<p>I received the letter from Pitt engineering school today asking for Mid-year Grades. My first question is do you think i have a chance of getting in?
Accumulative GPA (Freshman, sophmore, junior year): 3.51
SAT (1600): 1350
SAT (2400): 1880
PSAT : 193
My current GPA nearing end of 1st quarter: 3.8
Senior Classes:Senior sem(92%), AP Psych (99.25%), AP Physics B (75%), AP Calc AB (75%), plus band which is an honors credit at 99%
Im in a 2 clubs and on crew team. I thought my essay was pretty good. Also i have not taken SAT or ACT during my senior year.
And my second question is even though the letter says to send in Mid-year grades, is it still beneficial to send in my first quarter grades when they become avaliable?</p>
<p>I don’t think it would hurt to go ahead and send in first marking period grades. I know many people who have done this in the past and heard back earlier. Worst case scenario, you have to wait for semester grades. </p>
<p>I know it is stressful! My older daughter got that letter 3 years ago! Best of luck!</p>
<p>zman does the % represent your current achievement? I think it will be important for an engineering student to do well in Calc and Physics. If those 75% numbers mean you are currently at a C average in those courses, I think that could be an issue…</p>
<p>I just recieved my acceptance letter for Pitt engineering. Our stats are almost exact, so yes I’d say you have a chance. My gpa is 3.55 sat 1320/1600 1950/2400… So I’d say you definitely have a chance</p>
<p>I just brought my math up to an 82% and my physics to an 85% so are my chances better</p>
<p>I think you have a chance. My boyfriend had the EXACT SAME THING happen to him. He had like a 1950 or something like that (high mid 1900s), and did lots of science and math courses which he got Bs in and such. He had a couple C’s in there, but his Physics grade was really good because he had an easy teacher.</p>
<p>He applied for Bioengineering btw…so what he did was send in his scores after the first term. If your interim grades are really really good you should send them in, if not then wait until you can get them more solid and then send them in.</p>
<p>You definitely have the chance though!!! Best of luck <3</p>
<p>ZMAN - Last year my son applied, and was accepted, to Swanson, and when we spoke to the admissions rep who came to his school during his junior year, he told him to take Calculus and earn a B…and that was regular Calc, not AP. Now, my son did take AP Calc AB, and he earned an A, but according to the rep we spoke to, a B in college prep or honors calc would be sufficient. </p>
<p>Therefore, I would think an 82 in AP Calc might be enough?? Is an 82 a C or B at your high school? I would still work real hard to bring the Calc and Physics grades up as much as possible by mid-year to be sure. Good Luck.</p>
<p>@TRAYE25
an 82 is a B- in my school.</p>
<p>Ok so at the end of the marking period: AP Psych A+, AP physics B+, AP calc AB B, English social studies combined A, everything else is an A+ ending the quarter with a 4.1 GPA. Do you think after sending my grades in now (immediately following the end of first quarter) i will be accepted in earlier without having to send in my Mid-year grades?</p>
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<p>I dunno. It’s kind of telling that your science/math (physics and calc) are lower than your humanities (psych and English/SS). However, just try bringing your grades up as much as possible and hopefully you hear back soon. Your SAT is pretty good!</p>
<p>But since im taking a harder level class than i did in previous year while doing better than i have previous years wont that make it more impressive or no?</p>
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<p>Well it’s natural to take harder classes every year 
But anyway…I’m still unsure. You’re in the low-B range for your typical engineering classes (physics, math). It’s just a bit weird that you wouldn’t be excelling in the classes that your major focuses on.</p>