In state students - Don't give up on scholarship money just yet!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
1

<p>I am writing this on behalf of my daughter who will be attending the School of Nursing this fall. She received a letter today from Pitt saying that she was getting $2,000 a year. Her stats are as follows:</p>

<p>4.6 W GPA
4.0 UW GPA
1 out of 250 in class
1410 SAT (reading and math)
31 ACT</p>

<p>We are thrilled! We knew she wouldn't receive the full tuition offer, and pretty much had given up on any other money. She was attending Pitt regardless of the money, as it was her first and only choice. I'm pleased for her because she's worked very hard throughout high school. Now she has confirmation that her hard work paid off.</p>

<p>BTW, she applied at the end of July, was accepted to the Honors College and did receive guaranteed admission to Pitt's graduate nursing program. Her acceptance came in mid October.</p>

<p>Just thought I'd put this out there for anyone who is still waiting.</p>

2

<p>Thanks! There’s hope for another couple of weeks. Makes it exciting to hit the mailbox.</p>

3

<p>KEF318 – congratulations! Plus Pitt’s Nursing program is awesome!</p>

4

<p>Got scholarship letter (big one) today for $10K. OOS, 3.6 UW, 4.0 W, 2190 SAT. Good luck to everyone!</p>

5

<p>Sorry, 1450 SAT CR+M. About average for honors college from what I’ve read.</p>

6

<p>Any chance of them changing a 2k scholarship to full tuition for an IS?</p>

7

<p>What are your stats? Seems that there’s no rhyme or reason to their awards, although they seem to be heavily SAT and ACT based.</p>

8

<p>From the examples on this website, it seems they save the larger merit awards for out of state. They basically try to attract the best out of state students by bringing the tuition down to the in-state price. Apparently, they feel they don’t need that incentive to attract quality in-state students. Be glad you got a $2K merit - most people didn’t.</p>

9

<p>Charlieschm - you’re spot on. My son’s award brings tuition right down to in-state levels, which is 60% less than the private school tuition we’re looking at for his other choices. And it may be enough for him to choose Pitt.</p>

10

<p>My unweighted GPA is 3.9 </p>

<p>SAT is 1490 (800 CR, 690 M).</p>

<p>I know I’m fortunate to get a 2k scholarship, but to be honest it feels like nothing for all the hard work I’ve done.</p>

11

<p>I couldn’t agree with you more! My D worked her tail off, so it doesn’t seem like much of an award.</p>

<p>My D’s boyfriend had roughly the same stats as my daughter, but his SAT scores were 110 points higher. He got the full IS tuition offer from Pitt.</p>

<p>Our feeling was that my daughter worked hard because she had her sights set on Pitt’s nursing school. It’s a tough program to get into and that was her goal.</p>

12

<p>I also just got a 2k scholarship. Though, I don’t think I really worked my tail off for it. Wasn’t expecting money. Oh well, I am happy.</p>