How good/bad is merit aid for OOS students with good stats?

DogsAndMath23
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 15:53:32 +0000

@carachel2 Thank you!

The Pitt NPC seems to be giving me a combination of need based and merit based. It asked for my GPA and test scores, and when I removed my SAT score the money dropped to $0. Doubling my parent’s income also dropped it to $0. Not sure exactly what’s going on there.

All NPC’s have give me no financial aid so far due to my parent’s assets, although they don’t make a ton of money. But Pitt doesn’t ask for much on assets on the NPC so I wonder if they actually don’t consider those? Curious if I could actually get aid from Pitt of all places haha

Thanks for clarifying on Chancellor’s, I meant it that I would hope to be considered, not that I think I’m definitely going to get it or anything.

I did get the impression that it was quite generous but the NPC made me rethink it, that’s very good to know.

By “more selective” I’m talking about schools with a roughly 30% admit rate, not Ivies or anything, but still, yes, definitely a bit of a paradox

I’m working on planning a visit in late November, if I apply then I definitely want to visit, although the visit will be after I submit my application. Not sure what a good place for this would be on my application.

They don’t seem to have any events in California, although I’ll keep an eye out next time I’m at a college fair and check which colleges are visiting my school.