<p>I have a couple of quick questions about the full-tuition scholarships that have been offered to OOS students from Pitt. Hopefully, current students or parents who know about the scholarship parameters can help. First, although my daughter is pretty set on her major, what if she were to decide to change it one or two semesters down the road? Would the scholarship remain in place? Or is the scholarship only considered valid for her designated major? Secondly, are the $860 in yearly fees (activity, etc...) covered by the scholarship or is it solely tuition? Not complaing - scholarship is awesome - just trying to understand the rules to come up with how much we'll actually be paying. I didn't see clear answers to either of these questions on the sheet of scholarship info that came with the offer. Again, daughter is thrilled with the scholarship and so am I! :)</p>
<p>-Major has no impact on the scholarship. I myself have changed my major a few times.
-I’m pretty sure it only covers the cost of tuition</p>
<p>Schrizto is correct. Fees are not included. They are currently almost $500 a semester. But the transportation fee means that your kid can ride Pittsburgh’s public transportation for free, which is neat.</p>
<p>The full tuition scholarship just covers the tuition. It does cover any increases in tuition costs during the four year she attends. So you would pay room/board, books, and fees out of pocket.</p>
<p>The above answers are correct. Just wanted to add that the full tuition scholarship only covers tuition for eight terms, typically the fall and spring terms for four years. If your daughter decides to either take some classes during the summer term or takes longer than eight terms to graduate, you’ll have to pay tuition for those. At least that’s my understanding of it.</p>
<p>Any ideas of what credentials usually result in significant OOS scholarships at Pitt?</p>
<p>SAT scores 1450 and above (M and CR combined); top 10 percent of high school class (if school doesn’t rank, don’t worry about it), ACT usually 34 and above. However, the scholarship is NOT definite, even if the student has these numbers. Pitt seems to decide on a case-by-case basis. I believe that if you come from an underrepresented state, that helps.</p>
<p>To those of you who have been around a few years, do you think an application submitted the 3rd week of Oct, but not shown as complete until Nov 10 is still in reasonable shape to be in the running for an OOS scholarship (assuming stats are good)? Tried to get in in earlier, but well, life happens :(.</p>
<p>My daughter received her OOS scholarship letter in December, so I don’t think you need to worry that the awards have all been made. I think her application was complete in late October/early November. A friend of hers (now a sophomore at Pitt) did not apply until Jan of her senior year and received a full tuition scholarship letter about a month later.</p>
<p>entomom, I applied with about the same timeline as that two years ago and got full tuition, so you shouldn’t be too worried.</p>
<p>Thank you for the reassurance! </p>
<p>It’s wonderful to see all of the acceptances and scholarships coming in, but it makes one start biting their nails, particularly when the person in charge of D2s application said it to expect a decision in 4-6 weeks. </p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>I think that my daughter applied in October or November two years ago. She has full tuition.</p>
<p>Although the tuition scholarship covers eight semesters, some majors have summer programs with other scholarship money available. For example, DD went to summer school for a language and her tuition was covered by a different scholarship with a separate application.</p>