<p>Unless this has changed, invitations to apply for the Chancellor’s Scholarship are sent on a rolling basis as well. As top students apply, they are accepted, offered Honors College admission (not really an accurate term), and invited to apply for the Chancellor’s. The application is due at a different time for every student. Three years ago, the deadline was two weeks after the receipt of the invitation. Students are invited to campus for an interview and some time after that, the scholarship is offered–or not. With a new honors college dean, things may be changing.</p>
<p>Chancellor’s is still rolling. I had S check the due date so I could add it to my spreadsheet. He said it was three weeks from the date of the invitation. By the time it got to Texas, that ended up being about two weeks from the date of receipt. :eek: At any rate, it will vary with the individual student.</p>
<p>MD Mom, I think it’s still like that. My D’s letter (which arrived at the end of Oct.) said the application was due in two weeks, so her app has been in for awhile now. It makes sense they do that since admission is rolling. It wouldn’t be fair to later applicants if there was a hard deadline.</p>
<p>Do scholarship offers come separately from acceptance to the honors college? My D received her letter of acceptance about a week and a half ago, and received a second letter re formal acceptance to UHC. We are hoping that scholarship information might still be forthcoming!</p>
<p>Let me correct that and say that the letter my son got said his app was due 3 weeks from the date of the letter, so in his case, that’s Dec. 12th. Not sure if others have the same requirement or not…</p>
<p>Somebody said that the “Pitt number” for full tuition was ACT 33 (SAT 1460), but I don’t think there is such a thing as a fixed number. It’s more like a probability distribution. I think ACT 33 and ACT 34 certainly give good chances, but they’re not guaranteed (unfortunately).</p>
<p>On this page [University</a> of Pittsburgh: Undergraduate Admissions & Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.oafa.pitt.edu/stats.aspx]University”>Office of Admissions and Financial Aid | University of Pittsburgh), it says that 18% of Pitt freshmen are eligible for the UHC , and their average SAT is 1469. So clearly ACT 33 isn’t a lock. It looks like a typical score for the UHC, so there would be far too many qualifying students. (Which is amazing - those are high stats for the UHC). Even ACT 34 (SAT 1510) can’t be a sure thing.</p>
<p>It’s tough out there, lots of very strong candidates.</p>
<p>sbjdorlo-- my electronic app was sent on october 9 and it said I had until end of october (can’t remember exact date) to send in everything else. maybe it was oct 22.</p>
<p>Yeah, it really varies by geographic area and time of year applying too. I had a 1480 CR+M from the mid-Atlantic region (Virginia) and applied late December, got OOS $10k but not full tuition. I had friends from other areas with lower scores get full tuition around the same time application wise. It seems a bit up-in-the-air.</p>
<p>Mister K, you are acting like the only factor for scholarship is SAT or ACT score. If that is the case, it is ridiculous. What about four years of high school, EC’s, letter of recs, essay?</p>
<p>oncecot59, I’m afraid you have completely misinterpreted my post. I said nothing of the sort. In fact, if you take the time to read it, you’ll see that I demonstrated exactly the opposite.</p>
<p>If the SAT/ACT score was the only factor, then it’s pretty clear that the mythical “Pitt number” would need to be *above *33/1460 (the average UHC student’s score). But from this and other threads, we also know that scores at that level and below can and do receive scholarships. And if the awards were purely score-based, then how could some 33s make it, but not some 34s? Clearly, there is no “Pitt number” - they must be considering other factors.</p>
<p>We don’t really know that Pitt takes into account when awarding scholarships. That’s because Pitt has never said what it takes into account. So all of this is just speculation, based on what we’ve seen in the past and piecing together everyone’s experiences. Personally, from what I have observed over the past five years, I think the major factors are 1) high SAT/ACT score and 2) state of residence, with the most exotic states (from Pitt’s point of view) getting a boost: New Mexico, California, Oregon, Hawaii, etc.</p>
<p>Still, after saying that, I think there is some kind of “secret sauce” or “X factor” that we don’t know about, which would explain why some kids with ACT 33 and 34 get full-tuition scholarships, and others get partial scholarships or nothing at all.</p>
<p>Don’t see them ever being open about it! This gives them the flexibility to give the scholarships to the applicants they really want and what they want may change every year.</p>
<p>Maybe the “secret sauce” is demonstrated interest. They wouldn’t give you a scholarship if the KNOW that Pitt is your safety. People with good stats who didn’t get good money: Did you visit? </p>
<p>Me, I have a 3.6UW 4.4W and 35 ACT- relatively weak stats- particularly my GPA- in comparison to other applicants, but I got full tuition, Chancellor application, and GAP invite.</p>
<p>I don’t think demonstrated interest counts at all. My daughter was offered the scholarship, and she hadn’t even visited. (This was a couple of years ago, so things may have changed since then, for all I know.)</p>
<p>Demonstrated interest <em>may</em> play a part, but it is difficult to show when you can’t afford to fly across country to visit, as in our case. And Pitt, probably because it is a state school, did not travel to California to hold any information sessions, so those were not an option either. Believe me, we looked!</p>