Have any in-state students heard back on merit? I got an interview for the Stamps scholarship last month and won’t hear if I made the next round until Jan/Feb, but haven’t heard anything for general merit yet…don’t know if it takes longer in state or if they are waiting to see if I wash out of the Stamps scholarship first… just curious of others’ experience
How long did it take for the merit letter to come after the acceptance letter? Thnks!
Yes, same… Got email of acceptance on 12/11, no snail mail letter yet…
@grad2025mom - about 2 weeks
Acceptance on 11/2, merit on 11/18.
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My son is in-state, but did not apply for Stamps. He was accepted on October 13th for engineering and received his merit letter just last week (2 months).
In your case, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are waiting to see how things go with the Stamps application.
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thanks for the information…I appreciate it.
My daughter is in state… accepted mid October (high stats - 1570 SAT and 4.0 GPA with very rigorous schedule). No news on merit yet. She did not apply for Stamps, but did apply to Honors.
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Daughter accepted!
Applied Date 11/24
Decision Date 12/18
OOS
3.78 unweighted GPA
SAT 1520
College: Swanson
sat: 1350
out of state
4.0 gpa, 4.97 weighted
top 10% of class
7 ap class, 10 honors class, ecs, and sports,essay
accepted : nursing
12/11 accepted
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My student got the buttons today! Applied mid-Nov but missed some info. Application was ready Dec 7th. Arts and Sciences.
- OOS, suburban public school
- 4.47 GPA (or around that)
- 35 ACT
- NMSF, NHS, Spanish Honors Soc, AP mentor etc
- 10+ AP courses
- Nice set of ECs - Science, sports, research, volunteering, and leadership. But no national level recognition or solving world hunger plans.
- No idea how the essays were! I was not privy to the application process.
Pitt was a top choice - it was the Goldilocks of schools. Honors program would be amazing.
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@midwestmum Congratulations!
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Thank you! It’s our first acceptance, so it’s a bit of relief too. 
Hey all
Son received acceptance letter back in early November, just received merit letter yesterday!
We were not expecting merit after reading about changed Pitt had supposedly made last year; happily surprised…still waiting on honors
Stats:
GPA:4.0
ACT: 34
average ECs but clearly committed to a couple(incl volunteering) throughout HS
School: Dietrich
Good luck to everyone in a truly nutty year!
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Congratulations! Glad to hear they are still giving out merit! My daughter was accepted mid October with high stats and GPA (1570 and 4.0 coupled with 13 AP classes) and we are still waiting…
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Congratulations! So how much was the merit?
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where is the “button” that everyone is referring to?
$10K per year if his GPA remains a 3.0
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Applied 11/19
Accepted 1/7
OOS NY
96 W/ 93 UW (100 scale)
1470 SAT
Civil engineering major- accepted into Swanson
No word on merit not expecting much though
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I just received a text message saying thank you and all. Does that mean anything? I know that if you see buttons, it means you’re accepted but how do I know if I got rejected?
Son applied early November, accepted 3 weeks later.
OOS VA
GPA: 3.9UW 4.3W
SAT: 1460
7 APs
average ECs, but worked in coffee shop before and during COVID
School: Business
Just received the US$ 15,000/year merit offer!
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