Merit Scholarship at Pitt, Can I Negotiate it up?

mom2collegekids
Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:56:40 +0000

The problem is this…you already know that your parents won’t let you go unless you get a full tuition award.

You have $10k. The OOS tuition amount is probably around $28kish?? Anyway…the chances that Pitt would increase a $10k award to full tuition is very unlikely…and anything less won’t be worth THEIR time or yours.

There’s no point in having them jump thru hoops to give you - say - $5k more…if you’re then going to say, “no thanks, going elsewhere.”

Since it’s full tuition or bust…either ask for full tuition and say that YOU WILL enroll if you get it (and MEAN IT!!!)…or don’t bother. Don’t waste anyone’s time…including your own.