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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question…I am new to this forum and wanted to know why does everyone talk about Pitt and apply to Pitt?. Any insight would be helpful. Btw, I have a sophomore in high school.[/quote]

A quality out-of-state option, not too far, that keeps costs close to instate if stats are good (these offers have diminished over time). Rolling admissions, so quick response.[/quote]

Yup. Rolling admissions is the biggest thing. Location next—nice city, not too far from DC. Solid school academically. It’s one of my kid’s three likelies (already admitted with merit), and it’s wonderful to know that they have a quality option.[/quote]

+1. Both my kids looked primarily at SLACs, but really liked Pitt when they visited.  Nice campus with a nice feel in is a nice part of Pittsburgh.  Suburban, but easy access to the city.  Adjacent to CMU and some ability to take CMU classes.  And strong in my kids areas of interest (one STEM, one IR with a second focus in a critical language with a strong department at Pitt) The second kid was also direct admitted to the Public Policy Masters program.

Applied in early August and had a “yes” to a college they could live with and we could afford by mid-September. Merit aid brought the cost down to WM in state— maybe a bit lower. Knowing there was a decent option locked in took so much pressure off.  Neither kid attended.  Both both would have been okay if that’s where they ended up. And we would have been fine as well— it was a decent option.

One kid got into their college ED after the Pitt admittance and was done. The other kid also got honors college and only applied to one other safety/likely. There was no need to apply to more— the question became, do I like this likely more than Pitt?  And the answer was generally no for safeties/likeliest. So, no need to find and apply to other likely was also a bonus. IME, finding financial and academic safeties is the hardest part of building the college list. Every kid can find reaches.  And most kids have some decent matches. But lower tier schools kids actually like can be hard to find.

And to be clearl Pitt is rapidly becoming a match for many DMV kids. It’s just a match where you can get an early answer. And if your kid is deferred or denied, that tells you something to, and gives you time to recalibrate if your expectations are too high.

I’d encourage parents and kids to visit. I didn’t expect to be are impressed as I was. [/quote]

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