<p>I applied for the pharmacy conditional program where if you keep a 3.25 GPA you get automatically accepted to Pharmacy School after 2 Pre-Pharmacy years. So my question is how much merit aid, if any, will I get? Say I get 5,000 dollars a year can I apply that money to my 4 years in Pharmacy School or just my 2 under grad years?
Oh, and I am In state
4.0 GPA (Un-weighted)
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317 Hours of Community Service -- 200 of which were in a hospital
4 AP's, 5 honors classes, the rest of my classes are accelerated
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2 recs one from AP World teacher and one Accelerated Physics teacher
Attended Pitt's "Explore Rx" pharmacy camp</p>
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<li> Any Pitt undergrad scholarship money you get will be paid out over your first four years at Pitt. Pitt classifies the first two years of pharmacy to be at the undergrad level.</li>
<li> I’m not sure that you will receive merit money. You’re on the ragged edge with your stats. Be sure to apply EARLY. You will likely be offered acceptance into the Honors college.</li>
<li> Yes admission to pharm is pretty automatic, but you do need to maintain your GPA. You also will need to interview and I now believe you will have to take the PCAT. Just make sure you don’t miss any of the required steps on the way.</li>
<li> Good luck!</li>
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<p>I think you will get aid, just don’t count on it being a lot. My stats were better than yours when I applied 3 years ago and I only got $10k/year instead of full tuition. I would definitely apply EARLY if merit aid is a big deal for you. Your GPA and SAT make you eligible for Honors College, which is where most merit aid comes from, so that’s good.</p>
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<p>Please don’t put that on your resume/college application you send in. Being able to use PowerPoint and Excel is a given at the college level. You just kind of look silly putting that next to all your other activities.</p>
<p>also, what is the odds of a freshmen getting housing in tower c. As a pharm major could I live there not only the first 2 years in pre-pharm but also my first two years in pharmacy school. Because I thought that housing is only for undergrads and once I hit my third year wouldn’t I be a grad student then?</p>
Three years ago, my in-state D1 received a $2K scholarship with a 1430/2150 SAT, 4.0UW/4.6W GPA, 7 AP’s (AP Scholar with Distinction as well), 12 honors classes and all the EC’s. (By the way, the $2K in-state is the equivalent to the scholarship of $10K for OOS) She was a conditional pharmacy admittee and is now in her P2 year at the School of Pharmacy. Since then, from observations primarily on CC, the threshhold for merit aid has been creeping upward. That’s why I said that you are on the ragged edge for merit aid. I’m not trying to belittle your excellent academic statistics. Pitt is making a deliberate effort to increase SAT averages and increase their OOS student population and (again, mostly from reading CC posts) it also appears that OOS students have a better chance at merit aid then IS students.
Pitt considers your first two years of pharmacy school (years P1 & P2) to be at the undergrad level. Accordingly, if you have the three year housing guarantee, you are guaranteed housing on campus for your first three years, whether you are in the Pharmacy school or still in “undergrad.” (D1 was in campus housing for her first three years.)
I believe that housing is allocated on a lottery system, so your chances of getting and staying in a room in Towers C is somewhat dependent on what your lottery number is. I’m not sure if that’s considered a SLO or not. Sometimes that has an effect on your housing choices as well. Usually SLO members get early selection of housing.</p>
<p>Once you get accepted/really want to go, send in your housing deposit ASAP. You should eventually get a form in May for housing if I remember correctly, say Tower C is your first choice and send that back right away too. Tower C is actually all freshman now, so lottery doesn’t really play a role, just sending in stuff as early as possible.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t count on much merit money if you are in-state. A few years ago, my son got a few thousand dollars for being at the top of his hs class, great test scores and tons of accolades. The big scholarships went to oos students.</p>
<p>In-state tuition is considered to be already discounted (by the Commonwealth), so in-state awards are seldom as big. However, I believe Pitt does recruit under-represented geographic areas.</p>
<p>Justino,
My son received Full Tuition and conditional admission to Pharmacy this year. He is planning to complete his pre-pharm in one year instead of two, riding on his many AP records.
He can use FT scholarship up to Pharmacy Year 2, we were told. P3 and P4 are considered graduate level, thus college scholarship does not apply. He would forfeit one year of scholarship as such.
Please be sure to apply EARLY. My s received scholarship and conditional admit back in November 2010. BTW, we’re OOS.
Good luck.</p>
<p>What were your son’s stats? My daughter applied last week and is hoping for something similar! We haven’t heard anything yet - not even acknowledgment of application materials yet.</p>
<p>MaureenK,
His admission letter, with conditional admit to Pharm, was mailed on 10/12. Scholarship letter mailed on 11/9. I understand it’s hard not to be anxious this time of the year, but it’s probably too early judging from our experience.
Stats follows:
Straight A, with the most rigorous course selection possible in top-tier public HS in the state, weighed GPA 4.72. Took Multi-Variate Calculus course at local college.
Nation Merit Finalist.
ACT: 35/35/32
SAT: 690/760/700
SATII: Bio 780, Chem 790, Math II 800
AP: 5 at Art Hist, Bio, Chem, Calc BC, Spanish, Eng Lang & Comp, US Gov, Stats; 4 Phys Mech; 3 Phys E&M</p>