<p>S got full tuition, invitation to apply for Chancellor’s. Anyone have insight on how strict the two week deadline is? Ours will fall about on Thanksgiving, which makes it difficult to meet.</p>
<p>Stats</p>
<p>SAT: 2280; SATII math2 800; Physics 790</p>
<p>GPA: UW 4.00
Rank: 1/292; blue collar public hs</p>
<p>Jr. yr: AP Eng. Lang-5; AP WH-4, AP Physics C E&M-5; AP Calc BC-5, AP LatinLit-5
Sr. yr: AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Latin </p>
<p>ECs: Orchestra (president); varsity tennis; NHS; bowling leagues, chorus
NMSF; AP Scholar w/Distinction
QB College Prep Conference</p>
<p>Mid-Atlantic region
Mom has MA</p>
<p>Essays: Worked hard on them-about our unusual family/situation</p>
<p>Letters of Rec: saw one and it was great, hope the others were, too</p>
<p>@scoutsmom
Deadlines are pretty strict. We had ours postmarked with return confirmation and ensured that it got in on time. My son didn’t end up getting the Chancellors, but his stats are nowhere near what your son’s are. He is very happy at Pitt Engineering. I would get this done quickly.</p>
<p>SAT: 1870; 650CR 650M 570W
SAT IIs: none
ACT: none
GPA: 95 unweighted, 97.5 weighted
Rank: 23/412
Other stats: AP US 3, AP bio 3; currently in AP stats and AP studio art</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: they said it was “unique” and my dedication to my sports was “honorable”
Teacher Recs: two
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): out of state</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: 12 Varsity Letters & nys scholar athlete, Cross country captain, NHS member, a couple clubs and Senate.</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences and Honors College</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2270 750CR 760M 760W
SAT IIs: 760 Chem, 750 Math IIC, 740 US History, 730 Biology E
GPA: 3.94/4.0 (UW)
Rank: 14/552
Other stats: 5’s on AP US History, AP European History, AP Biology
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs: I didn’t get to see it.
Counselor Rec: Also didn’t get to see it. Probably good.
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: NHS officer, Debate Team Co-Captain and Regional 2nd Place Winner, Hospital and misc. other volunteering, National Merit Semifinalist
General Comments: Studying Premed</p>
<p>Accepted to Swanson Engineering and Honors College for Computer Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2300 760CR 800M 740W
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Bio M, 770 Chem
GPA: 3.93/4 UW (lowest grades are like 4 A-'s)
Rank: Top 5% (highest possible at my school)
Other stats: All 5s on 7 APs and AB Subscore for BC</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: solid, talked about how much i am involved in comp sci
Teacher Recs: idk honestly, probably very good
Counselor Rec: idk honestly, probably very good
Hook (if any): Absolutely Nothing
Location/Person: Near Philly
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: Indian (Asia)
Gender: male
Other Factors: Good ECs
General Comments: Hopefully I get a merit scholarship, that letter should come soon (according to the letter).</p>
<p>This is my first acceptance, so at least i’m def. going to college :P</p>
<p>Admitted to College of Business Administration</p>
<p>ACT: 28
GPA: W 4.56
Rank: 52 out of 543
Counselor Rec: Yes
Teacher Rec: Yes, 2
State or Country: CO
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Just got my rejection letter for college of business administration.</p>
<p>ACT: 27
GPA: UW 3.50
Rank: school doesnt rank
Counselor rec: Yes
Teacher rec: Yes
Essays: Good, talked about how I changed from as a student from Freshman year.
Hook: visited the campus, has an interview with an admissions counselor with my school, which I thought I nailed.
Location: Illinois
School Type: Private - Jesuit
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other factors: Good ECs, Athletics all 4 fours, clubs all 4 years, service projects and trips throughout highschool.
General Comments: Absolutely stunned, thought I had a pretty good chance, I applied in early October, had the interview with the admissions counselor, I fit in overall admitted student stats, and I applied early enough. Pitt was my number one choice as well.</p>
<p>SAT: 1960
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 3.8 w
Rank: 15 out of 97
Counselor Rec: Yes
State or Country: MA
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Sat: 800m 740r 710w 2250 overall (single sitting)
No act
Sat 2s: 730 math 2 710 us history
Ap: calc ab 5 us history 5 statistics 4
Senior aps are physics c and psychology
rank: 8%
Gpa 3.55uw 4.3 weighted
Hook: stage manager, lighting designer, nmcs, TA for a calculus class, worked full time this summer for my school districts IT department
solid essays and recommendations</p>
<p>ACT: 31 Composite, 33 Reading, 30 Writing, 31 Math, 10 Essay
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.2 UW, 3.6W
Rank: 9x/375
Other stats: 8+AP classes taken
Subjective:
Essays: Quite good, I got a lot of compliments
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: None
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person: Pittsburgh
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: Indian
Gender: male
Other Factors: Very rigorous schedule and a decent resume.
General Comments: Relieved that I got in. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the School of Nursing!
just received letter 11/16…it was marked 11/10, and sent out the 11th if that helps anyone…I applied 10/22, but my transcript didn’t show up as received on the portal until about a week later. Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1340/1600, 1960/2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.56uw 4.6658w
[</em>] Rank: I have no idea…I think top 16%
[<em>] Other stats: all honors and 4 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: wrote about how taking care of my grandma the week before she died really inspired me to go into nursing…and brought it all together with a washing machine…yeah don’t ask
[<em>] Teacher Recs: my anatomy teacher who loves me, and my advisor for model u.n.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: he loves me
[<em>] Hook (if any): not really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors: lots of extracurriculars and volunteer work…
**General Comments: ** crossing my fingers for scholarships! did it say in the admissions letter that scholarships would follow…?</p>
<p>Accepted into CAS with pre-pharm option. I think it’s conditional acceptance or something?</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2140
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Biology M, 750 Chem
GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.2 W
Rank: school doesn’t rank, wayy too competitive
Other stats: 1 AP, 7 honors, our school is in the top 40 high schools or something</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: wrote about my job at a learning center
Teacher Recs: my anatomy teacher- ehhh I would say it’s a mediorce rec
Counselor Rec: she writes for 100+ people, so i’m guessing it’s generic too
Hook (if any): not really
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Other Factors: steady ECs (2 years +) and have more than 300 hrs in community service
General Comments: I’m hoping to get some scholarships. Because at this point, Upitt pharm seems unappealing since I have to apply again.</p>
<p>SAT: 1430/2130
GPA: 4.11 W
Rank: no ranking, but 20% decile
School course: 4 APs and 5 in senior year, mostly honors, but not all</p>
<p>EC’s:
Concert Band and Marching Band–concert rep (4yrs)
Key Club–Secretary (4yrs)
Asian Club–Secretary (3yrs)
Dance
Piano
Travel Soccer
Church Volunteer stuff</p>
<p>Other:
Essays: got that email thing where they liked my essay
Teacher Rec: sophomore English (good)
Counselor Rec: (great)
Resume: i sent them supplementary info through email
Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>I applied beginning of November and heard back in 2.5 weeks. UPitt seems pretty cool, but I guess I’ll see about my other colleges. I want scholarship, but the people who got accepted in this thread are a lot better than me so i dunno if i’ll get one hope everyone gets what they want in the end</p>
<p>@Rocknroll. It wasn’t extremely rigorous. I had very few honors courses but still maintained a decent gpa. I took 4 years of math, 4 years of language, 3 years of science, 3 years of history, 4 years of English, thats on top of 4 years of required religious studies. I may have made the mistake of applying into the business school. K talked to my counselor and shes gonna call the admissions counselor i met and see if I can reapply or be reconsidered for the CAS. Pitt is my top choice and it’s worth a try.</p>
<p>Accepted into CAS and Honors College (Politics-Philosophy)</p>
<p>GPA: 4.03 W
ACT: 34
Rank: we rank by decile only; top 10%
APs: I’ll graduate with 9 total; most rigorous</p>
<p>EC:
first violin of school orchestra and city orchestra
mock trial attorney
internship with local government clerk
internship at a cancer research lab
bioinformatics research
varsity tennis, captain
school newspaper editor
president of service group
volunteer work
a smattering of other things as well</p>
<p>Essays: They were awful. I wasn’t even done editing it AND sent in my first draft of my common app essay. There were grammatical errors and run-on sentences. It reflected my personality but it was really long. Needless to say, I started crying after I submitted it. This was my safety so I don’t think I took it seriously enough.
Teacher Recs: One was great I’m sure, not sure about the other one though
Guidance Counselor Rec: She loves me; she always mentions how in fifth grade I won the spelling bee at my school
Ethicity: Asian</p>
<p>I’m excited, this was my first acceptance letter! I’m so glad I got in to the Honors College. I’m hoping for scholarship money too but am not quite sure what to expect. Congrats to everyone who got in, and for those who didn’t—decisions are made so arbitrarily that it often seems there are no reasons behind them. Wager onward; smart dedicated people are successful wherever they go.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2040
SAT IIs: 640 Chemistry 660 Math 2
GPA: 3.6 (unweighted) 4.2 (weighted)
Rank: 38/254 & 31/254
Other stats: 7 AP classes in total
Essays: Apparently unique. Received e-mail from admissions committee
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Not Read
Hook (if any):
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
General Comments:Majoring in Psychology</p>
hope everyone gets what they want in the end</p>