@carachel2 - Thanks. I hadn’t seen the 1480 threshold. Bon voyage!
@carachel2 =)) still laughing at the Santa Claus comment. I think you nailed it exactly. It was weird reading this page last year- merit awards seemed so different than the year before when my son applied.
My son received $20,000 scholarship- no chancellor’s invite. OOS, rank #1 of 500, 34 ACT, 4.0 gpa (unweighted), 9 AP’s. Applied 10/5, accepted 10/16, scholarship letter dated 11/17.
@carachel2 , I LOL’d at the Santa comment too. :))
Still waiting over here on any potential merit award for an in-state, high stats kid. But not getting hopes up bc essays weren’t good (didn’t know merit was based on them and she was in a hurry to get the app submitted). I’ll update if/when we hear from them. Applied around 10/30; Initial acceptance came a little over a week ago with notification of Honors College acceptance and stated that she would be considered for Merit.
Unfortunately, I think many of us are in for an extended wait with the Thanksgiving break upon us (especially if the merit committee meets on Fridays).
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 
@carachel2 - Thanks. I hadn’t seen the 1480 threshold. Bon voyage!
My D heard around Dec 4 three years ago, so the merit committee gets back in the saddle son after TG it seems.
Classes start back up on Monday.
Good luck everyone!
Applied 11/5, accepted letter monday, merit soon maybe?
@Zingerdad my acceptance letter did not say i would be considered, yet i received 20K. Hoping you receive good news!
My DD received 20K No chancellor’s invite. OOS. Applied 10/18, accepted 10/27, scholarship letter dated 11/10
Congrats. Your DD’s stats please. If you can share. Thanks
D just received her letter $15K per year with Chancellor’s invite. OOS, 1540, 9 APs, 3.8 UW.
I’m annoyed with myself for being disappointed - but $15K per year won’t get her to the COA that we need. She will complete the Chancellor’s app, but we know that’s a super long shot.
@GertrudeMcFuzz Congratulations! My D just received her letter too…$15k per year, no Chancellor’s invite. I’m feeling the same…a little disappointed, even though 15k is nothing to sneeze at. 20k would have put it at what we can definitely afford, so we’re sitting on this until we hear from other schools. This is our first one in, and I know she’ll have more options. She had a 1450 SAT, a 34 ACT, OOS, 93/100 average, so very similar stats, although her school doesn’t offer many APs and she’s taken what she can fit in her schedule. All her classes are at the honors level though.
@GertrudeMcFuzz , I am sorry that the award wasn’t what you had hoped. 
I totally understand it. It’s not that you are ungrateful - you are just being a realist with regards to your personal situation (I get it). OOS tuition is expensive. I’ll be rooting for your D for Chancellors and congratulations on the honor of being nominated!
Thanks guys - yes, this essentially means she can’t attend Pitt unless she nabs the Chancellor’s. Sigh. It’s OK, she has some other really great options, but I think Pitt was her favorite though she didn’t necessarily say that out loud…
34 ACT = 15K per year is very consistent with what was given out last year so none of those are surprising at all.
It’s the 34 ACT full tuition or $20K/year awards that are so shocking compared to last year. Super higher ranking or valedictorian might be likely what is pushing those awards to higher $$?
Got my merit letter today. 20,000/yr.
1540 SAT (1550 super scored), top 2-3% in grade, 5.91 GPA (school calculates GPA weirdly)
A little disappointed because I love Pitt but compared to all the other offers I have received it seems at the moment improbable for me to go next year.
Still, I’m grateful that I was accepted!
Everyone who has received merit - remember that if you receive a merit offer from another comparable school which gives a lower net COA - they will reconsider their merit offer. It may not change but for my dd they did increase the merit aid.
https://oafa.pitt.edu/financialaid/academic-scholarships/cost-analysis/
This describes the process
If I receive a better offer from an in state school, do you think they will reconsider their aid?
They might or they might not, read the link in my above post, it describes the process pretty well.
They are looking at net cost, not merit amount from other school.