<p>We were told they did not re-award a scholarship that was turned down. It goes back into the kitty for the next year (of course, they may have changed their policy as this was two years ago).</p>
<p>That’s good MTnest because my son just received 12K a year which he will not be using, but I do not plan on letting them know until May 1. He applied based on posts on this board with the possibility of maybe getting free tuition, but since that’s not the case, I cant justify spending that much for a state school.
At least we tried.</p>
<p>Yeah, the School of Medicine Guarantee app is completely separate from the scholarship letter.</p>
<p>should I be freaking out if I haven’t gotten an invitation to apply for the Med-School Guarantee? I indicated the right majors in my app…</p>
<p>Amount: Full Tuition</p>
<p>State:Maryland
SAT: 680 M/ 650 CR/ 590 W
GPA: 3.85 UW/ 4.49 W
Rank: Maryland doesn’t rank
Essays: I had one about my community service experience in NHS
Teacher Recs: I had one really good one from my English teacher and another good one from my counselor.
Ec’s: Varsity Girls and Coed Volleyball for four years (current captain), NHS, 156 Community service hours, Student Government, and other community service clubs.
Hook (if any): African American
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Other Factors: All honors and AP classes with 5’s on all AP tests.
General Comments:</p>
<p>@jgirl0828: Congratulations! What major did you apply for at UPitt?</p>
<p>I was accepted to pitt on 11/13 but i still havent heard anything yet about scholarships.
should I be worried or is there a chance that they just haven’t sent it yet?
I got a 2290 on the SAT and have a 3.85 GPA with a very challenging schedule, so I feel i have the stats for the scholarship. I do live instate though, so would that effect anything?</p>
<p>Scholarship info usually takes more than one week to get to you… I’d say keep waiting. You sound like you’re definitely in the running for a scholarship.</p>
<p>its been a month and a week though and thats why im worried</p>
<p>@pat292 - Email OAFA and ask them. That’s what we did. If nothing else it shows you are interested.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it.</p>
<p>oops I read 11/13 as 12/13, sorry. >_<</p>
<p>Do you guys think it is too late to apply, and still get a large scholarship? I recently looked into Pitt, and it seems like it would be a nice school to go to; here are my stats.</p>
<p>State:NJ
SAT: 770 M / 640 CR / 690 W (2100)
SAT II: 780 M2 / 660 Phys
GPA: 3.92 UW ; Not sure about Weighted
Rank: 22/595
Essays: Should be decent, but I can’t really judge my own essays objectively.
Teacher Recs: The one from my Physics teacher is awesome, the one from my History teacher is ok.
Ec’s: Basketball <a href=“Ten%20years%20total”>9-12</a>, JSA (Secretary), Darfur Project, Key Club Member, Youth Lacrosse Coach, Youth Basketball Camp Coach
Hook (if any): None
School Type: Large Public
Gender: Male
Other Factors: All Honors Fresh-Junior; 6 APs Senior
General Comments: Applying to Engineering, if it’s worth it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Arts & Sciences and Honors College, Letter rec today Dec 14</p>
<p>Good news today, Dec 21!</p>
<p>S. received email invite to apply to G. Med Program and a separate invite into the Honors College. Still unclear on merit amount but the Med letter stated congratulations on your scholarship, and honors invite stated we will receive a letter after the holidays.</p>
<p>On separate note the GPA listed previously is not W but UW. GPA UW is 3.7. Weighted 4.25-4.3</p>
<p>SAT I : 1440 – 740 CR, 700 M , 680 W 11 Essay
SAT II Math 800 USHis 800 Bio 700
Other stats: AP 5s
GPA : UW 3.7 W 4.25-4.3</p>
<p>Subjective:
Work since Freshman summer: counselor at day Math camp
ECs: classical violin since 5, community orchestra, science and quiz bowl stuff etc
Essays: Excellent about how being diagnosed with diabetes at 7 altered his life but for the better
Hook (if any): URM, out of state</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: DC
School Type: Highly competitive private…does not rank…
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male </p>
<p>Will post amount when we hear. HTH.</p>
<p>Would scholarship money from an individual school, like engineering, come with other scholarship money or separately?</p>
<p>For some it came separately (i.e. $2,000 engineering award followed by full tuition from OAFA) but for others it came together.</p>
<p>Different envelopes, different sources (swanson vs. oafa), same day.</p>
<p>rdmnrsox,</p>
<p>I would say you have a chance ay maybe 10K but not guaranteed. My son just received the 12K with 1490/2210 (applied early Nov), whereas people who applied earlier with similar stats seemed to get full tuition. Now it seems as if you need near perfect SATs for full tuition. Note the full cost of Pitts tuition, room and board is about 36K OOS so it is still pricey. If money is a consideration, I would look into the Nj State schools.</p>
<p>On NJ state schools and merit money… Rutgers-NB I think gives 10k to in-state students with 1450 (M+CR) and top 5% of their class…, the cutoff is 1500/top 5% or 1550/top 10% for a full ride at Rutgers. Rutgers-Newark will throw in more money on top of that to lure kids away from the NB campus. TCNJ’s not that great with merit aid, apparently the most they will give to anyone in merit money is like $6k/yr which doesn’t even cover IS tuition.</p>
<p>Still, getting $10k IS from Rutgers will cover tuition and part of R&B which is about what full tuition would cover OOS for Pitt. I like Pitt much better than Rutgers though :D.</p>
<p>rdmnrsox: Can’t hurt to apply, but you should hurry. Priority date for scholarships is 1/15. Your stats look good. My son got full tuition scholarship with:
SAT 2230 (M770, R760, W700)
ACT 34
GPA 4.0 uw, 4.167 w
AP - Calc AB 5, English comp 5, World History 3, Statistics and English Lit this year
SAT II: Math I 760, Physics 690
Essay was his first and was rather generic
Teacher recs were very good
OOS: Colorado
Rigorous public school
Rank: 4 of 395
EC’s: Pretty good, but yours are stronger
He did apply in August and early applications get priority for scholarships.</p>