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Anonymous wrote:What SAT/GPA required for the honors college with 15k merit?

"Although we don’t have minimum SAT/ACT requirements, our average student has a 1450-1500 SAT and/or 32-33 ACT as well as a 3.80 unweighted GPA."

A general idea is nice to have, but definitely remember that there are no guarantees. My kid had stats like this and was waitlisted for Honors and offered no merit.

Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.

How is your DD liking it? My kid hopes to go to Pitt Honors. App is not in yet. Will go today, I think.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.

I am new to this, and our family have budgeted for instate only, how’s 35k for Pitt a good deal compared with in state UMDCP, UVA, W&M ?

It's too costly for us. UMD is about $27K this year, including room and board and books. But it's within striking distance if DD really, really, really wants to go to Pitt. She'll pay the difference, though.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.

I am new to this, and our family have budgeted for instate only, how’s 35k for Pitt a good deal compared with in state UMDCP, UVA, W&M ?

William and Mary is about 40k a year in state, UVA is about 35. UMD is not quite 30 in state. Bringing an out of state school inline with instate options makes it a good deal especially if the kid either didn't get into or didn't like the instate options

Anonymous wrote:What SAT/GPA required for the honors college with 15k merit?

"Although we don’t have minimum SAT/ACT requirements, our average student has a 1450-1500 SAT and/or 32-33 ACT as well as a 3.80 unweighted GPA."

What SAT/GPA required for the honors college with 15k merit?

Some kids don’t want in-state best options or want an urban experience away from home.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.

I am new to this, and our family have budgeted for instate only, how’s 35k for Pitt a good deal compared with in state UMDCP, UVA, W&M ?

If science/engineering kid, go to UMD
If business or law school bound, go to UVa or WM
If med school bound Pitt is not a bad choice

it all depends on where you are, what major kid wants to do

no one-size-fits-all situation here

Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.

I am new to this, and our family have budgeted for instate only, how’s 35k for Pitt a good deal compared with in state UMDCP, UVA, W&M ?

Anonymous wrote:For those whose students already have received acceptances: Is the merit offer part of the initial offer of admission, or does it come later? If later (early in 2022?), is there really a financial advantage to applying ASAP? (I certainly understand the emotional advantage!)

Later. They review merit on a rolling basis, startiingin early October. Two years ago, my August applicant got admitted mid September and a merit offer mid October. This was TJ, which has a lot of applicants. Most kids who were going to get a merit offer knew before Thanksgiving.

10 minutes after you started reading this thread …

Not sure why Rolling is such a bad thing. As a parent I think it's fantastic!

Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.

Nice - congrats to your DC! I’m the OP and my DD finally submitted her app this afternoon.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an awful way to run a merit program. What does that say about Pitt?

Just stop.

Pitt is an awesome college.

It's not like Liberty that gives students a lower than HS education that parents pay college rates for.

My child is a freshman there now. Letter came 6 weeks after the initial acceptance. She, and several others I know in the honors college and attending, received $15k annually, provided that you maintain a 3.0 gpa. Brings tuition, room and board to approx. $35k this year.