Anonymous
Post 01/25/2024 06:10     Subject: Pitt
My kid applied early October for Computer Sciences with 3.9/4.40 and 1550. Related EC but not much leadership. High school is tougher general Ed program.

Got in November with Merit award in December. He received $15k a year. This is a school he really likes so we will see how rest of apps go!
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 23:24     Subject: Pitt
Anonymous wrote:Our kid applied to Pitt at the end of October. He was deferred until mid year grades (he has a 4.0). What's funny is Pitt was one of the few schools we actually visited. Didn't visit Penn State, UMass, IU, and 3 others and got in to all of them. We're doing visits now. I was happy to visit Pitt and love Pittsburgh but the demonstrated interest stuff didn't help our kid. By the time we factored in gas, parking, hotel, eating out, etc we spent $1k on that trip. Not sure how colleges expect kids who are less well off to travel to visit.


$1k from the DMV area? Where are you staying, and what are you eating? That's way more than we spent touring 6 colleges in NE, driving from DC. No Red Roof Inn for you!
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 23:09     Subject: Pitt
Our kid applied to Pitt at the end of October. He was deferred until mid year grades (he has a 4.0). What's funny is Pitt was one of the few schools we actually visited. Didn't visit Penn State, UMass, IU, and 3 others and got in to all of them. We're doing visits now. I was happy to visit Pitt and love Pittsburgh but the demonstrated interest stuff didn't help our kid. By the time we factored in gas, parking, hotel, eating out, etc we spent $1k on that trip. Not sure how colleges expect kids who are less well off to travel to visit.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 22:41     Subject: Pitt
Mine got her scholarship info about 2-3 weeks after acceptance. This was Sep/Oct, so it may take longer now as they figure what's left and what is getting freed up by kids committing elsewhere. (25k/yr is freed up b/c mine got into ED school -- notified Pitt in Dec).
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 22:03     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.


I am curious about your DD's academic profile. My kid received $5k a year for Dietrich, 34 ACT superscore and 4.2 weighted/3.8 unweighted. Wondering if this award is in line with others who are similar. She applied early November.


My kid got $10K a year for Dietrich - also a 34 ACT superscore and 4.8 weighted/3.9 unweighted. Loved Pitt but still too expensive - probably would attend if had received $20K per year.


Did you try asking? It never hurts to ask.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 09:57     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.
come on! Who doesn’t get into Pitt?


A lot of people do, but only a small fraction get the merit aid that PP's DD did.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 09:54     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.


I am curious about your DD's academic profile. My kid received $5k a year for Dietrich, 34 ACT superscore and 4.2 weighted/3.8 unweighted. Wondering if this award is in line with others who are similar. She applied early November.


My kid got $10K a year for Dietrich - also a 34 ACT superscore and 4.8 weighted/3.9 unweighted. Loved Pitt but still too expensive - probably would attend if had received $20K per year.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 09:01     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


Definitely refuting all the knowitalls who say “Pitt doesn’t give merit any more”.


You can look at data in the common data sets and see they give less non-need aid now than long ago.

I mean, if you like facts.


That’s not what people are saying though. If you like facts.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 08:34     Subject: Pitt
My kid applied and was accepted to Dietrich in September, got 10k/year merit in late October. 4.0, top rigor, TO, very strong ECs/leadership.

Unlikely to attend given other acceptances, but it does seem like a great place.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 08:21     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.


I am curious about your DD's academic profile. My kid received $5k a year for Dietrich, 34 ACT superscore and 4.2 weighted/3.8 unweighted. Wondering if this award is in line with others who are similar. She applied early November.



1530 SAT in one sitting, and 4.0 UW. Don’t know what goes into merit aid but her greatest strengths were her ECs and LOR — she’s a dynamo — a true leader — and I think that probably came through. That’s my guess anyway.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 07:54     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.
come on! Who doesn’t get into Pitt?


The jerks have really shown themselves and are out in full force.


Seriously what is going on here? Is this the same a$$hole over on the JMU thread spreading their particular brand of douchebag joy?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 07:53     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.
come on! Who doesn’t get into Pitt?


The jerks have really shown themselves and are out in full force.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 07:42     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.
come on! Who doesn’t get into Pitt?


Well, last year 51% of applicants didn’t get in.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 07:35     Subject: Re:Pitt
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD applied early on to Pitt and was admitted. A few weeks ago she heard about merit aid — $15/year for a total of $60k. Alas she is not going to Pitt. The merit aid seemed decent though?


That's great for Pitt! I bet your DD has a fantastic academic profile that got her into a much higher tier school.
come on! Who doesn’t get into Pitt?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2024 07:23     Subject: Pitt
DS applied in October and was admitted pretty quickly thereafter. 3.7 UW, 9 AP/IB/DE, TO and didn't get merit aid. Thus, he isn't going. We can't afford 60k/year.