Decision: Accepted
Date applied: October 28, 2016
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): November 10, 2016 by email
Which School and Major: Dietrich for Biology
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690 M 630 CR
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 91.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP US Government
IS or OOS: OOS (New York)
@hailtopitt1787 my daughter applied to Pitt main and it is her dream school. She was accepted to Johnstown. She isn’t interested in attending that campus. Additionally, she originally put Psychology as her major, she would like to change to undeclared. So my question is two fold. Would changing her major reconsider her for main campus? If not is there any process to be reconsidered, as Pitt is her first choice. Thank you!
@pittmom2021 -this is a decisions/stats only thread. You are more likely to get a response on another thread.
Also–have your daughter reach out to her regional admissions rep–they are so fantastic and helpful.
Decision: Accepted
Date applied:
Late October
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail)
Early November
Which School and Major:
Arts and Sciences, Chemistry
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480, not sent
ACT (breakdown): 34
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/280
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Stats, AP Calc, rest honors
OOS, white, no hooks
Other:
No word on scholarships yet. Eligible for Honors
Decision: Accepted
Date applied: 10/9
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): 10/21 on portal, letter postmarked 10/20
Which School and Major: Nursing
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Weighted GPA: 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank but probably in top 5-10%
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Chem, AP Calc AB
IS or OOS: OOS (Minnesota)
Other: no word on scholarships yet; not sure if eligible for honors!
Decision: Accepted
Date applied: 10/20/16?
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): postal mail/email on 11/13/16
Which School and Major: Dietrich/Communication
ACT (breakdown): 35E/25M/35R/26S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25%
IS or OOS: OOS
[ b]Other** I had an amazing why upitt essay
Decision: Accepted
**Date applied: ** October 31st
Date decision received (portal, email, postal mail): Portal, November 17th
Which School and Major: Arts And Sciences, Physics
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 ( 790 M, 740 CR&W)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35E 35M 33R 36S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/a
Weighted GPA: 107.666/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/268
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, AP Bio, AP Calculus, AP Java, AP Psych, AP English Lit, Study Hall
OOS
Other
All 3 supplements decent but not fantastic.
Just got my acceptance email!! Super excited 
Date applied: 11/2
Date application marked complete: 11/8
Date decision received: email 11/21
School: Dietrich Arts and Sciences- biology major (premed track)
ACT: 30 (34R, 34E, 26M, 26S)
SAT: didn’t take, but Pitt said equivalent SAT score was a 1400 on psmobile app)
UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.67
Rank: 21/271
Senior Year Course Load: Dual enrollment Psychology (at community college), Civics, AP Stats, Honors Forensics, English 4, AP Computer Science, Dual enrollment math (at community college) , Dual enrollment Bio (at community college)
Decision: Accepted
Really excited!!
Date applied: 11/9/16
Date decision received (mail):11/21/16
Which School and Major: Honors College/Dietrich Arts and Sciences
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): Reading- 35, English-35, Math- 28, Science- 28, Writing- 36, Composite- 32
Weighted GPA: 4.556
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st Decile
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Micro, AP Govt, AP English Literature, Anatomy & Physiology (college course)
OOS
Decision: Accepted
Date Applied: 7-19-16
Date of Received Decision: 9-13-16
School and Major: Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): English - 35, Math - 34, Science - 33, Reading - 30, Writing - 28, Composite - 33
SAT II : Math 2 - 730
Weighted GPA: 3.95
Unweighted GPA (school doesn’t supply it officially, but we have it on record): 3.50
Rank: N/A at my school.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL Year 2, IB Mathematics SL Year 2, IB History SL Year 2, IB Psychology HL Year 2, Theory of Knowledge, Health and Medicine III, IB German SL Year 2, IB Literature HL Year 2, Symphony Orchestra
In-State
Decision: ACCEPTED
Date applied: November 10, 2016
Date decision received: Email: Dec 8 & Postal: Dec 10
Which School and Major: Swanson School of Engineering, Undeclared
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1350 New SAT superscore, 710 math, 640 R/W
GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (99.654 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/691
Senior Year Course Load: APC Physics, AP BC Calc, Eng 12H, AP Econ/Gov
Decision: ACCEPTED
Date applied: October 12, 2016
Date decision received: Email: Nov. 8; Postal: Nov. 10
Which School and Major: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry
Objective:
SAT (old): 2100; SAT (new): 1460
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45
Rank: School doesn’t rank, but in top 10 percent
School Course Load: 3 APs, 6 Honors/Advanced
DECISION: ACCEPTED
Date applied: October 21st
Date decision postmarked/received: November 15th
Which school/major at UPitt: College of Business Administration
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
Highest SAT critical reading and math: N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (36 English, 34 Math, 34 Reading, 35 Science)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #23 (top 6%)
AP (place score in parentheses): Did not submit
IB (place score in parentheses): Did not submit
Senior Year Course Load: IB-HL English, AP Physics 1, IB-HL European History, IB-HL Psychology, AP Statistics, Theory of Knowledge, IB-HL Spanish 5, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Co-captain of Mock Trial team (2 years), lead roles in school plays (3 years), a cappella singing group (4 years), Class President (4 years), Student Rep to the Board of Education (senior year), Religious service
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Summers volunteering with impoverished children to provide them physical and intellectual enrichment, volunteering with the elderly in nursing homes
Summer: Global Entrepreneurship Program at Lehigh University
Essays (rating 1-10, details): All about a 6/10, I didn’t try very hard on the short answers. I wrote them in an hour or so and didn’t put too much thought into them.
Did you send optional LORs? No, just counselor
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 - new counselor, hadn’t known her for very long
Did you send optional resume? No
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State : New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Middle-Eastern
Gender:
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing special that was not listed in extracurriculars
Reflection
Strengths: ACT, grades, diverse extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Weak essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores/GPA well exceeded requirements
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Rutgers, UMD, Northeastern, Fordham, UNC, Yale, UPenn, Cornell, NYU, UVA
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: If you are above the requirements and are looking for a large scholarship, spend time making sure your short answers are quality. Those are the only real opportunity they have to see who you are beyond numbers, which may not matter for acceptance but will matter for merit aid. I didn’t do so well on them, and I believe I got less money as a result.