Hypothetical question.. If your kid was admitted into the school of CS (or whatever it's called) at Pitt and Drexel and assuming the cost is the same, which one is *objectively* a better choice? Why?

Anonymous wrote:My son submitted his application to Pitt on Sept 19 and he STILL has not gotten a response. It says on the portal that they have almost double the amount of applications they had last year, which is almost unfathomable. Double? Is anyone else who applied long ago still waiting to hear?

My son applied at the end of October and his portal says waitlist. So, not the answer we had hoped for but an answer. Perhaps not hearing back yet is a good thing? Good luck.

Applied in early October and accepted late October-White male, max rigor, 35 ACT/36 math, 3.8 UW at top private-got $10K in College of Computing and Information.

Anonymous wrote:DS applied 10/7 for Pitt Computer Science school. Got in 11/8 but no word on merit.

I think computer science gives the least merit money.
My child got in 11/1 for Computer science and we haven’t heard about merit yet either.

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Anonymous wrote:20k/yr. Engineering. Applied/admitted Sep, FA letter sent in Oct.

Just to clarify for others, that was a merit scholarship, which has nothing to do with financial aid. The FAFSA hasn’t even come out yet.

PP here. Yes, it was merit because that is what OP was asking.

Well, you referred to “FA letter” which means financial aid.

I've followed this board for awhile. When I first started, the Pitt merits were pretty high. But starting last cycle, maybe one or two before, the amounts have dropped greatly and the overwhelming majority I read here are for 5K. There are some breakthrough awards, but not as many as there used to be.

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Anonymous wrote:20k/yr. Engineering. Applied/admitted Sep, FA letter sent in Oct.

Just to clarify for others, that was a merit scholarship, which has nothing to do with financial aid. The FAFSA hasn’t even come out yet.

PP here. Yes, it was merit because that is what OP was asking.

20k per year at engineering college

Anonymous wrote:$5K/year sounds like nothing

5K/yr, brings the cost down to the same level as Penn State

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Anonymous wrote:DS applied 10/7 for Pitt Computer Science school. Got in 11/8 but no word on merit.

Last year very, very few CS majors got any merit. Son 4.0, 1520 got honors college but no merit at Pitt, got 16K merit at UMass and no honors college.

Wow. So where did your child end up going?

$5000 in loans offered. Class of 2027.

Anonymous wrote:20k/yr. Engineering. Applied/admitted Sep, FA letter sent in Oct.

Just to clarify for others, that was a merit scholarship, which has nothing to do with financial aid. The FAFSA hasn’t even come out yet.

20k/yr. Engineering. Applied/admitted Sep, FA letter sent in Oct.

Anonymous wrote:DS applied 10/7 for Pitt Computer Science school. Got in 11/8 but no word on merit.

Last year very, very few CS majors got any merit. Son 4.0, 1520 got honors college but no merit at Pitt, got 16K merit at UMass and no honors college.

$5K/year sounds like nothing