<p>Coleman,</p>
<p>The true irony is that the College Data sheet on Admissions for Pitt shows RANK as neither very important, nor important but merely considered for admission: </p>
<p>[University</a> of Pittsburgh Admissions Information - CollegeData College Profile](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=85]University”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=85)</p>
<p>As I’ve said before, RANK was not king in 2010, but things do change and sometimes with out notice just behaviors change. And we as parents move to catch up.</p>
<p>On an odder note, last week D. (accepted into the Nursing School on Sept 24) wrote the Admissions Counselor who recently visited her school about Nursing School financing, scholarships, procedures etc. and she was told (hold onto your hats…) that Scholarship reviews would NOT begin until next year and all recipients would be notified by March 1 if they received any merit aid. Her earlier letter to admissions back in October after she had been accepted said December and January announcements. </p>
<p>What we do know is that it APPEARS as though the process and announcements have greatly changed. By this time last fall, several Pitt applicants had already received scholarship offers. And thusfar… crickets…</p>