My daughter received a letter in the mail today stating she’s been awarded $20,000/year scholarship. She applied to Dietrich and is hoping to be accepted into Guaranteed Medical school program.
OOS female student: 1570 SAT, 4.0 GPA, IB Diploma student, AP and IB classes, also a ballet dancer in a company (saw someone else above is, too). She really loves Pitt.
@5Dis congrats. When did she receive her acceptance letter. Now that we are seeing these roll in we are waiting ourselves.
She was accepted at the end of September. Last week of September, I believe.
Good luck to all. We just went through the college admissions process last year with our oldest and now the middle child this year ?
Just got a letter today offering me 15k per year! 4.35 wGPA, 1580 SAT, 9 APs, top 15% of class at top school in the state. Congrats to everyone else!
Hi guys, I have two questions:
- If I submit my application with the honors application, and I don’t get into honors programs. Is it possible I can still get into Pitt?
- Can I submit my regular application to Pitt and then submit the honors application by 11.1 as a follow up?
Thanks!
If you are accepted to Pitt, you are accepted. Honors selection is done separate from that.
I would urge you to submit the Pitt online application asap and send your scores.
I believe the short answer essay questions can be submitted later, but I would not wait until 11/1.
- Yes! Admission to Pitt and admission to Pitt Honors are separate reviews.
- Yes to this, too. Because we are rolling admissions, submitting your application and responses to the Short Answer Questions as early as you can is encouraged. Honors review is deadline-based and not rolling, so as long as you respond to the Honors questions by November 1, you will be reviewed for Priority Consideration.
Good luck!
A Pitt Admissions Staffer
Thanks so much!
@ hailtopitt1787
I wanted find out if my D still need to use following link and resubmit answers for Pitt Honors even though she selected Would you like to apply to Pitt Honors now? Yes and answered all the questions submitted with Common App.
https://oafa.pitt.edu/forms/pitt_honors.php
@HarviK, Is she wanting to update her responses? I would recommend she contact our office to let us know that she wants to update her responses. Once we have added that note to her applicant file, that link would be what she would need to use to update her responses.
Best,
A Pitt Admissions Staffer
@hailtopitt1787 - I just wanted to make sure that the responses sent via common app are the one admission office received for Pitt Honors and merit aide. I will ask her to contact office.
@HarviK, You are welcome to call to check the status. But yes, it is possible to respond to the Short Answer Questions and the Pitt Honors questions directly in the Common Application - if you did so, you should be good to go!
Best,
A Pitt Admissions Staffer
Hi, S received a letter a couple of weeks ago from a dean in Dietrich saying he was admitted to the college and had automatic acceptance into a graduate program in Public and International Affairs. However, so far he hasn’t received an official acceptance to the university and there is nothing on his portal. Any idea how long it will be before something shows up on the portal? Thanks
@elena13, It may be a good idea to call our office and check on the status of your application and see whether or not a letter or email communication was lost in the mail. I would also recommend checking your spam filter, just to be safe!
Best,
A Pitt Admissions Staffer
My D19 got her scholarship letter Saturday. She got $15K per year.
Stats:
GPA u/w 3.7 w 4.3
ACT 34
SAT 1460
Plenty of APs
We will have a decision on our hands. We will wait on all offers and make an overall decision.
$15,000 per year. Female OOS with 35 ACT, 4.66 weighted GPA (probably ~3.96 unweighted) and very strong extracurriculars/leadership. Hoped for more but still happy! 
For those who have received scholarship letters: how long after you were accepted did yours come in? I was just accepted today and am eager to find out if I was given any money! H2P
Did the Chancellor’s scholarship invite come with the scholarship letter?
And did anyone instate hear about scholarships?
S19 still hasn’t received the actual acceptance letter. I called today and it was supposedly sent on 10/10 so they are re-sending it. However, he did get notification today about a $25,000/year scholarship. There was no mention about Chancellor’s scholarship in the letter.
Congrats #elena13 ! Care to share his stats? In state/Out of state?