<p>From past scholarship winners or people with any insight, what are my chances at scholarships from Pitt?</p>
<p>Basic Stats:
97.6/100 UW
3 Ap's, 10+honors through junior year
4 ap's, 1 college course senior year
2 varsity sports
VP of a club
Member of 2 clubs in addition to NHS
Over 300 volunteer hours</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>You haven’t provided any indication of test score (SAT/ACT) which is a factor. Along with that are what you plan on majoring, if you are M/F and if you are IS/OOS.</p>
<p>Full rides are hard- there are only 8-14 given per year by the UHC for academic reasons. There are some other ones that may be athletic based. Full-tuition is a bit more common, but still hard to get. Depending on major, the school you are in may also give money (although most does still come from the UHC). For example, the nursing school and engineering school both have scholarships specifically for their students.</p>
<p>Sorry I totally forgot!</p>
<p>ACT-34, one sitting
Biology/Psych double major
OOS</p>
<p>Your ACT is great, your major is relatively common (but you could still get money). Which state are you from? It will be harder getting money from Ohio, New York, or even Maryland/New Jersey than other states.</p>
<p>Also are you male or female? All of these factors matter.</p>
<p>SadieLane12 - My S classmate had similar stats like yours with act 34 and they did not send the sat score as it was less than 1450 and she got full tuition. So good luck . Applied in October and got admitted in 2 weeks and scholarship in dec 8th or so.</p>
<p>My son just got accepted to Pitt for next fall. He also has ACT of 34 with good grades. We’re in NY so I’m wondering why it would mean that it’s harder to get some scholarship $$?</p>
<p>My very limited understanding is that if you are from (as stated above) ‘Ohio, New York, or even Maryland/New Jersey than other states…" it might be harder to get $ because they have a solid percentage of students coming from those states. Pitt, rumor has it’ wants geographic diversity. Take high stats and a kid from, say, Montana or Louisiana and they are more likely to get $ than one with the same stats from a well represented state.
HSG</p>
<p>We are in NY and my son and two others from his high school (DS was class of 2011, two others were 2012) received full tuition. But as many have mentioned in other threads…it seems to be getting more difficult to get full tuition. The good news is if you have already applied, you’ll probably know by December what your financial package is, which is way ahead of other schools. Also, our DS’s girlfriend (also NY) is a Junior and is receiving an additional $7k this year. So even if you don’t get full tuition, it’s possible to increase your award. She has a 3.75 GPA which obviously helped.</p>
<p>I thank you all for this information about Pitt merit. D has a 3.8 and 4.55 from MD public hs. SAT 1490. 5s on AP Tests in math, chem, and Spanish. 5 and 7 on IBs. Plus subject tests in Lit 720, Spanish 800 and Spanish listening 770. She’s on a gap year that so far has involved a month in Yellowstone with Student Conservation Association, and next week she leaves for two months in Florence for intensive Italian (she had four years in h.s. to go with her fluency in Spanish). She just received the go-ahead for 3-9 months of internship at a neuroscience lab at Natl Inst of Health. Many ECs but only two leadership positions. She’ll major in neuro and Italian. Where does she figure in the chase for full tuition, do you think?</p>