<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted! Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 670 CR/ 580 M/590 W (1840 Superscored)
[ *] SAT IIs: none
[ *] GPA: 3.97 W
[ *] Rank: 19/255
[ *] Other stats: Took 5 AP Classes in my high school career (and can get credit for all of them at Pitt :D) and captain of my high school basketball team
[ /list]</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Sent my common app one in about being tall lol
[ *] Teacher Recs: Sent 2. One AP US History teacher and AP Computer Science Teacher. Both good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it but I love my guidance councilor so I bet he wrote me a good one
[ *] Hook (if any): In general: African-American. For Computer Science: African-American and female
[ /list]</p>
<p>[ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Massachusetts
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: African-American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] I’m so excited I got in! It’s my first acceptance letter. (Yes I am lazy and sent all my stuff in during Christmas Break) This is one of my top schools and hope I love it when I visit eventually!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - Swanson School of Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2070
SAT IIs: didn’t take
GPA: 3.67 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: school doesn’t do rank
Other stats: Co-founder of Math Club & Sustainability Alliance. Played 8 varsity sports and also in Student Council.
Subjective:
Essays: sent in two, good quality for both.
Teacher Recs: sent in two, one from my Modern World History teacher (also in charge of student council), one from my Geometry teacher (also in faculty advisor for Math Club)
Counselor Rec: sent in one
Hook (if any): URM
Location/Person: Suburb outside of Philadelphia
State or Country: PA
School Type: private prep high school
Ethnicity: black
Gender: male
Other Factors: volunteer at senior citizens center after school and also worked at a zoo for one summer
General Comments: Semi-safety, but also will be competitive seeing as how much aid I’m offered and also where else I get in. My first acceptance letter though so I’m happy!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences-Pre-Med</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Critical Reading, 750 Math, 780 Writing
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: 800 US History, 750 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/394
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (4), English Lang (4), US History (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Euro, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, Madrigals, Legal Research and Writing/ Senior Project
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I participated in a business competition at UVA last year. My team won third place.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Honor Society, FBLA, Madrigals (leadership)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: various organizations through the academy at my school.
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[ ] Counselor Rec: Good, apparently.
[ ] Additional Rec:Nope.
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ ] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: 200k+
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted WVU, George Mason, UVA EA, Notre Dame EA, deferred W&M, waiting for UNC Chapel Hill EA, Gtown, All 8 Ivies, NYU.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
Applying to Guaranteed Admit Program, but I’d still go without the guarantee. The research opportunities are very enticing.</p>
<p>Decision- Accepted into School of Arts and Science. Computer Science major.</p>
<p>SAT:2030(on sitting) 750W 720M 560R. (2110 superscored)
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.4 UW, 3.6W
Rank: No rank
Other stats: good extracurriculars </p>
<p>Essays: Great, about my 9/11 experience
Teacher Recs: AP Calc teacher and English teacher recs
Counselor Rec:great rec as well
Hook (if any): Nope
State or Country:NJ
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1310/2010
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] GPA: 3.94 UW
[</em>] Rank: School does not rank.
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I sent a good essay about my experiences growing up in Boy Scouts, but how I wish the organization would remove its policy against homosexuals and become more open and accepting, so more people could have the experiences and opportunities it has to offer.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: None
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None
[<em>] Hook (if any): I go to an International Baccalaureate charter school, and took entirely IB courses in HS as a result.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Eastern Pennsylvania, north of Philly in the Lehigh Valley.
[<em>] School Type: IB Public Charter School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I was accepted several months ago but just decided to post this here.</p>
<p>i found out about chancellors today! i got invited to interview. theres a separate chancellors thread going on right now for those looking for more info.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1790
[ *] SAT IIs: didn’t take
[ *] GPA: unweighted 3.81 weighted 4.31
[ *] Rank: 36 of 440
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Sumbitted one about 250 words about my experience as football manager for my high school
[ *] Teacher Recs: sent two
[ *] Counselor Rec: sent one
[ *] Hook (if any): lots of unique extracurriculars
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Maryland
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>You’re average white, smart, middle class, girl. Heard back about three weeks after applying. Haven’t gotten any scholarships from pitt yet, but maybe they’re too come. I doubt it though.</p>
<p>It’s been at least 5 weeks since Pitt received all of my needed application materials and essay, and 4 weeks since they received my teacher’s recommendation letter…I’m getting anxious! How long does it usually take Pitt to respond around this time of year?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - School of Arts & Sciences </p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 30 Composite
GPA: 3.35 UW/4.42 W
Rank: 111/328
Subjective:
Essays: 1 Essay about Collapsed lung
Teacher Recs: 1
Hook (if any):
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Tons of ECs and sports as well as IB</p>
<p>My son applied in November and UPitt wanted his midterm grades. They were sent three weeks ago. Still waiting for a decision. Not sure why there is a hold up?</p>
<p>Hey guys I just recieved mail from upitt saying that I was invited to upitt a a day for admitted students. But the thing is I never recieved a letter saying I got accepted…hmm does this mean I got accepted??!</p>
<p>We were notified today after our midterm grades were sent in on 2/11. Letter dated 2/14 and received by mail 2/21. Our son was wait listed for Swanson but has instead taken an acceptance to Dietrich. He is happy with this as he is undecided on a major. It’s been a long wait!</p>
<p>We were notified today after our midterm grades were sent in on 2/8. Letter dated 2/14 and received by mail 2/22. Our son was wait listed for Swanson but has instead taken an acceptance to Dietrich. He is planning to try and transfer to Swanson after his freshman year.</p>
<p>I applied mid october, was accepted october 27th with honors college and was only today that I received a $10,000 per year scholarship! For stats see page 3! Can’t believe I still got one on the very end of the notification period!</p>
<p>My son got his acceptance into the program he wanted today. No scholarship details was given. He has to decide now and that is more stressful. We applied in November and he had to submit his mid year grades. It certainly was a long wait.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1540/2300 (800CR 740M 760W)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 31 (only took once, can’t remember specifics, sorry!)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Spanish, 750 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/800
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): World Hist (4), Psych (5), Eng Lang (5), U.S. Hist (5), Spanish (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Biology 1005 (college course), AP Art History, AP Literature & Composition, AP European History, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics & Probability
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Achievement Award in Writing, National Achievement Finalist, AP Scholar, Silver Knight nominee (didn’t include this on app)
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity soccer (co-captain), National Honor Society (corresponding secretary), Best Buddies (secretary), Relay for Life team (founder/co-captain), Spanish National Honor Society, wrote for local newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Horses & the Handicapped/Project Stable/HAPPI farm (volunteer @ therapeutic stables for people w/ disabilities), Organizing for America grassroots presidential campaign [/ul] Writing:[ul]
[<em>] Essay:[list] Becoming a vegetarian at age 13, how it made me more open-minded and unafraid to challenge societal conventions.
[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: From my English teacher who has had me for AP Lang last year, and currently has me for AP Lit. I know she’s fond of my writing skills and she nominated me for the NCTE Achievement Award in Writing. It wasn’t bad, I’m guessing?[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: From my Spanish teacher who I had for Spanish 5 Honors and AP Spanish. I was one of only two non-native speakers in the class, and basically his only non-native speaker ever to score a 5 on the AP exam. He also nominated me for a school-wide Spanish award. Likewise, it wasn’t bad, I’m guessing?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know her too well, but we’ve been in correspondence lately about my National Achievement semifinalist status and Silver Knight nomination. I think she likes me, but I’m always nervous when I go visit her, haha.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Sunshine State aka FL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM; I was invited to a diversity program which I attended and for which Pitt reimbursed my fees. [/list]</p>[/li]
<p>I think I was a pretty strong applicant. This was a safety school that I originally didn’t even have on my list, but I’m glad I applied because I received a full tuition scholarship and I’ve learned about some of the great opportunities it offers, especially after visiting! I’m still waiting on decisions from some Ivies and other top schools, but as far as finances, Pitt is the best I’ve received so far :)</p>
<p>SAT: 1210
SAT IIs: did not take
GPA: 3.2
Rank: School does not rank</p>
<p>Essays: none
Teacher Recs: none
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): none
State or Country: Ohio
School Type:Private long-distance learning
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Awards: National Achievement “Outstanding Participant”
Extra-Curriculars: Tennis: played since I was eight named First-Team All-Conference freshman year (I was taken out of regular school after freshman year, and the school wouldn’t let participate in varsity sports)
Experience: I was part of the NIDDK Step-Up program last year and worked over 400 hours in a biomedical research lab. Also volunteer there during the school year for more than 40 hours.</p>
<p>Extra information: I orginally only applied because a Pitt Prestige Application was sent to me by the university. I don’t know why I didn’t consider it before my grandparents live in Pittsburgh, my grandfather went there, my uncle went there my dad almost went to Pitt’s med school and almost did undergrad there to, and conducted research there but opted to go to Ohio State. After learning more about the school my interest in it definitely piqued. </p>
<p>After I initially submitted my Pitt Prestige Application I was given a letter saying they were holding off on an admissions decision until after they saw my mid-year report. They were most likely concerned by the fact that I failed AP Chem my junior year 2nd semester. I am retaking it this year and got a 86% first semester and have a 97% 2nd semester.</p>