Anonymous wrote:So Act 34 and 4.0 uw with 12-13 ap/ib courses and no merit. We are OOS. I have no problem with a state school looking out for in-state kids. A little disappointed. We liked Pitt but not in a position to pay full price.

Completely understandable. No merit but DC got a direct admit offer to their Communication Sciences MS degree. Still expensive for OOS. But the direct admit took away a little of the sting.

So Act 34 and 4.0 uw with 12-13 ap/ib courses and no merit. We are OOS. I have no problem with a state school looking out for in-state kids. A little disappointed. We liked Pitt but not in a position to pay full price.

I think 5k has become pretty standard here. Few of people I know got offered the same.

In light of little merit, Pitt now off our list.

Anonymous wrote:My 2021 grad was offered $25k merit. Pitt has really dropped their aid

Per year? Sounds like a really good offer even by their historical standards.

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Anonymous wrote:DD just received $5K/year scholarship for Arts and Sciences. She is happy, after all the rejections and deferrals from last Friday.

When did she apply?

My OOS kid also received $5K/year from Dietrich a couple days ago. Applied right before Dec. 1. Accepted Jan. 10. Guaranteed admit to GSPIA Master's program.

Incidentally...I found an old Pitt page that suggested 1450 SAT was where merit aid begins. My kid is slightly below that and in top 10% of class. But...makes me wonder if higher SAT helps move up a notch with merit OR just being early.

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Anonymous wrote:My 2021 grad was offered $25k merit. Pitt has really dropped their aid

+1. Yes.

I think the president of Pitt changed the allocation of aid a couple of years ago to use the money to help in-state kids vs. trying to lure the top OOS kids. Hard to argue with that as a public college.

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Anonymous wrote:DD just received $5K/year scholarship for Arts and Sciences. She is happy, after all the rejections and deferrals from last Friday.

When did she apply?

End of October.

Anonymous wrote:DD just received $5K/year scholarship for Arts and Sciences. She is happy, after all the rejections and deferrals from last Friday.

When did she apply?

Anonymous wrote:My 2021 grad was offered $25k merit. Pitt has really dropped their aid

+1. Yes.

My 2021 grad was offered $25k merit. Pitt has really dropped their aid

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps ds, applied in early Oct.

4.1W gpa and 1380 Sat.

Accepted to business in early Nov. but no merit.

My son with similar (a tad lower) stats applied for business at the end of December and was waitlisted. I wonder if he had applied earlier if the outcome would have been different.

Yes, most likely it woudl have. December is really late to be applying to Pitt.