If you received a merit scholarship, please post the amount you received, along with your GPA, class rank, SAT/ACT scores, and any special hooks that may have helped you to receive merit aid.
My S received a full tuition scholarship. 3.95 GPA, top 5%, 2330 SAT, OOS
Full tuition scholarship, 4.0 GPA, top 10% (school doesn’t rank technically), 2260 SAT/35 ACT, OOS
10K scholarship, 4.0 unweighted, top 1%, SAT1: 2350, SATII: 4x800. AP: 8x5. NMSF, National AP scholar. IS.
Might also want to put major, in case that matters
Full tuition for D, 2250 SAT/35 ACT, UW GPA 4.0, rank 1/284, 7 AP all 5’s, IS, Pharmacy guaranteed seat.
Do some majors get better scholarships than others?
@Classof2017, Your major may not impact your scholarship consideration (we don’t consider a student’s major “officially” declared until after they matriculate), but a student’s intended professional school can (and sometimes does) have an impact on the amount of scholarship offered. At Pitt, there are four different schools you can be admitted to as a freshman (Engineering, Nursing, Business, and Arts and Sciences). Admissions to some of those schools is more competitive than admission to other schools and, as a result, the competition for scholarship funds can be stronger. Since scholarship funds are limited, the Committee really attempts to stretch the dollars out among all schools and in relative proportion to their enrollment. I hope that helps clarify a little further!
Best,
A Pitt Admissions Staffer
@hailtopitt1787 thank you for this informative post, it does clarify the same award for different stats
Full tuition for D. 4.0 U/W, Class rank 1 of 200+, 2330 SAT, lots of AP and good EC.
Full tuition scholarship. 4.0 unweighted GPA, school doesn’t rank, 2400 SAT, in-state, chemistry.
Just found out I got the Donald M. Henderson scholarship: full tuition, room, board + meal plan!! So excited!
Anyway, 6.17/6.0 W GPA with 14 APs, 12/974, 2280 super-score, In-state, Computer Science
I also wanted to ask, since the scholarship is for “incoming freshman engineering students,” would I lose it if I change my major to, say, Philosophy, which I’m really considering at the moment?
Computer science is part of Arts and Sciences, unless you were talking about computer engineering.
I would give them a call on Tue I guess.
Oops, it must have been computer engineering then. The scholarship is for the College of Engineering rather than Dietrich. Thanks for the clarification; I’ll call them and see what’s up.
Full Tuition. 3.6 UW GPA, 3.8 W. 2110 SAT. Accepted to school of nursing
For anyone waiting for a scholarship still - I applied Oct 10, accepted Nov 5. Called them today and asked what is my status and they said they have not even opened my file to review it. I’m a pretty high stat applicant too not to sound conceited but just to put things into perspective of anyone was wondering and checking their mail like a crazy person the way I am.
Are scholarship awards included with the initial acceptance packet that is mailed (with the official letter and information on summer sessions, enrollment deposits), or do they follow later? If later, when are they typically received following notifications of acceptance?
There is no typical timeline, and they are sent separately. If the student applies by January 15th they should hear by March if they receive an academic scholarship.
If you are dependent on financial aid you should also plan on filing FAFSA soon.
@hailtopitt1787 I received two letters in the mail today: one was of a paper-cut 3/D diorama of the Cathedral of Learning with text congratulating me on my scholarship and the other was a blue envelope congratulating me on my scholarship offer, then introduced me to “a few of our current University of Pittsburgh scholars.” I didn’t receive an official scholarship offer in the mail, however, just those two congratulatory letters. Should I contact Office of Admissions?