Pitt does not offer any special scholarships for NHRP at this time. We do, however, award four (4) “National Merit College Sponsored Scholarships” in the amount of $1,000 each. To be considered for one of these four awards, students must inform National Merit that Pitt is their first choice school. This must be done by March 15 to be considered. The four students who are selected are notified in early may (note, after the May 1st deposit deadline).
Additionally, while we do not automatically award scholarship dollars to National Merit Finalists or NHRP students, we will look at your application holistically when considering you for scholarships, including any academic recognition you have received.
Here is the full description of how our Scholarship Committee reviews applications for merit scholarships (any student who has applied to the University before January 15 will be automatically reviewed for merit scholarships):
"Criteria for scholarship consideration include SAT/ACT results, overall grade point average, class rank (if applicable) and strength of curriculum. Activities outside of the classroom such as leadership positions, athletics, community service, etc. are reviewed but given secondary consideration.
In recent years, scholarship eligible students possessed ALL of the following:
minimum SAT score of 1450 (math and critical reading scores only) or 33 ACT (Math and English subscores average)
overall ‘A’ average
top 5% class rank (if applicable) while participating in challenging high school curriculums consisting of AP/IB/Honors courses
record of excellence in various academic and nonacademic activities outside of the classroom"
Best of luck!
-Pitt Admissions Staffer