<p>Has anyone received an invitation for the 2012 Chancellor’s Scholarship interview?</p>
<p>Nope, not yet.</p>
<p>Haven’t heard anything yet.</p>
<p>I noticed this thread had disappeared from the front page so I thought I’d bring it back by reporting that we’ve heard nothing yet.</p>
<p>Nothing here.</p>
<p>Still no invitation for an Chancellor Scholarship interview (or rejection for that matter!) Son is nervous since it is the end of January and we’ve heard nothing.</p>
<p>Nothing yet. It’s still “Application process: submitted” on the application website.</p>
<p>Can anyone summarize what the minimum criteria were for getting an invitation to apply? Thanks.</p>
<p>Good question. Three years ago, DD had 4.0 unweighted, 1560 CR/M, varsity athlete in two sports, played oboe, super other extra-curriculars, nice recommendations, blah, blah, blah. No interview invite. </p>
<p>She got acquainted fairly well with Doc Stewart in the 1.5 semesters she had him as a professor, and one of her friends actually said to Doc that she should have gotten the scholarship. He quipped that they did make mistakes. Funny guy, Doc Stewart. One of his treasured possessions was a letter from a young man who had been offered a Chancellor’s, but declined because he had decided that he wanted to follow his passion:carpentry.</p>
<p>@sujormik - I don’t know if anyone knows. Son got invited to apply (and he did) but they didn’t tell him what criteria were used to identify the students who got invited. He has pretty good stats but probably not any better than other invited kids. In our particular case, we are not expecting much. If he gets interview invite, that’s fine. If he doesn’t, that’s fine too. If he gets Chancellor’s, that’s fine. If he doesn’t that’s fine too… While money is important, whether he goes to Pitt or not does not depend on whether he gets Chancellor’s or not.</p>
<p>The consensus in the Pitt forum seems to be that invitation to apply is numbers-driven and that the competition itself is more a holistic evaluation. If there is a “bar” that has to be cleared to get an invitation, I don’t think anyone outside of Pitt knows where it is set. What they do say is that they expected to invite about 400. Of those 400, they estimate about 250 will apply. Of the 250, they expect to invite about 50 for on-campus interviews.</p>
<p>@FromMD…our family’s sentiments exactly. Son likes Pitt, is ecstatic with full tuition but Chancellor’s would be icing on the cake. We are from Washington State, though, so we’re anxious to know one way or another just so we can make travel plans if, indeed, he is invited to interview!</p>
<p>We also felt the same way:full tuition made Pitt easily affordable.</p>
<p>I do wish all those who are waiting the best of luck. Much of the information presented her is based on what the former dean did, so it is impossible to what will happen this year.</p>
<p>I so wanted full tuition, that would be the slam dunk we need. REALLY wanted her to choose Pitt. BUT Right now, all my D’s options are within $5k of each other. What makes Pitt better than Northeastern or Miami or Tulane when they’re all going to cost about the same? Especially since the others are private and not as dependent on state funding.</p>
<p>I’m so much more torn now than I was before. She should’ve gotten the darn full tuition!</p>
<p>@sujormik - I am sorry she didn’t get the full tuition from Pitt. </p>
<p>If we were in your situation, given the bottom line out-of-pocket cost so close to each other, I would take the money out of equation. I know 5k (20k over four years) is not pocket change but, frankly, I don’t think it’s a significant enough discriminator in terms of picking the school. You are clearly not talking 100k-150k difference over four years. Cost being so close, other factors become more significant - what each school offers in the field she wants to study, distance from home, additional cost if she takes another year, private vs. public…etc.,etc… For us, distance is a big factor. Wife wants to keep him within certain distance (can’t let her boy go too far) and I do too but for a different reason than wife. For many, distance is a non-issue so every family is different. I would advise her to think about all of these factors (without $) and see where she wants to go…</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s my two cents. Hope it helps with your (and your D’s) thought process. Again, sorry your D didn’t get the full T. Best wishes.</p>
<p>sujormik- well…weather and geographical location make these four choices fairly different! Check out ease of travel to the various cities. </p>
<p>What does your D intend on majoring in? If she has an idea what she wants to study, I think the academic program is pretty important. You/she should expore the websites to look at academic offerings and requirements for her major. You may also want to look at the amount and types of “General education” credits or distribution requirements she will need, and policies for use of AP credits if she has those. </p>
<p>Is she undecided as to major? Some colleges require a student to be more focused on a major right away, while other programs are more friendly to undecided students. Northeastern has a coop program, so that makes it different- is it a 5 year program?</p>
<p>Sujormik - The other part of the equation that I incorporated last year was typical year-over-year tuition increases - you would think Pitt being dependent on state funding would put up a red flag BUT when you see the rate of tuition increase y/y at UMiami? When you project out 4-5 yrs…makes you think twice. Although Miami offered my ds 24K/yr, it still didn’t make sense when you looked at it that way. Pitt seems to be very cautious with increases because of being a state school. Privates don’t necessarily have to answer to a constituency that large.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the support and excellent advice. And I apologize for hijacking the original thread.</p>
<p>I’d also like to point out that out-of-state tuition increases at a LOWER rate than in-state tuition. This is because OOS students already pay a much higher price than IS students, so Pitt generally increases the IS tuition more to slowly begin match the OOS one.</p>
<p>Over my 4 years at Pitt, I think my tuition has maybe increased by $1k total (from freshman year to now). So, not a HUGE difference.</p>
<p>A while ago I saw a press conference on the budget by PSU’s president. He said that OOS students were already paying the full cost of their education, so they felt that they could not raise their tuition much, therefore In State students would have to bear a greater share of budget cuts. I’m sure the numbers are similar at Pitt.</p>