Official Class of 2015 Pitt Decisions Thread

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<p>**Decision: Accepted to Honors College, Arts and Sciences **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 800 M 770 WR 710 (total 2280)
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2 800, Bio 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 uw
[</em>] Rank: unknown
[<em>] Other stats: AP’s Bio 5, German 5, Euro 4, BC calc 5
[</em>] Senior Course load: Ap enviro, ap physics, ap classics, chem at a college, multivariable at a college, some other courses
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: alright imo
[</em>] Teacher Recs: waived rights
[<em>] Counselor Rec: waived rights
[</em>] EC’s (leadership in parentheses): horseback riding, theater during most of high school, local teen run tv show actor, volunteering about 250 hours, science olympiad team (founder), animal awareness club (founder), a couple science internships at local university, currently working as a research assistant
[<em>] Hook (if any): hmmm. I have a lot of science involvement I guess. maybe that I’m a foreign citizen, not a US citizen? i have no idea if that makes a dif…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: not stating (privacy reasons)
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: received full tuition scholarship and nomination for chancellor’s scholarship =D also, for those who were wondering, I got my admission decision about 3 weeks after sending in my app and my scholarship letter came about a week later
General Comments: really excited and thankful for this =) I would like to attend, I’m going to wait for my other admissions decisions first though. Good luck to everyone still applying (get those apps in soon!) and congrats to all of the accepted! And to the rejected, don’t despair, there is a wonderful college out there with an acceptance letter with your name on it.</p>

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<p>Hey guys just quick update with me. You can see my post a few pages back I was reject from the business school but asked to be reconsidered for the liberal arts school cuz Pitts my top choice.</p>

<p>I emailed the person that told me to be asked to be reconsidered, but I never received a response from him or the school yet. With anyone with experience appealing a rejection of any sort at this school know how this works? Is my app not gonna be reconsidered til March or is it put back in the pile for review whenever the admissions person I emailed receives it? Id call him or talk to my college counselor, but I was already calling him everyday a few weeks ago and seeing my college counselor a bunch just to find out the details for appealing. </p>

<p>Anyone with experience on this? Thank you very much.</p>

123

<p>**Decision: Accepted to Pre-med and Honors Program **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2200 (760 CR, 700 M, 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Don’t remember if I sent them? 750 Chemistry, 790 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 4.00 UW
[</em>] Rank: 3/300
[<em>] Other stats: Didn’t send AP scores, but I have taken 4 AP classes so far and am taking 6 this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I really liked it
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Waived. Guessing pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Waived. Also pretty good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): In-state?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Didn’t get any scholarships or notifications about the medical guarantee program, so I don’t think I will be going here.
General Comments: Meh.</p>

124

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2110 670CR 760M 680W
SAT IIs: 780 Math IIC, 680 US History
GPA: 4.05
Rank: N/A
Other stats: 7 APs
Essays: fine
Teacher Recs: fine
Counselor Rec: fine
State or Country: VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White
Gender: Male</p>

125

<p>Accepted (Guaranteed Masters in Dietetics)</p>

<p>SAT: 630 Writing 640 CR 610 Math
SAT IIs: 670 Math II 700 US History
GPA: 4.14 (end of jr yr on weighted scale)
Rank: 20/433
Other stats: All AP/Honors classes throughout HS
Essays: I only wrote one personal statement about and internship I have had this past semester
Teacher Recs: One strong rec
Counselor Rec: Did not send any (that I know of… our counselors aren’t very good at filling us in on things)
Hook (if any): No legacy… nothing I can really think of
State or Country: Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White/Hispanic (Did not indicate on application)
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Lots of EC (Yrbook Editor, Captain of V Swim, NHS Pres, volunteer work…)
General Comments: I visited early November after receiving my letter and loved it. I am currently borderline between here & Virginia Tech.</p>

126

<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Science (Biochemistry/Pre-med)</p>

<p>SAT: 1210 (610M, 600CR, 670W)
ACT: 28 (just retook and think i scored about a 30… but the score they got was a 28)
GPA: 3.34 UW 4.57 W (took a lot of APs which I did better in than actual regular classes)
(upward trend)
Rank: 40/257
Other: Took very rigorous schedule, all AP’s and honors plus difficult electives
Essay: By far my strongest determining factor in my mind… I’m a very talented writer and I think the admissions officer could tell a lot about who I am as well as my goals for the future through it.
Teacher Rec: 3 did not view them. Same with counselor.
State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other: Played hockey my whole life and in highschool, travel hockey and highschool hockey simultaneously, Ski Club, Soccer… not many ECs compared to many.
General Comments: I was actually quite surprised to receive my acceptance letter today when I only applied for regular decision… Huge confidence booster as I did not think my stats were strong enough to send a letter so quickly.</p>

127

<p>Accepted to Swanson for Civil :)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2160 (660 M, 730 CR, 770 W)
ACT: 33 (35 M, 35 CR, 35 W, 28 SCI)
SAT IIs: Yes, but didn’t submit
GPA: 4.8 weighted (taking AP Calc AB this year)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Teacher Recs: 1 letter from math teacher
Counselor Rec: Yes
Essay: Yes, talked about how my experience at arts school/how it contributed to my decision to study engineering</p>

<p>State or Country: SC
School Type: Public boarding school for the arts
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>EC’s: Student Council, Honor Council, Executive Committee with school’s community service program.
Hook: Female in engineering, and even though I’ve studied drama for two years I want to study engineering. That probably looks good diversity-wise. :slight_smile:
Other Factors: I’m from SC?
General Comments: Also got into the Honors College and am up for the Chancellor’s Scholarship (here’s hoping). Full tuition. Accepted into Clemson, Minnesota, and Case Western for Engineering so far. </p>

<p>So excited!!</p>

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<p>Accepted to Honors College
SAT 1470/2190 740 Math 730 CR 720 W
ACT 33
GPA 4.33
3 AP’s junior year Eng lit 5 APUSH 5 Art Hist 4
taking 4 AP courses as a senior.
HS does not rank but top 1st decile.</p>

<p>Received minimal scholarship money.</p>

129

<p>ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES</p>

<p>SAT: 1960
ACT: 29</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 640 math I, 620 US
GPA: 3.71/4.5
Rank: School doesnt rank
Other stats: taken 2 honors classes, 5 APS
Essays: great.
Teacher Recs: great.
Counselor Rec: great.
Hook (if any): Upward trend in GPA</p>

<p>State or Country:NY
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male</p>

130

<p>Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>SAT 1960
SAT II’s Math1 690 Math2 680 US History 750
GPA 3.5 UW 4.2 W
5 AP’s
good recs
lots of ecs</p>

131

<p>Accepted (UHC, CAS)</p>

<p>SAT: 2060- 660 Writing 800 CR 600 Math
SAT IIs: 710 Bio (E), 740 US History
AP: US History-5, taking four more this year
GPA: 4.37 weighted
Rank: 13/407
Other stats: all AP and Honors when available
Essays: I only wrote one personal statement about and internship I have had this past semester
Hook: my ethnicity? first generation also
Teacher Recs: 2- waived rights, assuming very strong
Counselor Rec: 1- waived rights, should be decent
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: African-American
Gender: Female
Essay: pretty good, in my opinion
Other Factors: pretty decent ECs (first chair concert band, marching band, NHS, French club, Envio. club, JSA, etc…), good leadership
General Comments: applied pretty early, heard back within three weeks; guaranteed admission to Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; not really my top choice, but got full tuition so who knows :)</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>SAT: 2180 (780 CR, 660 M, 740 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II’s: 750 USH, 650 Bio-E
GPA: 3.57
Rank: Top 20%
Teacher Rec: From Honors English teacher
Counselor Rec: Yes
Essay: Yes. Received the email saying that they liked my essay. </p>

<p>State: New Jersey
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors: Yearbook, Peer Helpers (Treasurer), Amnesty International (Officer), NHS, SSHS, Animal Welfare Club
Comments: Didn’t get notification of Honors College or scholarships in acceptance letter ._. I won’t be able to attend if I don’t get scholarship money since Pitt is kind of pricey for me. But I just sent in my USH SAT score and rec a few days ago…uh oh. I’m a pre-law major by the way.</p>

133

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>OOS (Virginia) and applied to School of Arts and Sciences (i said in an essay that i wanted to major in molecular bio and minor in computer science)</p>

<p>SAT: 1910 (CR: 610 M: 680 W: 620)
ACT: 28 (E: 30 M: 28 R: 31 S: 28 E/W: 31)
Subject Tests: Math Lvl 2 (690) US History (780)
GPA: 4 out of 4.5 (upward trend: 3.7 to 4.2 to 4.3 and senior year so far i have a 4.5)
AP: 11 (2 sophomore, 4 junior, 5 senior)</p>

<p>ECs:
Internship with NASA (Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholar)
National AP Scholar
3rd Place Regional Science Fair
Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Molecular Biology Internship during my summer (this was a HUGE time commitment)
President of a club in school that organizes ALL fundraisers</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to the Swanson School of Engineering</p>

<p>[ul]**Stats: **
[<em>] SAT: 690 Math, 720 Reading, 700 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio M 750, Chem 720
[<em>] GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.2 W
[</em>] Rank: Does not rank
[li] Other stats: ECs including being captain of my HS’s FIRST Robotics team, XO in marching band, jazz band, pit orchestra, and JSA.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ul]**Subjective: **
[<em>] Essays: Great essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good… I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: See above
[</em>] Hook (if any): FIRST Robotics, band… because music+engineering=AWESOME</p>

<p>[/ul][list]**Location/Person: **
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>**General Comments: **
So, when (if accepted Christmas Eve) should someone hear back for pre-admit to grad, scholarships, etc.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Swanson for Bioengineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: Didn’t Submit
ACT: 30 (32E 27M 32R 28S 9W) First time I took them I had a 29 (33E 28M 25R 29S 8W) Forget if I submitted that here or not…
SAT IIs: Didnt Take Any
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.56 W
Rank: Top 3%, class of roughly 400
Senior Course load: AP Stats, AP Gov and Pol, Honors Physics, Honors Lit, Civil Engineering, Concert Band, Calc 2</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Thought it was strong.
Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, likely good
Counselor Rec: Probably Average at best
EC’s (leadership in parentheses): 4 years of marching band (section leader), jazz, wind ensemble, NHS, Volunteering at our public Library, Job Shadowing, Church Groups, Working part time (about 18 hours/week)
Hook (if any): No idea…</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male </p>

<p>Strenghts: GPA for sure, ACT was decent, thought my essay was good, decent involvement
Weakenesses: Didn’t take any SAT II’s, havent taken any AP tests, lack of personal awards</p>

<p>General Comments: Only took 3 weeks to get my letter, got it new years eve! Congrats to everyone.</p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED to Swanson School of Engineering for Bioengineering and the Honors College!! **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780 M, 620 CR, 750 W (2150)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math, 720 Biology
[<em>] ACT: 33 Composite, Subscores: 34 English, 36 Math, 34 Reading, 35 Science, 10 writing
[</em>] GPA: 4.3 weighted
[<em>] Rank: top 5%
[</em>] AP’s taken (taking now in parenth…) Biology, (Calc BC), American Government, (Chemistry), Statistics, (Spanish)
[<em>] Sr. Year Courses: Other than the ones in parentheses…Anatomy, Biotechnology, Urban History(CHICAGO!!!), Entrepreneurship, Enriched Essay Writing, Humanities
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about being on the executive board for my school’s Key Club. Average. Not my best essay ever
[<em>] Teacher Recs: My AP Biology Teacher. He’s really crazy, funny, smart and cool, all around a nice guy too. Guessing it was great!!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She’s written rec letters in the past for me, so I’m guessing it was great!!
[<em>] Hook (if any): Legacy, Women in Engineering, Hosted/Planned an Girl’s in Engineering workshop the past summer
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois (Chicagoland area! 40 minutes from the city)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Parents from India, but I was born here)
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar, Illinois State Scholar</p>

<p>General Comments: I applied for the Guaranteed Medical Program, but don’t find that out till later this spring. I also applied the 13th of December, and found out a couple days after Christmas Day. I also just found out New Years Eve that I’ve been accepted to the honors college, but I don’t think I’ll live in Honors Housing cause i really want to meet all sorts of people. </p>

<p>I’m hoping to get the Chancellor’s Scholarship or a good amount of scholarship from the University one. A lot of my relatives live in Pittsburgh and I love the area and the city. Plus the campus is amazing (much better than CMU’s)</p>

<p>I’m thinking about rushing and pledging to a sorority, but I’m not 100% sure if I’m going to yet. I’m really happy to meet you all. Hopefully, most of us will be together and a part of Pittsbugh’s Class of 2015! GO PANTHERS!!!</p>

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<p>DECISION:accepted to arts and sciences for a major in history</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 27 Composite, Subscores: 26 English, 24 Math, 33 Reading, 25 Science, 8 writing
GPA: 3.1 weighted
Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP’s: Currently taking Government and Politics
Sr. Year Courses: Psych, AP Gov Pol, college algerbra/stats, world lit H/Moral issues in lit H, physics</p>

<p>Essays: not good, nothing special
Teacher Recs: sent 3, i’m sure they were all wonderful, however i didnt get to read them
Hook (if any):very competitive high school, OOS</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Into Swanson School of Engineering (Mechanical) and Honors</p>

<p>SAT: didn’t submit
ACT: 33 Composite
GPA: 3.9 unweighted
Rank: 19/550
Other stats: All AP/Honors
AP Exams- 4 USH, taking Macro, Calc AB and Phys C in May
Essays: I wrote about the relationship between my twin brother and me and how are different personalities have still formed such a close bond.
Teacher Recs: Two strong recs (Physics and Pre-calc)
Counselor Rec: Strong
Hook (if any): None I can think of
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White/Hispanic (Did not indicate on application)
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Varsity Basketball Captain at a AA School, National Honor Society, National Merit Commended Student, Jobs,
General Comments: My Dad went to Carnegie Mellon, he never lost his love for the city. I visited in October and loved it. It was in my top three, along with Penn State and and Michigan (better programs, though Pitt is no slacker) but I received a Full Tuition Scholarship… Would be too tough to turn down. I’m 99.999% at Pittsburgh, but I’ve got til May, so i guess ya never know.</p>

<p>Further Comments- I’m lookin for a possible roommate. Gotta love sports (especially goin to the basketball games at the Pete), be somewhat studious, and like to go out. Also i’m looking to live in Sutherland.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences for a Major in Chemistry</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: C 26 R 25, M, 27, S 26, E 27 W 6 (only sent one test date)
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t Send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): <5.0%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t Report
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP French, & AP English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t feel like listing. PM me if you want to know
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Again PM me
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Again PM me
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Again PM me lol
[<em>] Summer Activities: Again PM me lol
[</em>] Essays: Really good (had 3 Harvard graduates review it)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both good (one included really good anecdotes)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to see, but I’m sure really good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]
Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pittsburgh, PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~120,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM & First Generation
Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: URM and GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores, but then again not really
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I worked hard
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Thiel College, Still Waiting on Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Penn, NYU, CMU, Northwestern, & Cornell[/li]**General Comments: I received my decision within a week of applying! Yay!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>