Scholarship Notification

<p>A question: Does anyone know whether all potential candidates for the Chancellor’s Scholarship been notified at this point? Or is the process ongoing?</p>

<p>I have not seen any postings about interviews, MisterK. Good luck.</p>

<p>Just curious if any of those who requested reconsideration of their application for additional scholarship money (above their original $10K offer) were successful in getting any additional merit money.</p>

<p>My D is out of state, has been accepted into PharmD and the Honors program, has 1400 SAT and is in the top 3% of her class and takes honors and AP classes. She has been accepted into all other schools she applied to (URI, Buffalo, Northeastern) and offered merit scholarships at all also but no word from Pitt on scholarship. Hard to understand.</p>

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<p>Pitt’s merit scholarships seem to depend on SAT score. The general rule last year was 1450+ and it’s only gotten more selective this year.</p>

<p>I too was looking for a scholarship for my son. He has a 1440/2180 SAT score. I inquired and was told it is usually 1450+, but they had so many applicants this year they started at 1480. We were very disappointed.</p>

<p>The word is out about the merit money at Pitt.</p>

<p>Thanks scavena. I found a Pit web site that says that the cutoff (I assume this year because I haven’t seen this posting before) was 1480. And for that they get the minimum , $2000/year. </p>

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<p>The net is that this elevates Pitt to the most the most expensive cost of attendance out of her picks and drops them from her #1 pick to out of the running. Interesting that Pitt did the most to communicate with her. She got accepted back in Oct or Nov and hardly a week has gone by that she didn’t get something in the mail from them. A letter, a trinket, a flyer… . They did a great job of building affinity with her but as an out of state student in a 6 year PharmD program the cost kills the deal. </p>

<p>FWIW I think that Pitt had the best run college visit program of any that we experienced.</p>

<p>Is the top 5% a hard rule for any merit? DS HS 13will not be in the top 5%, may not be in top 10% but SAT scores are 1600 and 2320. He is out of state. Any hope for merit?</p>

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<p>I do not think the 5 percent is a hard rule. For example, magnet schools and other competitive schools have very good students at the top. Additionally, some very small schools may have two or three kids in the top five percent. My daughter attended a small school and I remember some of her letters referencing the caliber of both her school and her schedule.</p>

<p>Is your son a junior, Mom24boys?</p>

<p>That is an interesting link, Lowcarb. It says the average for the lower amount scholarships was 1480 and top five percent. Wow. However, it also says that you have to apply for admission AND financial aid by the deadlines. We have never applied for financial aid.</p>

<p>MD Mom - Yes son is HS junior and we are thinking about visitting Pitt over spring break but am confused about him getting into the honors program or qualifying for any merit. The biggest question will be his grades this year and if the past is any indicator he will keep us on pins and needles until the end of the year.</p>

<p>DS school is not a small school or a magnet but is a competive public.</p>

<p>If you have questions about his qualifications, I would suggesting requesting a meeting with the Honors College during your visit. It should be no problem to do that.</p>

<p>If you guys look at the beginning of the thread you will see my son received the full tuition scholarship with a 1400 sat -800 Math and 600 CR. A few pages later, another poster received a full tuition scholarship and an engineering scholarship with a 1380.</p>

<p>I think the real key is apply very, very early - my son’s app was complete in early september. Definetly send in one or two letters or rec and do a very good essay.</p>

<p>Good luck to all.</p>

<p>Kleibo: I think that in your case the ACT score of 33 is what may have made the deal as that is “better” than a SAT 1400. ACT 33 is roughly 1450-1500 SAT. </p>

<p>As for CPU… who had a 1380, s/he didn’t list an ACT score. Perhaps the same condition applied there also.</p>

<p>I thought I had read somewhere that the full tuition scholarships went to URMs primarily this year. I looked back in this thread and didn’t see it. My D applied first week in Sept with a 97% unweighted avg, all honors and 6 APs with a 33 ACT (34 superscored) and did not get full tuition. It’s disappointing as it seems like had it been last year she would have gotten full tuition.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that this year is the first full year for the new honors college dean. A number of things may change. Certainly, the new dean would have evaluated the process and who was accepting scholarships and perhaps what students they would like to draw. </p>

<p>I do know young people from a couple years back who also had great numbers and did not get full tuition. I think when you have a small sampling as is represented on this site, it appears that nearly everyone who has great stats gets full tuition and they don’t. </p>

<p>It doesn’t mean that those fine young people are not deserving, they certainly are. It is just that there may be enough candidates from your area with your background.</p>

<p>I would also add that I was shocked that my daughter was not interviewed for the top scholarship. I have an idea as to why, but who really knows.</p>

<p>Data point: My daughter got the full tuition scholarship and is a white suburban kid. She doesn’t even tan well. I get nervous when people start saying that URMs get preferential treatment based on things they think they heard. I know you didn’t mean that maureenk, but it’s a touchy subject. I think I shared some of her stats earlier in this thread (35 ACT from her one and only sitting). She got into MIT in the EA round, so that tells you she was a pretty strong applicant.</p>

<p>Interesting discussion. Son got full tuition too and reading the posts makes me wonder if there were some other factors other than his stats. I would hate to think he was benefited/chosen due to factors other than his merits. Do they consider Asians as URMs at Pitt?</p>

<p>I imagine that like most other programs, the candidates have a mix of backgrounds.</p>

<p>I had a little time on my hands at work Friday and went back through the thread to compile a spreadsheet of scholarship amount, high standardized test score (whether SAT or equivalent ACT), date notified, etc. Kleibo posted just before I was ready to write up a summary and since I thought the point had been made, I didn’t post. I’ll try to summarize it on Monday when I get back to my work PC.</p>

<p>For the record we, like Podvigs’ D, are of the barely-tanning white persuasion. S received full tuition. No one but the OAFA and/or UHC knows who got what, so unless an employee was posting what is probably confidential data, I suspect what’s online is someone speculating mostly URMs got full tuition.</p>

<p>I think that while standardized test scores are an important factor, there are other factors in play. I would like to think Nathan Davis came across my S’s application and said, “I need that boy for the jazz ensemble,” but that’s just crazy talk. :)</p>