So I was accepted in August and had been waiting for a scholarship since…I ended up getting 10k/year with no Chancellor’s invite. I have a 1520 CR+M, National Merit Finalist, 4.0 Unweighted GPA, top 5%, Bioengineering major.
I was really hoping for full tuition as some classmates got it with similar stats. Because of my NMF status, I have full tuition (around 100k) at ASU and full tuition plus some more (around 132k) at Alabama. The net costs at both schools are less than half that of Pitt.
I’m submitting a cost analysis form, but should I get my hopes up? Has anyone actually gotten a new offer from this?
The CA form has been known to be successful at getting applicants more money. That is not to say it will get you enough to match those two schools. It sounds like you have great options and will do very well wherever you go.
Since the form is simple and the process pretty straightforward, and the resulting decision within about a week, well why not try. But the rank of ASU and UA are not that close to Pitt, that will likely figure into their decision. You are a great candidate and I hope you are happy where you land - for bioE, Pitt’s opportunities to get involved in research are great.
It’s a pretty simple process, but it didn’t turn up anything for my son even with generous offers from one school well above Pitt and one just below it in the US News rankings in hand. Pitt at full OOS sticker price is just out of the question for us. I doubt it’s too late to submit the CA form, it’s certainly worth the cost of a postage stamp to try, but it’s probably best to go in with tempered expectations.
It worked for me. Here are the specifics, if it will help anyone along the line:
SAT- 2150 (710W, 720M, 730R)
GPA- 3.9ish UW. 4.3 W
Valedictorian, lots of extracurriculars.
$2000/year initial offer from Pitt.
Had a $20,000/year offer from Duquesne, submitted cost analysis form and got it increased to $5000/year. I read somewhere that it is best to go in with a scholarship from Penn State or other top competitor in hand, especially public. However, it seems that Pitt might very well view Duquesne as a competitor, thus making it worth a couple strokes of the pen to fill that form out. I know I only met the bare minimum requirements for an academic scholarship from Pitt, so I must say that I was surprised when the CA form got me more money. Duquesne’s offer did put them at about $5000 less than Pitt’s initial offer, though, when all was said and done Pitt only ended up being about $2000 more per year, which I would say is a fair upgrade price for the amount of resources Pitt has.