Chances of honors college?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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<p>Female from Pittsburgh, high school ranked number one public school in PA</p>

<p>UGPA: 3.97/4.00 WGPA 4.72/4.75
SAT: CR 690, Math 630, Wr 740
ACT: Taking it on the 22nd, predicting about a 30</p>

<p>All honors/ Ib classes freshman- junior year
Senior year schedule: AP Econ (macro and micro), AP Psych, AP Environmental Sciences, IB German 5, IB English, Calculus</p>

<p>EC:
Lacrosse, 4 years, Captain, starter/letterer 3 years, voted best attacker by teammates
Field Hockey, 3 years, 2 year letter/starter, leading scorer senior year
Kids Helping Kids Club, Ambassador, 250 hours, trip to Dominican Republic for a week (dental/medical work, building houses, food/clothing distribution, playing with kids)
German American Partnership Program- Ambassador, exchange
German Club- treasurer
National Honor Society- tutoring
Leadership Academy</p>

<p>Letter of Rec from German teacher, who knows me really well from 2 years of class, German club, and the exchange</p>

<p>:) so yeah opinions on if I will get into honors? I want to major in international studies and economics.</p>

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<p>im not sure if theyre actual requirements or just guidelines, but they usually say you need a 1400 sat :(</p>

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<p>I heard the same thing about the CR+M 1400 SAT. The average CR+M SAT for this past year’s incoming freshmen was 1453. If you up that score, then you seem to have a good shot.</p>

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<p>ok, so the 1400 thing is really true? Because I know people with 3.7s getting in from my school, and I have a much better GPA just slightly lower test scores… does this mean I really still won’t have a shot?</p>

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<p>No you need a 1400. Even if you don’t get in it doesn’t really matter…the only upside is the honors housing. Anyone can take the honors classes. I know people that got into honors but didn’t want to do it so they didn’t do it.</p>

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<p>Regarding UHC admissions - take the 1400 SAT with a grain of salt. D2 was admitted to the program with a sub-1400 SAT score. She had a 3.97 UWGPA/4.5 WGPA and was top 5% in her class. The fact that D1 was already in the program may have something to do with that admission, but…</p>

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<p>According to UHC you have to have a 1400-SAT (CR+M) and top 5% of your class. I think SOMEtimes they’ll take the top 5% without the 1400-SAT but I think that’s a bit of a rarer case and could depend on various things.</p>

<p>Like people said, the only thing the UHC admission does is let you apply for Honors Housing as a freshman. Everything else is open to everyone. (And you can do upperclassmen Honors Housing if you maintain a 3.0 I believe, might be a 3.25)</p>

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<p>well. the 1400 thing is unfortunate for me, haha. thanks for the responses!</p>

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<p>I agree! I just got accepted to Pitt UHC with a 1370 (M + CR) SAT and a 3.91 UW GPA. Just goes to show you that SATs aren’t everything. I really believe that once you reach a certain threshold, then they take other things into consideration. Good luck to you!</p>

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<p>I got in with a 30 ACT. I took the October SAT (probably got around 1440), but they didn’t see it… I wasn’t expecting to get in at all…</p>