<p>land64shark – That bites. You asked why she would check the status a second time. My S misplaced the letter with the code and never bothered to look for it since the portal only acknowledged receipt (i.e., didn’t update the progress of the application (like Rochester) or give an admissions decision (like most rolling admission schools)). It’s their nickel, but if it were mine, I’d spend it on improving communication of the admissions process instead of some of the promotional postal mail S has received.</p>
<p>Based on the (albeit limited) data we have, full scholarships were available (one more reported than partial). They seemed to have been heavily front-end weighted (although a few whose applications were completed relatively early were awarded relatively recently). Pitt has a reputation for being numbers-driven with respect to merit scholarships, but there are clearly other factors in play–we just don’t know what they are. I feel fortunate that S did as well as he did.</p>
<p>MD Mom and MTnest – Indeed, I’ll appreciate him giving me a break. :)</p>
<p>DD was offered a full-ride scholarship to Pitt’s School of Nursing (Adena Johnson Davis nursing scholarship) along with guaranteed admission to the graduate program! The scholarship includes tuition, room, board, book fee, $2000 research or study abroad. We are excited and plan to visit in March. </p>
<p>She has a few other full-ride opportunities as well, but Pitt was one of her top two. This spring she will have to make some tough decisions:) </p>
<p>Congratulations to all scholarship recipients!</p>
<p>I have been reading and following all the threads since the past couple of months…Great stuff! I love how everyone, both prospective and enrolling parents/students, pitch in to help! I noticed most of the Honors College’s admitted students got scholarships etc…(mostly based on merit…I assume)…I was wondering if you know/heard about someone who got some kind of financial help for the students who are NOT in honors college (if not scholarships…like loans, grants, work study etc…). Any information would help!</p>
<p>I RECENTLY got admitted; my acceptance letter was dated 1/11/12. I was just wanting to know what to expect…what needs to be done etc…[will submit FAFSA in the next day or two].</p>
<p>U Pitt is my first choice…if I can get some financial help as I am OOS (from GA).</p>
<p>Awyeah12, you want to ask about need-based financial aid for out of state students. I do not know the answer to your question, but someone might.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ve asked the OAFA to reconsider DD’s offer. We’ve got nothing to lose by asking. We’ll just see how it goes, but I’m not real optimistic.</p>
<p>I honestly am offended by Pitt. Finally, after months and months of waiting i get no scholarship. This is ridiculous. I have never gotten a B+ in my life, all A’s, 4 AP Classes, the rest honors and accelerated. </p>
<p>I just can’t comprehend how someone with say a 1250 SAT and a 3.6 GPA
can get the same exact thing as someone with a 1400 SAT and a 4.0 GPA. If they want to raise the bar they have to raise the lower margin too, not just the upper. Honestly, Pitt is the better program and school that I have applied to, but the rest gave me scholarships and gave me a sense of accomplishment for all the long nights spent studying, staying after school till 5 3 days a week to be a member of 5 honor societies, and the 2 summer’s I spent volunteering just hoping that this would increase my odds at scholarships. And it did for all the schools except for Pitt. And it just sucks that I will probably go to Pitt anyway.</p>
<p>When did you apply. Are you IS/OOS. Are you M/F. What is your ethnicity. What kind of school did you go to. </p>
<p>Yes you had great scores, but so did a LOT of other people. Pitt doesn’t have unlimited funds. It really sucks (and I know the feeling, I didn’t get much from them when I applied even though they should have been thrilled to have me as a student). </p>
<p>Pitt has become an incredibly competitive school. And I hate to say it, but you seem to think you’re the only one who was in a lot of clubs with great stats. Hopefully, you can get over that and still go to Pitt if you want to, and you never know, they might give you a scholarship later on.</p>
<p>I am Male and IS. I am White and Jewish. I speak Russian too.
I go to one of the top public schools in PA. </p>
<p>Your right the feeling really, sucks everything I was working for I thought would get me to a top tier school or a good scholarship at a lower school. I asked them for a second opinion but I doubt that will work out. I always have the 0-6 program at URI just in case</p>
<p>I really thing that the word is out to apply early to Pitt if you want to improve your chances of a scholarship. If you did not apply early and have high scores, this is probably the biggest reason why you did not receive scholarship. I wonder if Pitt gives them out until they run out of funds which occurs in advance of the final applicants.</p>
<p>Are you saying you have a 1250? 1250 is a decent SAT score but not exceptional, especially considering there are applicants with a 1530 not getting full tuition. Don’t forget that colleges are judged by the scores of their incoming freshmen (according to USNWR), so schools try to lure students with high SAT and ACT scores that will pull up the college’s average incoming SAT. High school GPAs are kind of meaningless because some schools are easy, and some are hard, so it’s impossible to compare.</p>
<p>Also, most schools aim for geographic diversity. That means that if you’re a PA resident, you need to apply to schools in the Midwest, South, or West to take full advantage of that.</p>