<p>I was told I had also gotten into the Honors College in my acceptance letter to Pitt. Then a packet came later that went into more detail about UHC.</p>
<p>Yay! The big envelope arrived today. D2 had no idea it was coming…what a joy to watch her open that acceptance. She was accepted into the School of Nursing, and the Honors College. </p>
<p>Time to read up on the Honors College…we didn’t think she was close to having the necessary creds, so we skipped over any of that info and have no idea what is expected or what the perks are. (We did visit the office of the Honors College when we were on campus…but that was only because it was the highest part of the Cathedral of Learning that we could reach and we wanted to see the view. We laughed that we felt like interlopers.)</p>
<p>Keeping my fingers crossed for those still waiting to hear!</p>
<p>That view is wonderful, isn’t it? The Honors College perk that’s most useful is the honors housing, in Forbes. Also, there are organized activities, trips, etc. For a nursing student, though, the curriculum is already so challenging that I bet your daughter won’t be looking for classes that are more difficult! But one never knows! </p>
<p>Congrats to your daughter! I know that the Pitt nursing students tend to work together in study groups to help one another. My daughter was very impressed when she saw that in action. (My daughter’s not in nursing, though.)</p>
<p>My application is complete as of a few days ago (maybe just one or two, I haven’t checked in awhile). Hopefully I’ll know in the next few weeks! It’ll be nice to get some good news before the QuestBridge slaughter begins. Pitt is my safety, so, um, there’s going to be a real problem if I don’t get in. But I love it! Congratulations!</p>
<p>Congratulations Mrsref to you and your daughter! It just took an extra day for the mail to get to Eastern PA. Also, so much for my theory about 1400 SATs being needed for the Honors College. Congrats to your daughter for that also!</p>
<p>Was there scholarship info with either of the two confirmed acceptance letters?</p>
<p>No offer of $$ in D’s acceptance letter; just a line noting that her application will be forwarded to the Scholarship Committee for consideration.</p>
<p>aglages: believe me, no one is more surprised than D (and I) regarding the Honors College. Like you, I thought 1400 was the cut-off. Maybe D will be getting a letter that says “uh, sorry, but we really didn’t mean to invite you to participate in the Honors College. Invitation retracted”. </p>
<p>Her first comment upon reading that she was invited to participate was, “I don’t think so”. She’s not really an intellectual, and I’m not surprised that she’s not excited about Honors. But I did ask her to keep an open mind and at least consider it, especially if it somehow means she’s in the running for merit aid.</p>
<p>“Maybe D will be getting a letter that says “uh, sorry, but we really didn’t mean to invite you to participate in the Honors College. Invitation retracted”.”
LoL
I’m sure her invitation was not a mistake and is well deserved.</p>
<p>My niece is currently attending Pitt (not nursing) and was invited to join the Honors College. She turned it down because she didn’t want to take any classes that were more difficult than the required ones. She had the luxury of saying NO because her mother is a Pitt employee (UPMC) and gets a serious break on tuition costs. I agree with you…find out what the merit aid will be before making any rash decisions about the Honors College.</p>
<p>Congrats again.</p>
<p>Taking honors classes and getting scholarship money are not connected. The scholarship money is given out by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, not the honors college.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info LNM. We won’t get too excited about the possibility of scholarship money unless it happens. Luckily, as an in-state student, Pitt is one of the more affordable options for D even without scholarships.</p>
<p>IIRC, when I went to an information session at Pitt they said that they generally begin giving out scholarships at around a M+CR total of 1460. My parents dismissed the possibility of me getting a large scholarship because of what was said during the info session, because my SAT was only slightly above that. But I ended up getting full tuition. </p>
<p>I had a friend who had a 1450 M+CR and better grades than me and got a $10,000/yr scholarship.</p>
<p>any cutoff beliefs regarding the ACT? Mine is much stronger than the SAT, which I didn’t even want to take…</p>
<p>I think for ACT is 32</p>
<p>Oh wow, nice. So do they just consider gpa+rigor+test scores? Because that’s all I’m counting on…</p>
<p>Just got my acceptance today!</p>
<p>College of Arts & Sciences
Computer Science</p>
<p>590 Reading
670 Math
590 Writing</p>
<p>3.65 GPA
Solid extracurriculars</p>
<p>Applied about two weeks ago</p>
<p>Congrats Joe3140!!! Glad to see that there are people applying to some programs other than Nursing.</p>
<p>I applied for civil engineering back in July. I got a letter today asking for a mid-year report and more information, I only sent my transcripts and an essay. Should I send a list of extra-curriculars? </p>
<p>By the way, my stats are:</p>
<p>3.1(3.7 Jr. year and all honors)
53/120
SATs:
630 M
740 CR
600 W
ACT:
31</p>
<p>I’m going to guess that my test scores are the reason I wasn’t flat out rejected.</p>
<p>I think the ACT “cutoff” is 33.</p>
<p>It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what GPA/scores/rank will get you a scholarship. Yes, your chances are better if you have high GPA/scores/rank but we have seen kids with very high stats that do not get any scholarship (higher than kids who received full tuition scholarships). My advice would be not to expect one but if one comes your way :)</p>
<p>Daughter got her acceptance this week. Yay! No scholarship info yet, but we are hoping. Certainly need-based aid can’t be awarded until after the January FAFSA.</p>