<p>@ amandakayak
Thanks for the feedback
When I talked to the admissions office, they said they had not even started review for scholarships yet (that was over a month ago) and wouldn’t start sending them out til December or later. </p>
<p>I haven’t given up hope but I’m basing my previous comments on an email to my daughter from admissions which was not encouraging: (below)</p>
<p>“Your class rank is outside the range for an invitation to participate in the University Honors College. Typically students are within the top 5% of their high school class. This is also true for merit-based scholarships. Competition for merit-based scholarships is even more competitive within the Swanson School of Engineering.”</p>
<p>Based on that email, I can’t see her getting a merit scholarship unless she gets in the UHC. With 2 in college at the same time, unfortunately, money is part of the deciding factor for OoS. </p>
<p>What’s ironic is that she meets and has been invited to apply to the honors programs at other schools with similar rankings as Pitt, but do not emphasize class rank. They look mainly at test scores and GPA.</p>