<p>this thread made me so nervous about my chances of getting in, because everyone who has been accepted had ridiculous stats and mine weren’t as great in comparison. but thankfully i was accepted!!</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences (major: Communications and Rhetoric)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1910
SAT IIs: 620 US History
GPA: 3.3-3.4 UW
Rank: 25% percentile
Other stats: took all honors and APs
Essays: eh. idk they didnt say anything about it.
Teacher Recs: didn’t get to see them, but im sure they were great
Counselor Rec: Not Read
Hook (if any):
State or Country: Montgomeryville, PA
School Type: HUGE public school; our graduatingclass of 2011 has more than 1000 students
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
General Comments:I WAS SO HAPPY I GOT IN. this was my number 1 school!!</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: n/a (took it nov 10)
[ *] SAT IIs: n/a
[ *] GPA: 4.03 w 3.77uw
[ *] Rank: 21/237
Other stats: seven APs through high school.
[ *] Essays:Ehh I rushed it and didn’t think this one was as good as my other ones.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be good. Sent one.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be really good.
[ *] Hook (if any): none
[ *] State or Country: Colorado
[ *] School Type: Public… ranked #1 in state of CO in Newsweek rankings.
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
]Other Factors:Varsity tennis (four years, captain my sr. year), editor of School newspaper, amnesty international member, link crew leader, founder of a teen abuse club that now goes to schools throughout Denver area and presents about dating violence to at risk pre-teens and teens.
General Comments: Very surprised. Other applicants had better stats than I did. I was not very confident applying so late (11/3). I don’t know if this helped, but I prematurely scheduled a visit before even hearing a decision.</p>
<p>Stats for my son
Conditional Acceptance School of Pharmacy
Honors College
Full tuition scholarship, applying for Chancellor’s</p>
<p>SAT: M750 CR670 W670
SAT IIs: Global History
ACT: 32
GPA: 95/100
Rank: 19/350
Other stats:
Essays: yes
Teacher Recs: yes 3
Counselor Rec: No
Hook (if any): NHS, Varsity Soccer, Wind Ensemble, Volunteering
State or Country:NY
School Type: Public-
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Other Factors:
General Comments: Got acceptance 10/11 and scholarship offer 11/8</p>
<p>S was accepted into the College of Business Administration. Yeah! Heard from the school in less than two weeks after submitting app.</p>
<p>SAT: 2180
ACT:32
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 3.3 w
5 AP’s 3honors classes, most rigorous courseload checked
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Counselor Rec: Yes
State or Country: MA
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male </p>
<p>Other:
Eagle Scout, lots of community service and 5 EC’s, plays sports, visited campus and interviewed</p>
<p>SAT: 1990 630CR 710M 650W
SAT II: 660 Bio, 660 Math I
GPA: 3.8
Rank: 11/130
Teacher Recs: 2 really good i hope?
Counselor Rec: Really Good
Hooks: Harvard summer school
Ethnicity: Asian
State: PA
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Other Factors: all my ecs showed my passion, and I got the we liked your essay letter
General Comments: Majoring in pre-med!</p>
<p>Regarding extra time for Chancellor’s Scholarship
My son received his Full tuition letter on 11/12. He emailed them on Monday 11/15 asking for a bit more time to get an extra Science related recommendation and the difficulty in getting it with the Thanksgiving holiday. They are now giving him until 12/6. Person to contact: Karen Billingsley
Assistant to the Dean & Business Manager
University Honors College
<a href=“mailto:ksb@pitt.edu”>ksb@pitt.edu</a></p>
<p>Thanks TitanMom. I also need to ask my physics teacher for a recommendation now, due to that clause in the application instructions.</p>
<p>My application postmark deadline is Thanksgiving, but I only looked at the application today. I did not realize how extensive it was. It seems inconsiderate of the scholarship committee to give such a short period of time to work on the application when it requires 3 full essays.</p>
<p>SAT: 2210 M750 CR750 W710
SAT II: None
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/408
Teacher Recs: 1, didn’t look at
Counselor Rec: None
Hooks: None
Ethnicity: Asian
State: NJ
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Valedictorian??
General Comments: Majoring in pre-med, waiting for a scholarship or something to come.</p>
<p>^ yea, i just got accepted too without no mention about honors or tuition. Maybe, they will send something later?? I think they are still getting applications and waiting to send them out to those that qualify.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted into CAS Computer Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220 (800 CR 680 M 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t send
[<em>] GPA: 4.26
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 32
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Common app essay, I thought it was good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None
[<em>] Hook (if any): female going into Comp Sci?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: eligible for Honors~ Don’t know if I will be enrolling, but I’m very excited to have my first college acceptance! Hoping to hear about scholarships <3</p>
<p>Other Factors: Had TONS of EC’s, a big upward trend in grades (4.0 my 11th grade year), in-state?, most honors, idk…
General Comments: A little confused… many people got accepted that had lower stats than me. Oh well! I didn’t really expect to get in, just after seeing a few stats I thought I had a chance.</p>
<p>If anyone is interested, my stats are on the other page. But I recently talked to the admissions counselor I met last month about being reconsidered, he seemed very positive and said that I was rejected because for business they look for very strong math grades, and not that mine arent good, they just werent strong enough. He said that everything else looked great and that I should definitely reconsider if I want to go to Pitt. I just emailed him with everything, and am hoping for the best because I am absolutely heartbroken from not getting into Pitt. Although ironically, I have gotten into 3 schools since being denied :p</p>
<p>SpiderJames: You have been so persistent about getting into Pitt. I am really keeping my fingers crossed that everything works out for you and that you get admitted.</p>
<p>Misaka, my daughter had the same SAT scores at you, even the exact breakdown! She received a full-tuition scholarship, and I hope the same for you. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>STATS:
SAT: 740 CR, 760 M, 750 W
SAT IIs: Didn’t take any
GPA: 3.34 UW / 4.1 W
Rank: Doesn’t rank</p>
<p>OTHER STATS:
Essays: Pitt emailed me saying my essay really stuck out
Teacher Recs: Good, only 1 from chemistry teacher
Counselor Rec: Assuming it’s good
Hook (if any): Essay was really personal</p>
<p>LOCATION/PERSON:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Accepted into Swanson
Stats:
SAT IIs: Chem 650
ACT: 30, 34 on math
Math 1 730
GPA: weighted 94%
Rank: 32/224
Other stats:
Essays:great
Teacher Recs: 2
Counselor Rec: 1
State or Country: New York
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: I have research in science and I am in academic league and math league</p>
