Chances at Pitt?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I really want to get into Pitt. I am also looking at SUNY U of Buffalo, and WVU which I should get into. I am slightly considering Penn State as well.</p>

<p>I am from out of state, my GPA is only an 89.5 unweighted. I have no C's and no grades below an 85. My important HS Level classes are as following:</p>

<p>8th- Living Environmet, Enr Algebra, Spanish
9th- Enr Earth Science, Enr Geometry, Global 1, English, Spanish
10th- Algebra 2, Chemistry, Global 2, English, Spanish
11th- AP Physics, Precalculus, US History, English, Spanish
12th- AP Stats, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Economics, English</p>

<p>SAT score is 1260. On my NYS Regents, I have received almost all 90's besides Spanish, which I found boring and hard. I got a 5 on my AP Physics test. Class rank is top 35%. My activities resume will be decent, but not amazing at all. I plan to dedicate lots of time for a great college essay. Also, I'll have 2-3 recommendations from teacher, which should be good letters. Basically, I'm really smart but I slacked off in doing homework throughout high school. I regret it now. I could easily have a 93-94 if I tried.</p>

<p>I am looking to go in for Civil Engineering. Will my chances be greater applying as undecided, or as CE? What are my chances? Also when is my best bet to apply?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>bump… :)</p>

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<p>That sat should be higher to around 1700 at least. Your gpa is great. Don’t worry about that too much. U of buffalo is good but u need a higher sat. Other schools should be okay with ur gpa but that sat is killing you. Have you thought about retaking it? Good luck.</p>

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<p>That SAT is out of 1600! Haha I got an 1800 out of 2400.</p>

<p>Is my GPA really ‘great’ for these colleges? That is what I am worried about. :(</p>

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<p>Suny:accepted wvu:accepted Pitt: I am not 100% certain, but what I’ve seen you will most likely get in. Hope you get accepted! Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Awesome. Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>I think you definitely have a great shot. I have a lot of friends who got into Pitt with similar stats. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I think you will be accepted but without any merit money and probably not enough financial aid to justify going out of state.</p>

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<p>Your UW GPA is fine (it’s around a 3.58 out of 4.0) which is fine for the average Pitt application. Your SAT is also fine for the average Pitt application.</p>

<p>You need to give a breakdown of SAT (M+CR) for a better idea. </p>

<p>Right now, you’re not UHC eligible, which also means you probably will get very little scholarship money from either UHC or SSOE (SSOE tends to give money to UHC-eligible students). </p>

<p>As for getting in, you should be fine since you show a stronger math/science background (but again, we need to see the breakdown of SAT as well). I’m guessing you’re from NY (you don’t explicitly say) but are you M/F and do you think you’re ethnically diverse (basically anything other than Caucasian is diverse at Pitt). </p>

<p>I think you’ll get in but you won’t get any merit aid (not sure what your need looks like).</p>

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<p>M: 700 R: 560, I’m white, male, and yes I’m from NY.</p>