Hi Everyone!
I applied to Pitt yesterday 10/10 via Common Application and am submitting the SRAR today. Can anyone offer some insight on what to do now? How do I set up a Pitt Portal account that everyone is talking about where they see the buttons/application status?
@namelessnancy You’ll receive an e-mail from the Technology Help Desk in 2-3 days with instructions. Be sure to check your spam folder. Once you set up your account you can select the Pitt PSMobile tile and then Admissions on the left. Best of luck!
Once your buttons change does that mean you’ve been accepted? Also is it to the main campus or could it be a branch location?
@Jpdonato That seems to be the case from everything I have read on these threads. My daughter’s buttons changed this past Thursday, but we are still awaiting the acceptance e-mail and/or snail mail. According to my understanding, if a branch campus is not listed with the buttons then it’s main campus. Best to you!
@ashley41 Thanks for the info! Do you know what happens once you click accept? Does that lock in your commitment?
I believe you will be asked to verify your decision and then pay the deposit before it’s official.
@ashley41 Thank you!! Is it connected to the SRAR at all? Should I be using the same login information?
Looks like my daughter was accepted!! She logged in for the first time today and sees the Accept/Decline buttons for Dietrich. Kind of anti-climatic since she didn’t get an acceptance email but we will eagerly await it. The decision came about three weeks after she submitted the Common App. OOS (MD), 4.0 UW, 4.6 W, 1420 SAT
Very exciting, it is at the top of her list - she fell in love with the campus when we visited last fall.
@MDmom2021 Congratulations to your daughter!
@namelessnancy Your Pitt login will be separate. The Technology Desk e-mail will include an assigned Applicant Account Username and an Activation Key.
Anyone else still waiting from August? Anyone think it delays consideration if a student is applying to Pitt Honors but does not submit the honors application right away?
@phlped: i think it is more tied to the stats and the college you are applying to. Folks with really high stats are hearing back sooner irrespective of OOS or In-State.
From what I have read the Honors application and merit aid are handled separately by the admission office at a later time. What were your stats?
My daughter got the buttons today. Submitted application on 9/21, complete on 9/24.
OOS, 4.0 UW/ 4.5ish W, no test scores.
She hasn’t cared to check for the buttons so I’m not going to say anything and she’ll get the cute acceptance email in a few days. More fun that way for her.
@vennevka: congratulations to you and your daughter!
Which school did she apply to?
I just paid my daughter $10 to check the portal for the buttons (for those that didn’t read my previous post: bribing her to let me see if the buttons show as she doesn’t want to ruin the email/mail surprise). Hurray the buttons appeared but I had to pretend that nothing changed as I had promised her I won’t let her know.
Applied 9/23, OOS, 3.85 UW/4.3ish W, no test scores, 13 AP courses (mostly 4s and 5s), solid EC and recommendation letters.
@2021YayCollege Sorry, forgot to mention. Dietrich.
Buttons changed tonight 10/13
applied 10/3
OOS
4.5556 W
33 ACT
College of Business Administration
that was QUICK
not telling DS - will glow in surprise when he comes running downstairs the day the email arrives
Buttons changed tonight
Applied 10/4
In-state
GPA 4.76 weighted
1570 SAT
College of Computing
Only took about a week!
Hi there! Does anyone know how to see if your application is complete? I have my Pitt Portal account but it only says “no pending applications at this time”.
Also, @hailtopitt1787 you may be able to help me with this one. I selected “Naviance E-Doc” when submtting my transcript relese form. My school counselor had suggested this as thats the option to select when self reporting. Turns out I don’t think thats correct. So they got my official transcrpt via Naviance E-Doc. Is that a problem?
@namelessnancy that shouldn’t be a problem, as long as we have all the materials we need you should be okay. The main reason we request your SRAR is for faster processing time.
Also, to check if your app is complete go to pi.tt/peoplesoft > click main menu in the upper left-hand corner > select self-service > select admissions > click appliction status
Hope this helps!
-P.M.
Okay great, thank you!!