<p>Apparently some letters have already been mailed out! Post decisions, scholarships, and stats here :) Can't wait to check the mailbox tomorrow for mine (fingers crossed!) I copied over this basic format for stats... you know the drill :) </p>
<p>SAT: 2400 800CR 800M 800W
SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math IIC, 800 Global History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/250
Other stats: 5's on every AP available
Subjective:
Essays: perfect
Teacher Recs: outstanding
Counselor Rec: superb
Hook (if any): triple legacy, recruited athlete, nobel laureate
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arkansas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Eskimo
Gender: male
Other Factors: Elected mayor of a small town
General Comments: I'm so psyched to major in under water basket weaving!</p>
<p>SAT: 2000 700CR 630M 670W
GPA: 3.8 (uw)
Rank: 28/350
Essays: Good Personal Statement & 1 essay
Teacher Recs: outstanding (I hope)
Counselor Rec: superb (so she says)
Hook (if any): legacy (mother Undergrad & Grad at Pitt)
Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Excellent father
General Comments: Pitt has one of the top 7 nursing programs in the country and accepts only 110 freshmen each year. 1300 clinical hours & is direct entry. Did I mention that I had a great father?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 700 M / 600 CR / 640 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.1 W
[</em>] Rank: 22/575
[<em>] Other stats: all honors classes, AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Macroeconomics, AP Stat
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: na
[<em>] Hook (if any): none, but lots of EC’s that demonstrate her ability to thrive when busy / under pressure
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type: large public HS in a well-regarded school district
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
Accepted to Honors College</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1450/1600 or 2130/2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Submitted my Common App one… I really loved it and thought it was about as original as they come
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I submitted two… I didn’t get to read them but I’m sure they were pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Hmmm… I’m not even sure if she submitted this in time to be reviewed for a decision…
[</em>] Hook (if any): Haha… I wish…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Private (Boarding School)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**Other Factors: I sent in a list of ECs including a CD with some of my oil paintings. I also included info about my medical missionary trip to Haiti this summer. I really think that it helped to apply early as well **
**General Comments: I was also accepted to the Honors College. Good luck to everyone else anxiously awaiting their letters! I am almost completely sure that I will be attending Pitt in the fall **</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 670 M 590 CR 590 W
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 3.65
Rank: 92/365
Other stats: honors and AP classes</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent essay
Teacher Recs: hasn’t even gotten to them yet
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors:
General Comments: School of Arts & Sciences (Computer Science)</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] School (Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, etc.): Arts & Sciences
[ *] SAT: 590 CR/630 Math/630 Writing (1850)
[ *] SAT IIs: N/A
[ *] GPA: 3.9
[ *] Rank: 44/266
[ *] Other stats:[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: About My First Trip to Poland (I am a 2nd Generation Pole, Parents born in Poland)
[ *] Teacher Recs: A good one from my band director (drum major, trumpet player, marching band, jazz band, concert band) and 2 from my favorite science teachers. [ *] Counselor Rec: A good letter from him.
[ *] Hook (if any):[ /list]
[ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Pennsylvania, USA[ *] School Type: Public, best test scores in area
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]
What are my chanced for any type of academic scholarship from Pitt.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (720M, 750CR, 780W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: did not submit to Pitt, 2100
[<em>] GPA: 3.84 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: School does not weight or rank.
[li] Other stats: 10 honors, 8 APs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Probably not bad (certainly the best of the ones I’ve written, but how can you judge your own essays?), but Pitt actually got my second to final copy… oh well, it must have been good. I also included an addendum as per instructions on the application.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I only sent one. I haven’t seen it, but it can’t be that good because I go to a distance learning school.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t send one to Pitt.
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM + first generation / low-income / single parent</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: independent distance learning
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments: Pitt is my safety school, but I still loved the school and would be more than happy to attend. I got into the Honors College, but no sign of the guaranteed graduate admissions. Money is going to be an issue. If I get the full tuition scholarship, I’m left with about $10,000 to cover. $4000 will probably be in the form of Pell Grants and other government grants… which leaves me $6000 a year to take out in loans. Unfortunately it’s likely that any of the other schools on my list can do better, but if worse comes to worst, I’ll love Pitt and graduate only about $30,000 in debt… not too bad.</p>
<p>**Decision: **Accepted
College of Arts & Sciences - Psychology Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 670CR 640M 710W
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA: 4.31W/3.96UW
[</em>] Rank:Top 20 in class (Class size ~ 450)
[li] Other stats: [/li]6 AP Classes (Calc AB & BC- Physics-English Lit-English Comp-Spanish)
11 Honors Classes</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Outstanding
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not get to see - assume very good
[</em>] Hook (if any):Legacy? (Father grad and sister current)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:PA
[</em>] School Type:Public
[li] Gender:Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
President - local chapter of national youth oriented community service organization
VP - local school-based service organization
Secretary - Habitat for Humanity
250+ Hours of community service
NHS
Five varsity letters
Guitar and violin General Comments:
Not first choice, but first acceptance!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: UW: 3.9ish W: 4.22
[</em>] Rank: 1/129
[<em>] Other stats: ACT of 34
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Meh, sent one, same one I sent to three other schools hehe
[<em>] Teacher Recs: None
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None
[<em>] Hook (if any): Uh, white female interested in engineering? Plus from Minnesota, idk how many Minnesotans apply yearly[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
Accepted into Honors College as well, despite not much interest. Accepted into Swanson College of Engineering for Bioengineering</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2040
SAT IIs: 690 Math 2, 710 US History
GPA: UW: 3.4ish W: 4.23
Rank: unranked…probably top 20%
Other stats:
Subjective: national merit commended, ap scholar with honor
Essays: Meh, sent one, same one I sent to two other schools hehe
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec: None
Hook (if any): instate and sent app in relatively early?
Location/Person: Philly
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
General Comments:
Didn’t apply to honors college…sweet I’ve gotten my first (hopefully not last haha) acceptance letter. I copied the post above me and edited, so that’s why it sounds a lil similar.</p>
<p>@ BevoUT: Why didn’t you apply to the honors college?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 1560/2290 (800CR, 760M, 730W)
SAT IIs: 2340 (2 800s in one subject, 760 in another)
GPA: I honestly don’t know…see my class rank
Rank: School doesn’t rank, but I was just out of the top 10%
Other stats: Rigorous courseload at a competitive school, no FA, OOS (CA)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good. It was only an initial draft, but I consider myself to be a pretty good writer
Teacher Recs: Didn’t send any!
Counselor Rec: I didn’t send any!
Hook (if any): OOS (CA)? No FA?
ECs: Nothing special, but shows initiative and (some) commitment
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
School Type: independent boarding school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments: Pitt is my safety school, but I actually really like the school and would probably choose it over the mid-tier UCs that are my safeties (UCSB, UCI, UCD). First one from my school EVER to apply to Pitt.</p>
<p>Yeah, all you have to do is check a little box saying you want to be considered. Although he probably wouldn’t have gotten into honors anyway because his rank looks a little too low.</p>
<p>@alantill: My application was registered as complete a long time before I got my letter probably because I sent in all my stuff really early on, before the adcoms started meeting. I think the general consensus is the letter comes a few weeks after they receive all your stuff (registered as complete). BTW, you will totally know if you get in or not because the outside of the envelope has a huge “Congratulations” on it.</p>
<p>Is there any change to the online application status after it says “This application is Complete”? e.g. does it ever indicate “Decision has been mailed”?</p>
<p>I posted this question in another thread but my D is getting anxious so I’ll try here. Her guidance office sent her transcripts a week ago electronically. How long before it shows that her application is complete? It is still showing that her transcripts haven’t arrived. We are worried because the electronic system is new to our school. Did anyone else have their transcripts sent electronically and, if so, how long did it take before the portal showed that they had arrived. Thanks!</p>
<p>It will probably be different from all of us. I know I’ve had all my stuff in since early September, so there was probably less applications to look at then. I’m sure Pitt is drowning in apps right now so it may take longer for the status to update</p>
<p>My application wasn’t complete until the 28th of September, but I received my decision in the mail, in Maryland, on October 7th. That’s just a little over a week.</p>
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