Pitt Chances?

Chances at getting into Pitt?

Cumulative GPA: 3.98uw
SAT: 1950 (590 reading, 730 math, 630 writing)

9th grade (3.94 - All As except History)
H Geometry
CP Physical Science
Pre AP English I
Pre AP US History
French I
Art I

10th grade (4.0, all As)
H Algebra II
H Chemistry
Pre AP English II
AP US History (5 on exam)
French II
Art II
Sociology 1st sem/Painting 2nd sem

11th grade (4.0, all As)
H Precalculus
AP Statistics (5 on exam)
AP Chemistry (4 on exam)
H Biology
AP English Language & Comp
AP World History (3 on exam)
H French III

12th grade (In-Progress)
AP Calc BC
AP Biology
H Physics
H English IV
AP Macro
AP Human Geo
AP French

Extracurriculars:
Rowing 9-12 (Varsity 10-12)
Science Club 11-12
French Club 9
French Honors Society 12
Math Club 12

More Info:
First-Generation College Student
Low-Income Family (Disabled Single Parent)
Out-of-State (NJ)

Given your familial situation as well as your academic excellence, I think you’ll be set despite your slightly lower SAT scores and dearth of extracurricular activities beyond school. As long as your essays and recommendations also convey that you’ve worked hard to get what you’ve earned, you should be pretty well off 8.5/10. Good luck!

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1824440-stanford-chances-please.html#latest

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I don’t believe I have ever done this before, but you seem so anxious. . . I give you a 95% chance for acceptance as your stats meet or surpass those listed in the 2015 class profile:

Middle 50 percent SAT Math 600-700
Middle 50 percent SAT Critical Reading 590-700
Middle 50 percent SAT Writing 570-670
Weighted GPA: 3.98
plus a rigorous schedule, plus ECs, plus first gen.

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getting nervous because im sure i’ll get my decision within the next several weeks

Yes but you need aid, so if you get in, you may not be able to go. Get in some apps now where you can afford or who will give you tons of aid. I know Pitt gives some good aid but your scores may not be high enough.

@BrownParent I got accepted and it is my top choice school. I really hope I get at least a decent amount of aid as I’d be very upset if I couldn’t go.

Yeah, you aren’t going, so best to process that quickly because it is very late in the day to figure that out. See my post to you in the Financial Aid forum, I ran the NPC for you. Sure they can swoop in with some merit aid but it is unlikely to be enough since you need such huge aid.

Stats aren’t high enough for merit. This OOS student won’t get much aid. Need to move on to affordable schools.

Sorry for posting in another’s Chance Me thread, but I was wondering what stats are high enough for merit aid? (33 ACT, 3.92 UW?)

From their website:

In recent years, scholarship eligible students possessed ALL of the following:
–minimum SAT score of 1450 (math and critical reading scores only) or 33 ACT (Math and English subscores average)
overall ‘A’ average

–top 5% class rank (if applicable) while participating in challenging high school curriculums consisting of AP/IB/Honors courses

–record of excellence in various academic and nonacademic activities outside of the classroom

and see
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pittsburgh/1827543-timing-of-scholarship-notifications.html#latest