<p>I found out that University of Pittsburg doesnt have a specific deadline for application. I still need to take my ACT on september and october and i was wondering if its too late to turn in my application late november. Unless i can submit my application without ACT scores (turn ACT scores separately). Im from CA</p>
<p>Pitt will not evaluated an application until both test scores and a transcript have been submitted. If you have really good scores and GPA, November may not be too late, but Pitt is getting increasingly competitive. Good Luck</p>
<p>Be sure to spell Pittsburgh correctly on your application! Good luck. Pitt is a great school.</p>
<p>It’s not too late in November at all. My friend applied in early December and still got in within 2-3 weeks. How strong are your GPA and course rigor?</p>
<p>My son2 applied in late oct/early nov, after he got back his oct sat2 score, and was accepted about 3 weeks later. However, I think for merit aid, it’s best to apply by late sept/early oct., which my son1 did, and he received their best merit aid.</p>
<p>@Chelsey123 i’m an upcoming senior and my unweighted gpa is a 3.62 while my weighted gpa is a 4.03.
sophomore year, i took 1 ap and 1 honor, junior year i took 3 ap and 2 honor, and for senior year i’m taking 4 ap. i have about 200 community service hours, been a club treasure and vp, tutor kids( 3 years), track and field (1 year), dance(3 years), link crew (2 years), and i volunteer at the animal care facility </p>
<p>also i’ll be graduating in white (csf for 3 years) and im in NHS</p>
<p>You should be fine applying late. You’re GPA and course rigor seem great for Pitt. Don’t worry about it, my friend had less impressive credentials and she still got accepted in late December.</p>
<p>THANKYOU SO MUCH @Chelsey123 </p>
<p>You’re welcome! Having taken 8 AP classes with a solid GPA will definitely help you in the admissions review.</p>
<p>For schools with rolling admission like Pitt, apply as early as you can, and you can hear from the school soon.</p>
<p>just to throw in my 2 bits. Yes, November is fine. if you are hoping for merit aid, last year’s merit aid deadline was Jan 15th and it is very important to have EVERYTHING in by that deadline that you want considered. This means your updated test scores, if applicable. My kid applied in Sept and that did not help his merit aid chances at all(he was right on bubble for merit aid though).So i can, at least for us, debunk the apply early for merit aid theory. The impression I had from Pitt from some e-mails regarding merit aid was that if you applied in Sept or Dec, the later app would still work for merit aid but do not miss the Jan 15 deadline under any circumstances. i seem to remember some last minute kids applying(say for example Jan 10th) and still getting great merit aid but they had stellar stats. the impression with my kid is they kept his app in the scholarship pool til the very end to see how many kids with better stats and stronger applications applied. again, my impression, not gospel, but he did go through process last year so it’s recent info i’m giving. I can also add he took the Oct 2013 ACT and Pitt was more than happy and willing to forward his ACT test score to the scholarship committee (even though he had already been admitted to pitt). When he applied in September, he used his SAT scores. and also, Pitt was great to work with through the whole process with a very responsive and helpful admissions office for any questions he or i had. </p>
<p>@ctl987
Do you know if Pitt primarily looks at the ACT English and ACT Math more so than ACT Reading and ACT Science? I’m trying to figure how Pitt goes about taking the best scores between SAT and ACT. I know they would take your best score between SAT and ACT Math. </p>
<p>But then do they take the best score between SAT Critical Reading and ACT English? Or do they take the best score between SAT Critical Reading and ACT Reading?</p>
<p>thankyou everyone for all the answers and being so helpful!</p>
<p>i will look at e-mail we got from them on superscores. i’m on another computer now so it will probably be tomorrow before i get on computer that has that email. i think for superscores, it’s for the same test. so if you take SAT twice and got 600 CR and 550 M on one test and then a 560 CR and 620M the second time around, per pitt, you have a 600 CR and a 620M. i don’t know if they or anyone crosses the ACT and SAT subtests. they might on a secondary basis but as far as i know, if your ACT “equivalency” score is higher than your SAT, then they use your ACT score for admissions, as in the composite score, not a ACT subtest. I have also heard that schools generally just use the ACT composite score whereas they will delve into the SAT test breakdown more (primarily math and CR at a lot of schools while some schools use the 2400 SAT) I have no idea if the ACT composite rumor is accurate. i can say when i looked at your ACT scores, i looked for and noticed they were all very close to each other, which i saw as consistency and a plus factor. i guess admissions people do that too but again, i am just guessing there and for the ACT, it may just be a very quick look for them to see if something stands out. say for example, a kid had a 26English subtest and a 17 reading, that would strike me as odd, or even a really low math or science score in the mid teens with a 26 English would get my attention and I assume an admisison officer’s attention as well, even if they are primarily focused on the composite score. </p>
<p>@ctl987
Yeah, my ACT score of 25 is equivalent to a 1710 on the SAT. I took the SAT a long time ago and my score was a lot worse because I did terribly on the writing section for some reason. Will this hurt my application in the admissions review at all? I improved on the ACT by getting a 27 on English and a 9 on Writing which is equivalent to a 610. I’m hoping they will just use this score and disregard my SAT Writing, but I’m not sure if that’s how they do it.</p>
<p>chelsea, im not sure they even look at SAT writing at all, So you may be fine depending on your CR and math scores. I’d check their website about which scores they use. I can look at e-mails I have now and see if that answers some of your questions. you might want to retake SAT too. or at least maybe be prepared to register for october SAT (or is it Nov) if needed. if you took SAT a long time ago, theoretically, your score could go up since you’ve had more education since that time. personally, if i were you, i;d wait til i heard from pitt before i paid registration fee for a new SAT though. i sent you some messages about test scores btw. i was concerned that ACT of 25 is on low side for pitt so was not sure what they would do with that. the messages go into more depth. </p>
<p>ok, chelsea this was info we got from pitt on superscoring: We do super score all scores that a student has earned. This means that we will strongly consider the highest score a student has earned regardless of how many times they have taken the SAT/ACT. If your son’s ACT ends up being lower than previous scores we simply will not consider them and stick with the information we have from previous tests… this does not directly answer your question. does pitt’s website offer any more insights? i know i still had lots of questions last year after looking at their website. if i were you, i’d contact Pitt directly, ask them your questions, and see if they would be willing to have someone in the admissions office be your contact person at pitt, mention you are special status too, that way, you’ll have a contact person at pitt while you are waiting plus it will show them you are VERY interested in Pitt if a student is taking this kind of iniative at 17 or 18 years old. we, on CC, are still more than happy to talk to you and be your cheerleading sqaud, encouragers, etc. but an admissions officer at pitt knows a lot more about me about these topics. again, i will gladly share what i learned last year </p>
<p>I just recently found something on Pitt’s website about things they advise to stay competitive in the admissions process that I think explains it:</p>
<p>“Taking the SAT or ACT more than once. We recommend that you test once in the junior year and once early in the senior year. We combine your highest SAT critical reading and/or ACT English and math sub scores from all tests submitted. We also require that you submit a writing score.”</p>
<p>ok, great! keep us posted! </p>