<p>Turbulence: If you spelled it as “Pittsburg” you would have been right at one point in time. During the early 1900s, the City officially was spelled Pittsburg. At that time, there was also a US Navy cruiser named Pittsburg.</p>
<p>oh goodie, maybe i’ll get a pittsburg(h) historical society scholarship or something. or nothing. either one. i’ve been waiting since november 1st, so i assume nothing.</p>
<p>Question: D received admission letter without mentioning anything about scholarship but with financial aid information included. Does that mean that we should not expect any merit-based scholarship?</p>
<p>My D received her scholarship letter about 30 days after her acceptance letter. Don’t give up hope!!</p>
<p>I called up Pitt today and and D2s application contact said they’re just starting to send out scholarships and will do so through Feb. Of course, I knew that wasn’t really true from the many posts here. She’s been accepted to the Honors College and just today got an email that she can apply for the guaranteed Med school program, so I think she’s in range for some merit. Her acceptance letter is dated Nov 15, so it’s been over a month, guess we’ll just have to be patient and hope for the best. </p>
<p>I appreciate people providing their information, it really helps everyone else have an idea how the process works!</p>
<p>What the deadline by by which one should turn in the app for Guranteed Medical program, if selected to apply?</p>
<p>It says 1 month from when you receive the email. However, I’ve seen posts on this forum that say that they sometimes extend if you ask them.</p>
<p>The OFA basically told me that unless your received a 33 or above ACT, you will receive no merit based financial aid. Pitt is a great school and all but if that is the case, there are better choices for my out of state tuition dollar who grant merit based aid on more that the ACT score.</p>
<p>Zini2001: My daughter received a full-tuition scholarship with an ACT of 32 (she later scored a 33, but the scholarship was awarded and her letter arrived informing her of the scholarship BEFORE Pitt had her new, higher ACT score). So…I don’t know that the scholarship was awarded solely on the ACT in my daughter’s case…</p>
<p>Great to know, Southmom, I’ll keep my fingers crossed. We have received several generous offers so far and just couldn’t believe what I heard. Pitt has much to offer.</p>
<p>Full tuition with 31 ACT. I think they look at lots of things.</p>
<p>Thanks entomom,
My S also received the letter asking him to apply. No scholarship info yet. will probably hear something soon</p>
<p>My D was accepted Oct 8 but no info on scholarships. Good to hear that maybe they aren’t just looking at SAT/ACT scores. But I’m starting to wonder since we haven’t heard anything for almost 3 months. Are there many people who applied early and haven’t heard anything about merit money?</p>
<p>Full tuition with 31 ACT is unusual for Pitt. Was that for URM?</p>
<p>We are in the same boat. Accepted in October, no merit scholarship correspondence. We have adjusted our decision timeline to mid March as schools have their own timetables…hopefully this one comes through b/c my daughter likes it.</p>
<p>I think it helps if you live in a state that is currently underrepresented at Pitt, such as California, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Alaska, Montana, etc. Colleges like to say that they have undergrads from “all 50 states.”</p>
<p>Nope, suburban white girl.</p>
<p>I am still waiting for any scholarship to come. Sigh… I am OOS from NJ and SAT 2210 (1500 combined score). I did not get full tuition nor an acceptance to UHC. If I do not get the full tuition, then I would probably not be going here.</p>
<p>In regards to the ACT’s:</p>
<p>What matters is not your composite score. It is what you got on the English and Math subsections of the ACT. because they convert these to SAT scores to compare to other students. (And there is no science or reading on the act. well, critical reading to them IS the english ACT)
So a student who got a 31 but scored a 34 or higher in english and math would be more likely to get a scholarship than one who got a 33 but scored, say, 31’s in both these areas.
From my own experience, that is what I have so far deduced.</p>
<p>^^^ That makes a lot of sense to me.</p>