittsburgh (who knew?  It’s really come back) and love that they can cross register at CMU.  Counselors are saying the TJ kids who have gone through love it and are doing very well in grad school admissions.

We visited with DC and checked it out. I’m impressed. DH is impressed.  DS is impressed. I’m not sure it’s his best option. But it’s not a bad option.

I don’t know how much kids loved Blacksburg, per se.  And VT is on a new mission to make VT “more reflective of the demographics of the state”. They are also Coalition only.  So kids just stopped applying.  Pitt has aggressively recruited at TJ and benefitted from kids deciding VT was headed down/ just not worth it.

My kid is a senior. Rolling admissions is wonderful. He has already been accepted. Should hear about merit aid in the next month. Honors college in December. It’s not his top choice. But getting an acceptance to a school he liked, we liked and we could afford even with no merit (OOS it’s about 5k more than WM full freight) was such a relief.  It also cut down his list some.  We asked, what are better options than Pitt?  His other two safeties aren’t and were dropped. And he has a strong case for why it’s better than a match. So that was dropped too.  No need to apply when he knows he has a better option.

I’m obviously a big believer.  But Pitt was the sleeper shock of college admission for me.

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Pitt is okay but not THAT okay... [/quote]

To each their own. Pitt offers a specialized science program in an area where my kid is doing research. It is legit very strong in his particular area.  So we would have likely ended up there even if it didn’t have a buzz right now.  He could go to a bigger name school and not get the classes and research he wants.  We’ll see where the other schools doing good work in this area come out after applications.  He may well not land at Pitt.  And his interests are a bad match for VT anyway.

Realize: Pitt is clearly trying to make a move like CWRU and Tulane.  It is aggressively recruiting talented kids, throwing money and opportunities at them, and making applying rolling decision as easy as possible.  No CA essay. No waiting for LORs and school recommendations.  You can do it yourself in August without your school, and get a decision a couple weeks later.  Making the process easy and stress free also creatures goodwill.

My guess is that we see Pitt make a jump in rankings in the next 5 years. Because they are going for it aggressively and being smart about it. Recruiting talented kids is better in my book than trying to manipulate yield through extensive ED. But you do you.

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