<p>Parent of admitted student here. Congratulations to your son, midwestDad2. As far as I know, other than applying for the Chancellor’s Scholarship, if he chooses to do so, and applying for the Honors housing(just checked online and, for this past year, the application deadline for Honors housing was 5/11), I don’t think there’s anything that your son needs to do before 5/1. (However, I do understand that if an admitted student is seeking FA, the appropriate form(s) need to be submitted by 3/1…?) If anyone has any corrections or additional information to add to this, I’d like to know, as well.</p>
<p>One issue that concerned me after my D received notice of her acceptance was when to submit the enrollment (and subsequently, the housing) deposit, and I raised this issue in the “Pitt 2014 Decisions” thread. I was concerned about it because many large public universities assign housing in the order that the enrollment/housing deposit are received. This can become a problem when there is a shortage of housing space for incoming Freshmen: One poster, MTnest I think, mentioned that Pitt had to house at least a few hundred first-year students in study lounges this year…? I just wanted to know how early I needed to submit the deposit for D, esp. given that there are still other schools that she’s considering. To resolve the question, I contacted the Pitt admissions office, who then transferred me to the Housing Dept./Panther Central. </p>
<p>According to Panther Central, housing for incoming Pitt students is assigned after 5/1 in order of numbers randomly assigned to each incoming student, **regardless of when their deposit was received,**in a lottery by housing. </p>
<p>So, based upon that info, there appears to be no need to submit an enrollment deposit early to avoid being shut out of housing(and then possibly lose the enrollment deposit should your child ultimately enroll elsewhere).</p>
<p>However, I would caution you, and any other (parents of) prospective students: If you (or your child) is accepted to, and even considering enrolling at, a large public university, you should inquire at the particular school, or the school’s CC forum, about 1) housing availability for incoming students, and 2)the order in which housing is assigned(whether by date of submitted deposit, or date of submitted application, or randomly by lottery, etc.)</p>
<p>Once again, congratulations to your S and sorry for the rambling post. :)</p>