<p>What stats do you need to get any scholarship offer from Pitt? IS or OOS?
What about stats for admission to honors college?</p>
<p>To be Honors College you need a 1350 SAT score, but they are somewhat flexible. You can still get into honors with like a 1300, but as long as your gpa is very high and your classes are competitive. If you don't get it and you think you deserve it you can always talk to them about it and/or write a letter of interest and that might help.</p>
<p>If you look at past posts, you'll see that most of the scholarship recipients have exceeded the minimum requirements for Honors. Many students are also NMF or NM Commended. It would not surprise me if the new freshman class is Pitt's best. Because of $$ issues, many parents are looking toward the state uni's and encouraging their kids to do the same.... Pitt offers some very generous merit scholarships.</p>
<p>I have seen people with 1400+ SATs get rejected from the Honors College. A lot more goes into their decision than numbers.</p>
<p>My S received a small scholarship with commended, 2200 sats, 780 & 770 subject tests, 4.4 QPA. A quite small scholarship. In-state.</p>
<p>My S had similar stats premature_gray, and got similar results. We are in-state also. If it makes you feel any better, S was recently named a university scholar which means he is in the top 2% of his school. No matter what the scholarship amount, I'm sure your S will do well too. :)</p>
<p>Congrats, lkf725! I'm pretty sure he's in engineering, no easy ride there, so that is impressive. Does he get any perks with that, or just the designation?</p>
<p>Thanks mercymom! I really don't know if any perks come along with the designation. I only know they are reviewing scholarships after the end of this semester and I'd be happy if he got more! But if not, that's okay too. It's a nice honor and maybe it will have nontangible benefits down the road. :)</p>
<p>I really believe that you can't let some scholarship dollar amount dictate how you feel about yourself. Yes, I thought S should have gotten more money, especially since some kids with fewer credentials got a full ride. But he didn't...oh well. He is still smart and a great kid and will do great things some day. Premature_gray and others should remember that scholarship awards have other uses and those awarding them have various agendas. The most money doesn't always go to the best students.</p>
<p>I got in the Honors College and recieved a $10,000/year tuition scholarship. It's not enough for me to go all the way to Pittsburgh. I'd still be paying about $23,000 (including room/board/books/etc.. I'm OOS.) I'd much rather go to UCLA and get a much better education and weather for the same price.</p>
<p>Stats: 2210 SAT, 770/740/700 SATII, 4.2 gpa (w), NMFinalist, many activities w/ leadership.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got in with a 2180 SAT (710/680/790) and a mere 3.20/4.12 GPA (+ a $2,000 scholarship). HOWEVER, my school doesn't rank...believe me when I tell you I'm NOT in the top 5%...</p>
<p>here are some stats from last year's bunch.</p>
<p>Wow, Iceboxx, I'm surprised you didn't get a full-tuition scholarship with those stats!</p>
<p>IceBoxx, I received the same $10,000/yr scholarship and have similar stats.</p>
<p>2180 SAT, 790/780/690 SAT II, 4.47 gpa (w), NMFinalist and tons of extra-curriculars.</p>
<p>I was hoping to at least get nominated for the Chancellor's Scholarship but when I e-mailed about that I was told:</p>
<p>"From a pool of nearly 2000 scholarship recipients, roughly 800 students are nominated to compete for the Chancellors Scholarship. Those students receiving a nomination typically rank in the top 4% of their high school class, have SAT scores in excess of 1500, and are involved in a myriad of extracurricular activities."</p>
<p>My SAT score (w/o writing) was only 1420 because of my darn math score. So about 40% were nominated -- a good portion but still not a majority -- so I guess I can't feel too bad.</p>
<p>Anyways, Iceboxx, best of luck at UCLA. UCSD would have been cheaper for me but I really wanted to go OOS for college and just fell in love with Pitt. The cost is still do-able for my family thanks to a few outside scholarships.</p>
<p>Well just here to add.....
34 + 1540/2280 + 800/790/790, 4.0 UW/4.4W, 16 AP, NMF landed me full tuition + 4k/year + invitation for chancellor.
Pitts would have saved me a lot of $$$.</p>
<p>Pitt did not consider the writing score for the SAT's for the 2008 academic year applicants. The merit scholarships started at about the 1350 SAT level this year. With that SAT score and commensurate GPA, timely applicants would receive a $2,000 (in-state) and a $10,000 (OOS) scholarship. Starting at the 1450 SAT level, the full-tuition scholarships began, at least for the in-state folks (not sure about OOS). Since Pitt has rolling admissions, earlier applicants stood a slightly better chance of getting scholarships as well. I'm not sure what triggered the nomination for the Chancellor's scholarships - I thought all the scholarship recipients received nominations to apply.</p>
<p>Certain departmental scholarships also kicked in. Most engineering admittees also got some money this year.</p>