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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I have a question about Pitt and their rolling admissions. It seems like EVERYONE applies there now. So …

1.) Is this damaging to kids like mine, who I would call a TRUE fit for Pitt? Not top of the class, just a solid student.

2.) Is this messing up their yield? Like, are the kids who might also get into UVa or Penn, etc., using it as a safety school, getting in, then deciding on better colleges? [/quote]

As to 1, I don’t think so.  Go to College Confidential.  Lots of kids reporting they already have offers with GPAs below a 4.0:weighted and SATs below a 1400, especially for Dietrich.

As to 2, yes.  I think it messes with their yield.  It would have to.  The point of rolling admissions is to be a safety school. But they are huge, and can absorb it better than a small school.  But maybe not as much as you think.  What they are doing very well for a large public is recruiting, creating goodwill, treating the kids like they are really wanted, giving money, giving honors college, and selling the school.  Last year they had 110 apply (average 4.12 W/1511) 109 accepted and low 30s attend.  That’s not a bad yield for a school that nearly all applicants consider a safety. GMU is also a safety, and it’s yield is awful. [/quote]

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