<p>Accepted to engineering
Bioengineering
GPA: 4.0
ACT: 30
Rank: 2/195 top 1%
All honors/AP
2 teacher recs/counselor rec
Essay: decent</p>
<p>Hoping for a scholarship</p>
<p>Congrats to all</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1390/1600 1970/2400
GPA: 3.768
Rank: 56/310</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Relay For Life Club I founded & Anatomy class
Teacher Rec: 2; AP Chem teacher, Orchestra Director & Class Sponsor
Counselor Rec: Very good!
Hook: </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State- Virginia
School Type- Public
Ethnicity- Caucasian
Gender- Female</p>
<p>First acceptance and I’m so excited to go up to one of the admitted student days!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted at the College of Engineering!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160; 720 math, 690 reading, 750 writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 math 1, 700 math 2, 770 us history
[<em>] GPA: 3.33 weighted
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: Upward trend in gpa, 3.0 freshman, 3.0 sophomore, 3.9 junior, 3 aps junior year, 4 senior
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought it was alright, wrote about how ap computer science challenged me to learn
[<em>] Teacher Recs: The teacher who wrote my rec loved me, so I’m pretty sure it was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[<em>] Hook (if any): lots of volunteer work, a fair amount of leadership in clubs
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Virginia
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Really glad I got in!</p>
<p>** Decision: Accepted; College of Arts & Science (Premed) (probably going to change to Business); UHC **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR-600; M-760; W-650 (Not sure if submitted)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II- 710; Bio M- 690 (Not sure if submitted)
[<em>] ACT: 33 composite (all at once minus writing), E-32/M-34/S-34/R-31/ W-11
[</em>] GPA: Unweighted- 3.91 Weighted- 4.02 (Junior Year)
[<em>] Rank: 1/ 430
[</em>] Other stats: Two APs as a Sophomore (most sophomores in my school can only take 1), all honors classes, 8.5 APs in whole high school career (.5 comes from school transfer and new school didn’t have that class)[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Genuine, unique
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 4- 2 personal; others generic probably; didn’t read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic probably, counselor saw me as overachiever in bad way probably
[</em>] Hook (if any): Transferred schools mid year?[/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Not in Pennsylvania but a bordering state
[</em>] School Type: Public, used to be send 1-3 Ives a year but that reduced to 0 in the last two years
[<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[</em>] Gender: Female[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors: A lot of leadership and ECs, sports, went to a Ready, Get Set, Pitts thing in the Summer, filled out a free application on campus, turned it in during visit</p>
<p>General Comments: Gave me a full ride unexpectedly, pretty pumped about it cuz Pitt’s got a better honors than any other public schools I applied to in my state but now my choice for other colleges is super difficult, got application for BSMD but realized I had nothing to fill in for it so finally rebelled against parents about going to med-school and am planning on business so MAY pick Pitt based on their business programs which I am planning on using all my efforts to enter sophomore year no matter where I go</p>
<p>Accepted to A & S - Pre-Med</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 1870 560CR 680M 630W
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 3.54 UW 3.74 W
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats: Ap stat, Ap calc, Ap bio & Ap chem (a lot of other honors courses)
Subjective:
Essays: yes!
Teacher Recs: two. [I didn’t get to see any recs…probably good because these teachers know me since 4 years]
Counselor Rec: yes.<br>
Hook (if any): none.
Location/Person:
State or Country: GA
School Type: M&S Magnet, charter, public.
Ethnicity/Race: Asian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: NHS, SNHS, mu alpha theta, science bowl, math team, academic bowl, beta, interact, HOSA, SGA, 21st century leaders, lots of community service, 4 officer positions. </p>
<p>General Comments: THIRD ACCEPTANCE! but definitely the BEST one yet!! Only out of state school I applied to! 
This is my FIRST choice if I had $$. lol… but I will definitely apply to bunch of scholarships and see if I can afford U Pitt! I LOVE LOVE LOVE U PITT!! I just got the letter in the mail! AHHHHH!! SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO HAPPY!! :D</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Arts and Sciences, Honors College</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450/1600, 2190/2400
GPA: 97/100
Rank: 7/52 (not quite sure how I got into the honors college with such a low ranking)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: it must have been decent, i got an email saying it made them laugh
Teacher Rec: none
Counselor Rec: none
Hook: </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State- New York
School Type- Public
Ethnicity- Caucasian
Gender- Female</p>
<p>So excited to get my first acceptance letter!</p>
<p>Decision: DD Accepted!
School of Nursing, Honors program, and Guaranteed Admission for Graduate Program.</p>
<p>Stats:
•SAT and ACT Scores: 97th-99th percentiles
•GPA: 4.0 unweighted
•Rank: None
•Hook (if any): Homeschooled African American Female, National Achievement Semifinalist (possibly finalist), Military brat:)
•State or Country: currently North Carolina
•School Type: Homeschooled plus Virtual School (online) AP and Honors courses
•AP test scores: 4’s and 5’s
•Ethnicity: African American
•Gender: Female
•General Comments: Will be visiting Pitt in March!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted. Computer Science Major</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140, 1470 (M&CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 Math II, 690 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.4 Unweighted, 4.1 Weighted
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[li] Other stats: ? </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays: I think they were decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: CS teacher, Engineering teacher and Psych teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very nice lady, probably wrote a good letter.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Citizen of Canada, Romania and US. Lived in all three countries</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: PA, USA
[</em>] School Type: 4-year Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: Multiple Honors that I don’t feel like listing. I don’t think they were a major contributing factor.
General Comments: One of my top picks right now, between this and Penn State. Unless Harvard accepts me lol.</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted; Bio/Pre-med **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780 Math 780 Reading 800 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Bio E 800 Math II
[<em>] GPA: around 105 percent
[</em>] Rank: 2/200
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: meh
[<em>] Teacher Recs: okay
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: various extracurricular, leadership, and community service things; NMSF; various school and community awards
General Comments: UHC & Full tuition & Chancellor’s Scholarship invite</p>
<p>DECISION: rejected and then ACCEPTED to CAS for Bio major</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: 1830 with ACT math incorporated, after retaking for appeal M 560, CR 620, W 620
[ *] ACT: 26
[ *] GPA: 3.5 (school doesnt report though)
[ *] Rank: doesnt, only 43 kids in grade
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: really good about my experiences living with different families because my dad is a single parent and i used to stay with a bunch of people when he went on business trips, how it made me a more open minded person, etc
[ *] Teacher Recs: 1 from math teacher, 1 from latin teacher, 1 from calculus teacher for appeal letter, all really good recommendations
[ *] Counselor Rec: really good, she knows me very well
[ *] Hook (if any): none
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: small private all girls school
[ *] Ethnicity: asian/european
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: im really glad i was finally able to be accepted, definitely one of my top choices and will most likely go to Pitt</p>
<p>Congratulations Allie !!!</p>
<p>YJ76</p>
<p>Just realized I never posted my son’s stats and to “bump” the thread:</p>
<p>Stats:
•SAT: 670 Math 730 CR
•GPA: 4.2
•Rank: School doesn’t rank
•Other stats:
Subjective:
•Essay: Humorous
•Teacher Recs: No clue - knowing the school can’t image it wasn’t glowing
•Counselor Rec: No clue - ditto above
•Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
•State or Country: PA
•School Type: private
•Ethnicity: white
•Gender: male
Other Factors: Eagle Scout with six palms (one more on the way), senior editor of yearbook, various other extracurricular, leadership, and community service things
General Comments: UHC no Pitt scholarship (mom is kicking herself that I didn’t make him retake the SAT to try to get that extra 50 points as it would have made the difference since the privates appear to be adding enough merit scholarship money to compete (at least come close) with Pitt. :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted; Political Science</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT:27
GPA: 4.12
Rank: 34/400</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Essays: It was ok
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec:good
Hook (if any): first generation
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>State or Country: NC
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: A few awards, talked about overcoming epilepsy
General Comments: Pitt seems like an amazing school I am excited</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100 (680 CR 720 M 700 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Chemistry, 750 Math IIC
[<em>] GPA: 3.4 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 25%
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Own a small registered corporation.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA (in state)
[<em>] School Type: Public (average)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**Other Factors: **
General Comments: Show interest and you’ll be surprised!</p>
<p>anyone from new york?</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted today after originally being deferred. She is so extremely happy! After being deferred, she interviewed with PITT and maintained a 4.0 for her first semester senior year. Her stats are not as impressive as many people’s here:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>College of Arts & Science</p>
<p>SAT: 1200/1840
GPA: 3.65
Rank: Top 25%</p>
<p>3 AP courses
2 dual enrollment courses</p>
<p>Student council officer, 2 varsity sports</p>
<p>State: PA
School: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[list]</p>
<p>SAT: 1600, 590 Math, 490 English, 520 Writing
SAT IIs: none
ACT: 25 total, 26 in math and science
GPA: 93.13/100
Rank: 11/101
Other stats: 2 AP’s, Dual Enrolled at IUP, all Honors through high school
Essays: good enough
Teacher Recs: 3, all really good
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): trip to Ecuador
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White
Gender: Female
General Comments: So happy to be accepted after being deferred once and going through the process of interviewing and writing another essay!</p>
<p>Bluehen89, so happy for your daughter! She must be thrilled beyond belief. My son has been applying to some of the same schools as yor D so I’ve been following your posts. So happy for you both. This is a stressful process! Good luck to her in the fall!</p>
<p>answer me!</p>
<p>** Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 5’s on AP English Lit and Psychology (both self-studied) and 4’s on a few other self-studied AP’s
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good - I got an e-mail from them saying they liked it.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I only sent one. I haven’t seen it, but it should be excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen it, but should be generically positive.
[li] Hook (if any): Nope.[/li] [/ul]Other Factors: Several awards of middling prestige, a very complicated educational background that caused some delays in my admission.</p>