Scholarship Notification

<p>I think he was referring to some of the other applicants who got scholarships with lower stats. They usually have a hook – geographical, URM etc.</p>

<p>Also remember, Pitt will most likely have more money to offer students once all the decisions are in May 1. If my son, offered a full tuition scholarship, decides to go elsewhere, wouldn’t that open up more money for other students?</p>

<p>I don’t think they shift the money around. It just is not used that year. That would also be difficult because some students wait until the very last minute and do not send deposits until the May 1 deadline, so a university would not know Whois accepting and who is not. It is not required that students notify colleges that they will not be attending.</p>

<p>I agree with MD Mom. I think the money just goes back into the scholarship fund for the next crop of students. It could account for why some years there seems to be lots more scholarship awards. After May 1 is way too late to be offering scholarships as students would have sent in their enrollment deposits.</p>

<p>A university offers much more scholarship money than they have available, because they know that most of the students with the highest stats will have many choices and % on average will decide to go to a different college. </p>

<p>Among some colleges, this is one of the many tricks in wording - a college will put out promotional material saying that “over $100 million of merit aid was offered to accepted students.” However, only $25 million may have actually been paid out, because the other students picked a different college. Some colleges also like to brag about the credentials of their “accepted students” when the stats for enrolled students were much lower.</p>

<p>The University of Maryland used to have on its website a detailed chart on how many merit scholarships were offered, by dollar value, and what percentage was accepted, broken down by in-state and OOS. I think the colleges get very savvy on how much merit aid they need to offer to get the student body they want.</p>

<p>I have never seen similar scholarship info from Pitt.</p>

<p>I was referring to that if I got a 1250 and a lower , I would have most likely been accepted just as I am now so. The only difference is that I would not have gotten into UHC, but I don’t care about that much. </p>

<p>As a reply to previous messages, they most likely take the money they don’t give out and buy property.</p>

<p>charlieschm and lurknessmonster hit the nail right on the head - the schools give out a lot of scholarship money and can then estimate what per cent of the students they gave money to will attend.</p>

<p>For example, they can give $100MM of scholarships to accepted students, with an estimate that only $25MM of that will actually be used by students who end up matriculating at that institution.</p>

<p>Pitt does have a healthy endowment.</p>

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<p>Speaking from my experience (and the boy after me), I know that at least in Engineering, you can get scholarships at random points in the year. That is, I got a new scholarship halfway through my junior year (and the boy who got my scholarship after me also got it halfway through his junior year). So…I know it’s not exactly Pitt giving an unused scholarship to someone else, but scholarships do come at other times than whatever official amount you get in the mail…it’s just rare.</p>

<p>Engineering does offer scholarships after your freshman year. DS’ friends have also gotten scholarships in the sophomore and junior years. </p>

<p>I think everyone is interested in the UHC full tuition scholarships or the bigger amounts that is left unused by students going elsewhere. Has anyone gotten one of those after school begins? I know DS would not have gone to Pitt if he had gotten the scholarship after May 1. Financially it would not make any sense since OOS tuition is way more than our state flagship. Pitt would have been struck off the list before the enrollment deposit was due.</p>

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<p>Ah good point about the not enrolling with no money. I know right now UHC doesn’t award the Chancellor’s past freshman year, but my friend said that they may be working to change that, especially when non-Chancellor’s kids work so hard in the UHC community/provide so much (especially compared to a lot of non-Chancellor’s kids) that they really should deserve it. Hopefully that will be implemented soon, but I’m not sure how the talks for that have been going.</p>

<p>As for UHC full tuition…I’m not really sure. All I know is that with the last dean, an individual student might have had a chance to talk to him in person and ask for more money, and he probably would have found it for you. The new dean has only been around for a little while, and while he isn’t a bad person, I don’t think he’d have that same drive to find money for students.</p>

<p>Hmm, maybe I’m reading wrong, so just asking. Isn’t the Chancellors and the full tuition scholarships for all 4 years?</p>

<p>Chancellor’s and full tuition are both for four years, but they do have GPA requirements.</p>

<p>It is for 4 years or 8 semesters.</p>

<p>^ 8 Semesters.</p>

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<p>It is for 8 semesters/4 years, but you can extend it to 9-10 semesters/5 years if you discuss you reasoning with the Honors College (most common is double major). They’re good about things like that.</p>

<p>Okay I have a couple of quick questions</p>

<p>Quick background:
I’m a white male from the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh.
I got accepted to the CAS in early December and haven’t received any notification about scholarships or UHC yet.
My CR+M SAT score is 1400, my GPA is 3.75 unweighted with all honors/chs/ap classes, and a lot of my family went to Pitt. I also have decent ECs.</p>

<p>-Do you have to apply for merit scholarships or UHC or are you automatically eligible when you turn in your regular application?
-Will I get any scholarship money or acceptance into UHC? I have some friends who got money already with worse stats than me…
-If I am supposed to get any money or acceptance into UHC, wouldn’t I have gotten it by now?
-Can I email them asking if I am going to get any merit or into UHC or continue to wait it out?</p>

<p>I’m getting worried because I probably won’t be able to afford Pitt without a little bit of help. Any advice or answers would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>grahtyl12 - S got accepted to Pitt back in early October (Engineering). Acceptance letter also notified that he was accepted into UHC. You do not have to apply separately for UHC or scholarships. In terms of scholarships, as an OOS, my S got a $10000 merit scholarship letter from Pitt this week so scholarship decisions continue to be made over a long period of time. I called Admissions in late December, at that time they told me that scholarships would continue to be granted through the end of February and that S was still being considered. You may want to give Admissions a call and ask about your status and if you are still being considered since they were willing to share that information with me when we were in the dark such as you are now. I believe that 1400 and Top 5% are stated as the automatic clip levels for UHC but S was admitted with Top 10% class rank (at a very competitive HS) and higher test scores (SAT 1480). Once again, probably worth a phone call.</p>

<p>My HS doesn’t rank, but I am more than likely in the top 5%. Either way I guess I will give them a call or email them and ask. Thank you so much, RugbyDad.</p>