Hey everyone! I thought it would be good to have a “stats/decisions” only thread for the Pitt Class of 2021.
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[ b]Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail):**
[ b]Which School and Major:**
[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
Senior Year Course Load:
IS or OOS
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): 2 weeks after application submitted
Which School and Major:chemical engineering
Objective:
SAT did not take. Waiting on math2 and physics subject tests scores
ACT (breakdown):35C, 36 reading, 35 math, 36 English, 34 science
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.29 out of 4.33
Weighted GPA:5.389
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/529
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP physics, AP calc BC, AP lit, engineering physics, competitive PE
OOS
Other: no hooks, run cross country and track, captain and all conference, peer helpers, commended scholar, scored 5 on all 5 AP exams taken so far, seal of biliteracy
Loved Pitt! Need a merit award to make it possible to attend
Date decision received: Portal: 9/11, Email: 9/13, Postal mail: 9/15
Which School and Major: Swanson - electrical engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not send - 1500 (750 both)
ACT (breakdown): 35C - 36 R, 35 M, 34 E, 34 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Weighted GPA: On a 7.0 scale, 6.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra and (all APs) Chem, BC Calc, Lit, French, Computer Science, Psychology
IS
Other: Eligible for UHC Waiting to hear back about scholarships, crossing my fingers!
Decision: Accepted
**Date applied: ** 7/18 Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): portal 10/2, email 10/7, postal mail- haven’t received yet Which School and Major: Swanson, bioengineering Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 34C, 36E, 32M, 34R, 34S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.68
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Load, AP Calc BC, AP Physics
OOS
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): Portal- Sept 23, email & postal Sept 26
Which School and Major: Dietrich, English Writing Major
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): Composite 28, 30E, 29R, 23M, 30S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.43
Weighted GPA: 6.1/7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment english class, science electives, art electives, political electives.
IS
Other
My stats are honestly low for Pitt, and I know that… anything is possible, and college admissions is a weird thing. Don’t underestimate your chances.
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): 10/6 (email) 10/7 (postal). Had been checking wrong portal so not sure when it may have been posted.
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): 9/28/16
Which School and Major: English Lit with pre-med.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 4.64
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Spanish, Honors physics, Honors Calc, religion 4, presidents, psychology
IS or OOS: IS
Other: I really like Pitt but for personal reasons I will most likely not attend. Nothing against the school, just reasons for me not wanting to attend. Also, other schools are cheaper and I won’t get any money from Pitt.
**Date applied: ** 10/02/16 application was complete
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): 10/11/16
Which School and Major: School of Business
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34
Unweighted GPA: ~98
Weighted GPA: ~100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd
Senior Year Course Load: 6 honors/AP classes
IS or OOS: In State
First college acceptance and it feels amazing! Can’t believe it only took 9 days which is incredible. Even for in state it is quite expensive at 20k/year just for tuition. If I get a merit scholarship then I will most likely go here. If not, I might still go but depends on other offers.
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail):
Portal: 10/6/16
Email: 10/10/16
Which School and Major:
Swanson, Biomedical engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 CR, 780 M, 750 W)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 E, 36 R, 35 S, 35 M)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.7610
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/389
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, US Government, AP Lit, Engineering Design and Development
SAT: (old)1860 (600R, 630WR, 630M, 10/12 on essay)
(new)1330 (680WR, 650M, no essay)
ACT: n/a
UW GPA: 3.75
W GPA: 3.95
Rank: 39/488
Sr Year course load: APUSH, college writing, Hospital Internship, Working with special needs students
OOS (OR)
Don’t ever think colleges look at you just by numbers!! It’s all about the holistic approach
DATE DECISION RECEIVED (portal, email, postal mail): 9/13
WHICH SCJOOL AND MAJOR: School of Nursing
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): Composite- 32 English- 35 Math- 30 Reading- 31 Science- 30 Writing- 24
UNWEIGHTED GPA (out of 4.0): maybe 3.87
WEIGHTED GPA: 4.383
RANK (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~69/530ish
SENIOR YEAR COURSE LOAD: Nursing and Clinical Internship, Spanish 2 H, AP Macro, AP US Gov, AP Stat, Art 1, English 4 H
OOS- TN
OTHER- Health Science 9th, Medical Therapeutics 10th, Anatomy 11th, Nursing and Clinicals 12th (These classes really helped me).
**Date applied: ** 10/2 it was marked as completed
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail):
Email - 10/18
Postal Mail - 10/21
Which School and Major: Dietrich College of Arts & Sciences ; pre-Med is what I selected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (760 M / 740 CR&W)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t report
Weighted GPA: 104.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Bio
AP Calc AB
AP English Lit
AP Italian
Human Bio
Gov / Econ
Religion
Gym
IS or OOS: OOS
Other Received email regarding GAP program on 10/20
Decision: Accepted Date applied: 10/7 Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): 10/24 (email) Which School and Major: School of Arts and Sciences; Philosophy
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 32 (35E, 35M, 33R, 26S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Weighted GPA: 4.22
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/522 W, 11/522 UW
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Studio Art 2-D, AP Spanish Language, AP Economics/AP Government, AP English Literature
IS or OOS: OOS
Decision: Accepted
School: Arts and Sciences
Applied: October 8th
Accepted: October 21st
GPA W and UW was a 4.0
Rank: 6/175
Course load: all honors classes and 5 ap courses
Act: 28 composite
I wrote very strong essays
I’m committed to pitt! it was my dream school!
Is it at all meaningful if friends of mine had applied t the same to or earlier than me and received their acceptance and I have not yet heard back. Or am I reading too much into it. My application was Complete on October 5th.
**Date applied: **probably completed around 10/15-10/20
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): email 11/2, letter on its way
Which School and Major: bioengineering at swanson, main campus
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690 M, 710 CR
ACT (breakdown): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank but top 10% at least I’d say
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP French Lang, honors choir, AP Physics 1, wind ensemble… yup
IS or OOS: OOS
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): September 13, 2016 by email
Which School and Major: Dietrich for Ecology and Evolution
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 34 composite (35 math, 34 English, 34 reading, 34 science)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.57
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: English composition, calculus I, college physics I, intro to psychology (all dual enrollment)
IS or OOS: OOS (Ohio)
Other: I was invited to participate in the honors college. I am also graduating a semester early in December 2016.
Waiting to hear back about scholarships, crossing my fingers!