<p>OOS A&S looks like $25,000. Is that the value of the scholarhip most are being offered?</p>
<p>It just says full tuition. Whatever the amount tuition costs for you in any given year (in-state or OOS), that’s the amount of the scholarship. No more and no less.</p>
<p>maureen and sojur - yes, if you could give us your thoughts about Pitt, that’ll be great. And did you see the honors housing?</p>
<p>Yes please, maureenk & sujormik - give us impressions from your visits… I live & work by Pitt so it’s hard to get D excited about going there … we drive by it most days & as you know, the grass is always greener !!!</p>
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<p>Yellow, Pitt is a great school, and my daughter loved it. But I can see why a student would want to go away to college, experience a new part of the country (or even the world). Way back when, I had to commute to college because of money issues, and all throughout my life I have wondered what it would have been like to board somewhere. Meanwhile, my daughter graduated from Pitt (about 400 miles from our home) and now she’s back living with us, but I do think being in a different city for four years enriched her.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pittsburgh/1241963-requested-my-view-pitt-long-sorry.html#post13454421[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pittsburgh/1241963-requested-my-view-pitt-long-sorry.html#post13454421</a></p>
<p>I rambled a bit, sorry. Maureen help me out please and post your story as well.</p>
<p>paradise–we have nearly the same stats, i was accepted about two weeks before you and i have not heard back either.</p>
<p>Whew ok that makes me feel better, I’ll post here if I ever find out</p>
<p>I just got an email from Pitt congratulating me for my acceptance and also talking about all the wonderful opportunities Pitt has for pre-med students.</p>
<p>Please give any opinions on whether my daughter may be eligible for a merit scholarship. She has a 2010 on the SAT (650 math/650 CR). Her weighted GPA is 102.33. 5 AP classes in which she has a 4/5 on the exams and very good extra curriculars. I am concerned that the SAT score will prevent her from a merit scholarship.</p>
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<p>The SAT is a bit low. You need to be closer to 1400 (CR+M) for UHC scholarships <em>generally</em>. Plus the unweighted GPA is more important than the weighted GPA. Are you in state of OOS? I think OOS generally have a slightly better chance of Scholarships.</p>
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<p>You’d also be surprised by how much attending a school/going to college there will make a big difference, even if you live close by. My BF lives no more than 10 miles from Pitt, but has gotten to do a lot of different things since attending school here. For one, even though campus is close to home, it doesn’t necessarily mean you go home a lot. Secondly, campus and outside of campus (downtown, other neighborhoods) have a LOT to offer. You can stay busy with clubs, sports, arts and culture, and anything else. It really is a different perspective being at Pitt as a student, versus just living nearby and walking/driving past a lot.</p>
<p>AwesomeOpossum - I wasn’t clear with my statement. D has attended a non-sectarian, private, college-prep school in Shadyside since “graduating” from CMU’s Children’s School for pre-K. Her CC office strives to find good “match” schools for each HS Senior but still the impression that’s made is that Pitt is a “safety” or “fall-back” selection. The campus is not all that “pretty”, being strewn all over Oakland w/o clearly defined boundaries. Pitt undergrads routinely dodge PAT buses and crazy traffic on Fifth & Forbes. Yet it is what it is: a large urban university. The CC office is big on Loren Pope’s “Colleges that Change Lives” and as a consequence, gives the impression to students that a Kenyon, Oberlin or an Ivy is the school they should aspire to attend. I’m not saying this is right … just that’s what we’ve been exposed to. Yet, we are keeping an open mind and waiting to see if D receives any merit funds. Thanks for all the time you take to educate us on the Pitt boards.</p>
<p>YJ76</p>
<p>"The CC office is big on Loren Pope’s “Colleges that Change Lives” and as a consequence, gives the impression to students that a Kenyon, Oberlin or an Ivy is the school they should aspire to attend. "</p>
<p>Ugh. This is why people are in debt coming out of college. College is what you make it, going to a particular school doesn’t really change anything if you don’t put any effort in in the first place. I wish HS Counselors would get that, but apparently they don’t. (Not pointing fingers at YJ but more at HS counselors in general. This approach seems, for lack of better words, stupid. And this is from a student who had 1/4 of her graduating class attend Ivies.)</p>
<p>AwesomeOpossum - Well I totally agree with you. And my D is a serious student who won’t be wasting her time in college. Fact of the matter is that many of her private school classmates don’t need a dime in student loans to while away their next 4 years trying find their place in life. Other classmates (on scholarship) will need a full ride wherever they attend.</p>
<p>Not wanting to hijack the thread I will leave you with the central theme from my statement … that we have taken Pitt for granted over the years, not thinking it to be anything special, reinforced by D’s CC office… A mistake I intend to try & rectify.</p>
<p>YJ76</p>
<p>YJ- Pitt has become more competitive in admissions over the past several years and should not be seen as a fall back or safety school.</p>
<p>I think that Pitt is probably more competitive for admissions than most of the schools mentioned in the book Colleges That Change Lives (for example Juniata, Allegheny, and Ursinus) which are great for B/B+ students and/or students who don’t do well on standard tests (test optional admissions). As Awesome noted, those schools are way more expensive than Pitt unless you qualify for a merit scholarship.</p>
<p>My two D’s also went to a small private school where most of their classmates aspired to attend small liberal arts colleges. Not meaning to offend anyone, because I’m sure the educational opportunities are great at LACs, but these schools do represent somewhat of an extension of the private school protective “bubble” - and both my private school D’s wanted to experience something different at college- to be exposed to a more diverse socio-economic student population- and to get away from the small school gossip where everyone knows who is doing what with whom. A place where you can meet different people everyday. A place where students can learn to be more independent versus a place for students to be “nurtured.”</p>
<p>And as for attending a school in your own back yard, Awesome rightly points out this is mostly a state of mind. We live in the Philly area and the most popular college for our students at our high school is U of P. My younger D, who is currently a senior, is more and more leaning to attending a local school such as Drexel or Temple (she likes Pitt too but is not sure she wants to travel that far away). If she chooses to stay in Philly, she will probably learn as much about life (living in a big city) as she will learn about academics, and therefore may really be expanding her horizons farther than if she attended a small isolated LAC far from home.</p>
<p>Just my two cents!</p>
<p>pamom59 - Thanks for sharing. My D did a biology course at U.Penn this past summer and was enamored with Haverford for a while (grass is greener, remember). She has already applied to Allegheny (for Biology/pre-med) & is hopeful for enough merit money to make the cost about the same as Pitt’s in-state tuition rate. D was admitted to Pitt’s Nursing school yesterday (a safer means of beginning a healthcare career IMO). Your points on nurturing (protective, gossipy) LACs vs. large, urban Universities are duly noted. D really enjoyed her time this Summer @ U.Penn (the urban part). When D is ready to weigh her options & ask serious questions, I’ll be grateful for your (& A-O’s) ideas to be able to offer her. YJ76</p>
<p>Full tuition scholarship!!! (honors college) although I was not told I am admitted to honors college…</p>
<p>$30,000 of scholarships now!!</p>
<p>Did you receive your scholarship notification via email or regular mail?</p>
<p>Via mail. Both scholarships came separately, I’m guessing because they are from different departments</p>