I applied in Oct and in Nov was asked to submit my mid year (S1) grades. Those will be available later this week. How quickly should I hear back?
In past years they were pretty quick but they had a huge increase in applications this year which is causing delays in getting back to everyone. I would expect it to take awhile given how backed up they are. My son had to send mid year grades a couple years ago and he heard in about a week, but now I’m hearing stories of people applying back in November and still not hearing anything so this is not a normal year.
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My D22 applied in September. Pitt is her first choice, so the mid-year grades request was a bit of a blow. She submitted them as soon as they were available, January 7th. I’m hoping they don’t make her wait too much longer before responding. It would be nice to rip the band-aid off at this point!
I was surprised by the request too - but I’m glad I didn’t get a full out rejection. Will you please share when your daughter hears so I can get a better sense of how long it took? Pitt is def in my top two so am really hoping I get in!!!
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My D22 is in-state, 5/500, 1500 SAT with 13 APs (all 5s) and has 8 ECs with leadership positions – and Pitt requested her mid-year grades (as did 90% of the schools to which she applied). I really don’t think the mid-term grade request is a sign of much.
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She’s in! So it took about 2 weeks to hear back after she sent in her mid-year grades. Hang in there! I posted her stats on the 2026 thread. Pitt has been her favorite school so I think it will be tough for any other to compete now!
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Congrats! That is such great news - I’m so happy for you guys 
Did you get notification in your pitt documents? I am still waiting - my guidance counselor sent the mid year grades in on 1/10.
No, she hasn’t gotten an email or any notifications. The document center hasn’t been updated, just the admissions site. I’ve just been checking the portal periodically and saw that it changed! Hopefully she gets some sort of email 
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I checked the portal and it just says that the application is complete. no accept or decline button but i’m not sure if I am on the correct site. I’m not on the mobile version just the website. Let me know when she gets the email. again, Congrats!
That’s what my kid’s portal said until today. It just changed today. Who knows when they’ll send anything else — I feel like the entire process has been very hard to navigate with Pitt.
I got the accept/decline button activated today. Did you get an email to check the document site yet? I think you’re a couple of days ahead of us.
No, not yet! The buttons appeared on 1/26, then on 1/27 the new letter of acceptance appeared in the document center, but she hasn’t received an email yet.
Thanks for the Info. My buttons appeared today but there were no new letters in the document center. It just had the old letter requesting my mid year grades. Hopefully, I will get something in the document center in the next couple of days.
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Congrats!! MyGC told me my grades will be officially submitted by tomorrow so I still have a weeks to wait 
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Hope I get good news too!
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