<p>I’m assuming you are from Michigan since you were working for Dillon. This will definitely be a plus because Pitt likes OOS students and I don’t believe they have a lot from there. The rigor of your curriculum seems to be good, as do your extracurriculars. Obviously, it is the test scores and GPA that are a little worrisome. Your math score falls in the middle 50%, but your critical reading score falls in the bottom 25% of those admitted. Your GPA is also low, and your class rank is in Pitt’s bottom 14%.</p>
<p>I have to be honest, it looks tough right now. However, they do look at every single application, they don’t just have automatic cut-offs pre-screened by test scores. Your CR SAT score isn’t too far away, and you can also look at it as there were a whole quarter of their students who got in with similar scores this past year, so that is definitely >20%. It is the GPA I’d be most worried about to tell you the truth, but if there is any way to increase that SAT to make it more competitive, it would be good to do so (Pitt superscores so you could concentrate on improving the CR). Barring that, apply as early as possible, because with Pitt practicing rolling admissions, it gets harder to get in the later you apply as spots fill up.</p>
<p>There’s no guarantee either way. I certainly believe it is worth a shot to apply. The worst case scenario is that you’d get placed in one of Pitt’s three regional campuses, and the advantages and disadvantages of that can be talked about later, but you can move to the Pittsburgh campus from those, they are all ranked by US News and Princeton Review in their particular categories, and diplomas are all the same at Pitt wherever you get it from. But that talk can be saved for later.</p>