<p>I have a scenario. I know that UPitt has rolling admission, which means that its best that I send my application as soon as I can. However, my only SAT score is 2160 (math 690, reading 730, writing 740). Should I retake my SATs in hope of raising my math scores but apply later in late October as opposed to late August (if I? I also received a special application (I don’t know if that factors into anything). My GPA is a 4.0 with a heavy course load.</p>
<p>I’m planning to apply to Pharmacy in hopes of getting in the early assurance program. Scholarship aid is also important to me, but I think I retake the SAT’s after applying. Please advise me on what I should do.</p>
<p>I can’t begin to tell you why you got the status. It always depends on what admissions is feeling. Is your high school particularly rigorous? What about your courseload? It could be that they recognize your ability to perform well in school but not on a standardized test.</p>
<p>As for chances- with the ACT being a bit on the low side, I can’t begin to guess. But the special status is promising. I hope you sent in a full application (include a resume of activities). </p>
<p>Your SAT and GPA as they stand make you UHC eligible which is great for scholarship opportunities. If merit is very important to you I would ask what other factors do you have (OOS?? Male vs. Female, ethnicity). The early assurance pharmacy program is hard to get into, but even if you don’t get in right away you can still apply during your sophomore year of undergrad and then begin pharmacy school your junior year (I had a friend do this). </p>
<p>When are you retaking the SATs? Applying in October is still early enough to qualify for many scholarships. Applying by December means many scholarships might already be given away. If you retake the SATs, when will you get your new scores?</p>
<p>Hi Awesome, my daughter will be a freshman and has been assigned to Holland. She is happy with that assignment as her sister lived there and really liked it. We have always heard that there are some rooms in Holland with semi private bathrooms but never had a confirmation. Do you know if that is the case and if so which rooms would it be?</p>
<p>According to the Panther Central website online, this is not the case (which is what I thought). Holland is like Towers- traditional dorm style with only communal bathrooms on each floor/wing.</p>
<p>Thanks Awesome, I had seen that but today I saw on page 24 of the Residence Hall Living Packet that Holland also has private/semi private baths. So I guess the question is how many and what rooms.</p>
<p>I have no idea what they mean by semi-private (which could be all that Holland has). I would just call Panther Central and ask them directly. Remember that rooms are randomly assigned too, so you may be able to request a room with a private/semi private bath but there’s no guarantee. </p>
<p>Here’s a question on campus printers. Is there any reason to buy my son his own printer for his dorm room in Sutherland or are the campus printers convenient, accessible and efficient?</p>
<p>Sutherland has a printer lab in the lobby. I did buy an inexpensive printer at Walmart and my son is really grateful for it although it is not necessary. </p>
<p>I had a similar experience to TedsMom- I had a small cheap laser printer in my room that I used every now and then for last minute printing. But my senior year and since then I have not had a printer and just used the ones on campus. They’re all over the place, and there are a few 24-hour printing labs (such as David Lawrence) so I’ve never had an issue being able to print. Unless you’re printing out an absurd number of papers, books, etc. you’ll also never hit your 999 page quota per term either.</p>
<p>@ TedsMom @AwesomeOpossum Thanks for your replies. I’ll put it on the list as a ‘nice to have’ item - maybe a surprise during our first visit later in the fall.</p>
<p>With my situation and stats above, (SAT - 2160 , GPA - 4.0, instate, Asian female) do you think I have a good chance of getting the early assurance pharmacy program if I apply by November 1st? I also received the special status.</p>
<p>Do you know anything about the Pitt Prestige applicant timeline? My son applied on 6/3/14 and all of his supplemental info was turned in during the month of June. His application status says “Complete.” We thought he would hear back in 3 weeks time but he hasn’t heard anything. Also, if you received a Pitt Prestige application do you think that increases your chances for receiving scholarship money? I am assuming these applications went out to top students. Off the top of my head, my son has a 4.7 WGPA, an ACT score of 34, and he’s in the top 5% of his class. He is very involved in his school community and holds several club positions (ie: President of Student Council, etc). We were hoping he’d know something before returning to school this Fall. Thanks for any input!!</p>
<p>@curiousinpa
I know I’m not AwesomeOpossum but I do know about the Prestige Application. I recently spent a day at Pitt and we were told that they have to get final approval from all of their schools to begin reviewing applications, which normally happens in early August. I also applied and had everything sent in to Pitt by the end of June and my application reads “Complete” online. We were told that we would probably have an admission decision come in the mail by the end of August into early September as an estimate. Right about now, they are beginning to review the applications in the order that they received them.</p>
<p>From what I gather, your son should easily be accepted, receive scholarship money, and eligibility for the Honors College. I would guess that applying so early would increase his chances for scholarship money by a little bit, but this is strictly based on statistics, so I’m sure the best students will receive money whether they apply early or late, assuming that they don’t wait until after the scholarship consideration deadline.</p>
<p>@curiousinpa
Someone receiving the Pitt Prestige application does streamline the process, but the conventional wisdom on the Pitt page is that what increases likelihood of scholarship (aside from GPA and tests) is the supplemental stuff like essays and recs, both of which aren’t required on Prestige. </p>
<p>What I’m betting is that getting a Prestige application in itself doesn’t increase admission and scholarship chances – meaning if there are two kids with exact same location, stats, quality of recs and essay, and the only difference is that one got the Prestige, the two kids should get the same admission result/scholarship. Think about it this way: the Pitt Prestige is given likely based on some algorithm that factors in reported GPA, test scores, and location from a standardized test. If a student chose not to report or release info to colleges on the test, it wouldn’t make sense for them to be at a disadvantage. Those that get Pitt Prestige are more likely to get merit – correlation, not causation – because high scorers get Prestige and high scorers get merit. </p>
<p>Scholarships do take a little longer than just admission results. You can be sure that he’s admitted into whatever undergrad school in Pitt and will very likely get some scholarship money. </p>
<p>Thank you both for your input. We have no doubt that he will be accepted. We are just really hoping that he’ll receive some type of merit award as we’ll have two in college at the same time. I wish the school was more clear about the “3 week decision” though. I guess we just wait…</p>
<p>@curiousinpa Acceptances and merit indeed come at different times and in different-sized envelopes. You could easily mistake the merit award for some of the junk mail Pitt likes to send! Check out last year’s scholarship thread at <a href=“scholarship questions - University of Pittsburgh - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pittsburgh/1570335-scholarship-questions-p1.html</a> (although you can basically skip the last 1.5 pages in which we talk about cold-weather clothing). The first notification of a scholarship is on page 4, near Thanksgiving time. It seems like the first scholarships that come out are full tuition (but this could purely be because of a small sample size from CC). Pitt likes to take their time, and recently has sent scholarship notification from November to February. </p>
<p>As many have said, the acceptance does have a 3-week turn around <em>once the admission committee begins to meet</em>. It is very rare for students to be able to have a complete application (including transcripts) during the summer, as many schools will not send out transcripts until school begins (though you can ask them to do it in the summer if they are willing). With that said, as others have noted, admissions should begin to meet soon (if they haven’t already) and mid-to-late August is when the acceptances will begin to roll out- starting with any completed Pitt Prestige applications first.</p>
<p>As many have also said, although stats help you get into the school, a complete application (essay, resume, 2-3 LoR) is what will really help you stand out to get money. I know those things can make a lot of difference to the UHC when picking Chancellor’s applicants as well as sometimes in SSOE when they are picking legacy scholarships (i.e. scholarships paid for by an alumnus/alumna who have specific requirements for the recipient). </p>