<p>Most schools (at least all the ones my kids applied to) wanted everything postmarked by Nov 1 for EA/SCEA/ED.</p>
<p>bluejay -- My daughter has similar stats -- 1450 SAT (Math and Critical Reading), top 5%, ECs mostly academic but president of a few clubs, AP scholar with honor......it's exciting that you received full tuition ---- I suppose we can be hopeful for good merit money? </p>
<p>Her writing SAT was low 580 -- ironically she sat for October SATs to boost this and it stayed exactly the same but she was able to add 50 points to the Math/CR sections so I'm glad she took it.</p>
<p>I really liked our visit to Pitt -- it seems like a fun city to go to school.</p>
<p>I suppose if Nov first is the EA deadline for many schools we missed that .... but plenty of time for the regular deadline. </p>
<p>Pitt is rolling admissions right?</p>
<p>yes, Pitt is rolling.</p>
<p>toblin</p>
<p>The Rutgers money is pretty much guaranteed, their policy is very clear</p>
<p>First-Year</a> Scholarships</p>
<p>Not sure of DS rank (his school doesn't rank) but his ACT of 33 gets him either $7500 or 10,000 as long as he is in the top 15% - but need to apply by Dec 1</p>
<p>Confirming what bluejay said in post 40 above - the qualifications for Pitt's Honors program are more forgiving than the website indicates (1400 SATs, top 5 percent class rank). My youngest d's SATs were higher, but she definitely was not top 5 percent - and she'd only have been top 10 percent if our hs weighted, which it does not. Pitt may be a big place, and I'm sure it is primarily numbers-driven in admissions, but there must be a holistic element in there that recognizes rigorous courseloads and competitive high schools. Or else some kind of sliding scale, whereby 1400-plus kids can have a lower class rank.</p>
<p>Also confirming that scholarship notification and the official Honors College invitation came a few weeks later than the acceptance letter. In our experience, Pitt is generous with merit aid. We really liked the school, and my daughters would have been happy to go there. It remained in serious contention for them until the final decision was made.</p>
<p>katytibbs--arg, son makes that test score cut-off for Rutgers, but not the rank (bad sophmore year). Have you heard Rutgers has any flexibility on that stuff or is it (as a large U) all immovable? Son has almost all As junior & (hopefully) senior year. Not sure if they'd care, though.</p>
<p>Jolynne</p>
<p>I went to Rutgers, so know how inflexible their system is. I predict the RU Screw will not allow flexibility.....</p>
<p>Hmmm. Well, I guess we'll see. I'm not thrilled that Rutgers' instate tuition is almost as high as some other (good) schools' out-of-state, but, in sum, it's still very much cheaper (even w/out tons of merit) than a number of other schools on son's list.</p>
<p>Guess we'll see how it goes! Thanks.</p>
<p>Jolynne, I am hearing lots of good things lately about NJIT from families who have kids there.</p>
<p>Thanks, cptofthehouse! Son has put the kibosh on further apps-- but that does seem like a reasonable choice, if one more were to be tacked on!</p>
<p>It's funny, because I never heard of the school except peripherally, and all of the sudden this month, two families I know were telling me about the school. All good things. My youngest son's classmate's brother has been offered an athletic scholarship there, and he has decided to take it. He was being courted by the ivies and other ultra selective schools. URM with high grades and test scores. Wants a scholarship rather than a leg up on admissions.</p>
<p>I hope it wasn't for basketball, because there are high school teams that would destroy them...</p>
<p>Nope, but he wants to play, so I doubt the school is way up there in the sport. That is the key for many athletes; they want to play and get the scholarship. That does not usually mean the team is top notch. Quite the contrary. But a 4 year full ride is very nice. But they really liked the school. Parents thought it was absolutely perfect as did the kid, and that was even before they talked to the coach.</p>