Show me the Money ???

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<p>Pitt is our daughter's first choice, applied mid-Sept, accepted with Freshman grad school guarantee 10/7 - all good.</p>

<p>As I understand the merit money situation these are the potential offerings:
1) $2000/$10,000 IS/OOS
2) Full Tuition
3) Chancellor’s - full boat</p>

<p>Also, there is money in the individual school, but she is Arts and Science heading towards Speech and Audiology. I am not sure if the School of Rehab Sciences has money for undergraduates as the students do not move over there until junior year. </p>

<p>She is:</p>

<p>OOS: Massachusetts
GPA: 3.44/3.77 in a very competitive top 5 high school in the state (nationally recognized HS)
Scores: R/M/W 620/700/550 & 640/660/700
Resume: Objectively pretty interesting – 3 transcripts (normal high school, 5 years from a supplemental Hebrew HS and ½ of her Junior Year HS as an international exchange student)
Essays/LOR: Hard to know</p>

<p>Thoughts on her getting money?</p>

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<p>Scores and GPA are right on the edge. I’d say be patient and see.</p>

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<p>We got our full Tuition Scholarship notification today - about 2 weeks after acceptance letter.</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 740M 750CR 750W
SAT IIs: Chem: 800 BioM: 700 Math 2: 730
ACT: 32
GPA: 4.0
Rank: HS doesnt rank
Other stats:
4 APs-AB Calc, Physics, Chem, Computer Science, English</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very happy with it. Shows committment and leadership
Teacher Recs: 3 very good from what they told me
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Hook (if any): OOS maybe?
State or Country: New York
School Type:Public</p>

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<p>I doubt she’ll be able to get the chancellor’s scholarship, but definitely a good chance at the 10k OOS scholarship. Check out the accepted students thread.</p>

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<p>possibly the 10k… was there an honors college acceptance? at the campus visit I was under the impression that scholarships typically started around an SAT of 1400</p>

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<p>My son (in state) got zippo last year with 34 ACT, 3.5/4.3 GPA. We were surprised. They explained that six people with a better GPA had applied from his high school (known as one of the best in the state).</p>

<p>He is now very happy at Rutgers.</p>

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<p>After reading lots of posts, I can tell you that you have a better chance with OOS + lower stats than with IS + higher stats.</p>

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<p>This may make the decision very difficult</p>

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<p>waspeaceforall thats super!! Did she hear about Pitt $$ yet?</p>

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<p>Ok - New scores just came in </p>

<p>R 720; M 730; W 600</p>

<p>hits what seems to be the magic 1450 for honors and merit $ What does she do now? </p>

<p>She has a nice package at UConn and Pitt $ would go a long way in making both parents and child happy with the same decision :)</p>

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<p>Congrats to your daughter on her score increase! You could try emailing or calling them (OAFA) and ask for a reevaluation…but it remains a mystery how they pick and choose scholarship recipients. My daughter got a 1410 on her SAT but them got a 34 on the ACT(equivalent of over a 1500) and she got the $10,000 OOS scholarship. She had great EC’s, reccs, etc. Others with similar stats got full tuition and some with similar stats got nothing. Kind of a crap shoot. Best of luck though!</p>

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<p>Daughter heard from Pitt yesterday - no money, very competitive, blah, blah, blah…</p>

<p>I am pretty surprised and now the decision becomes difficult - UConn is $50-60K less over 4 years, but she really wants Pitt and has the Grad School guarantee in here choosen field (assuming she does not change her mind).</p>

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<p>Hi was. In pretty much the same position. Frankly, I think that UPitt is the preferable school… better reputation, Grad schools very well respected, access to the city ( as opposed to UConn - isolated ). Have never heard any alumni regret going there. Good luck.</p>

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<p>waspeaceforall, are you assuming she got nothing from the letter or did you actually call them to find out that disappointing news?</p>

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<p>Waspeaceforall, did you get a letter in the mail regarding no scholarship? Or was this a reply to a conversation you/your D had going with Admissions?
I am just curious. My D has similar stats to yours, (32 ACT, CR800/M580/W750) we are OOS, she was admitted in Oct to honors…and we are waiting still to find out about $.</p>

<p>I called last week to see if all decisions have been made and was told they won’t be done until Feb and to hold tight.</p>

<p>Now I’m wondering–will she just not hear anything if she’s getting nothing? Or will she get a letter stating that?</p>

<p>She’s hoping for $ but it sounds very competitive. It would be nice to know one way or the other…she loved Pitt when we visited and hoped for a little merit money.</p>

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<p>If you get a scholarship, they will send you a letter informing you of it. Otherwise, you will not hear from them about not getting a scholarship – the lack of the letter is their notification :(</p>

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<p>2 weeks ago she called and wrote for a reassessment for merit money, got the letter yesterday. She called and I think she was told there is a cut off at 4.11 weighted</p>

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<p>^If I applied with a 4.07 WGPA and, after first semester, I have a 4.16 then should I attempt to notify Pitt ASAP (if there really is that cutoff…)</p>

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<p>There’s a weighted gpa cutoff? Well, my weighted gpa isn’t that high, but my unweighted gpa is like a 3.92. I think it’s just my school’s system that’s weird though. I still got a Full Tuition scholarship though.</p>

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<p>A cutoff of 4.11 weighted sounds so random. There’s such a variability among high schools and they all weight differently or not at all. I can understand if there’s an SAT/ACT cutoff because the test is a standard, but it doesn’t make as much sense to set a high gpa cutoff since to assess a student’s grades you have to look at their courseload, high school, etc.</p>