Pitt as Safety/Match/Reach for my D

AmyBeth68
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:03:11 +0000

My daugher has Pitt as her current #1 choice; surprisingly, this happened after visiting (her other schools are Boston U, Northeastern, Rutgers, UDel, BMC). Hoping for some serious merit aid from any/all. If you haven’t visited yet and are able to get there, it’s definitely worth the trip. The college impressed us immensely all around. Best campus tour of the 16 or so we did in the past year, great urban campus, wonderful meeting with a professor etc. I think it would really help to show interest and let your daughter see the surrounding area. I’ll be honest, it seems that every year Pitt becomes more competitive in both admissions and merit aid (we are OOS). I would think with a 33/34 and excellent stats overall your D should be easily accepted and awarded some form of merit aid…but I’m not sure anything is guaranteed anymore reviewing last year’s posts. I’d say it’s a definite match in terms of admission, but I can’t really say for merit anymore. I am hoping and crossing fingers and toes that my D is able to get some $$ from Pitt. I think Honors program is accessable to all based on what I know, there isn’t an admission process like other colleges (Penn,South Carolina, Delaware etc). FYI my daughter has almost identical stats to your D…ACT, GPA, ECs even down to the music/sports haha :). Anyway, I’m definitely not a Pitt expert but have spent a lot of time researching. Best of luck to your daughter!