<p>Yes, I am URM, but I know other URMs just like me who had higher SAT scores and didn’t get anything at all. So to say that race automatically shoved me in the door is not necessarily true. I don’t want to write down my entire resume, but I believe that my ECs, grades, schooling background, and essay earned me the scholarship. If you’d like me to give more details, I will certainly post them.</p>
<p>You’re right bluejay- I am not the norm for full tuition. However, I think CC is very misleading. Most of the members are high-achievers to begin with. So there could be a whole pool of scholarhsip recipients with “lower scores” that we could never know about. </p>
<p>Either way, I’m not trying to mislead anyone. No one truly knows what Pitt is looking for. I’m just trying to say that SAT scores aren’t everything. I always see these posts about “SAT cutoff” and I just want people to know that this is not always true. Good scores do certainly improve your chances, but I don’t want people to think that since they don’t have good scores that they have no chance of getting xyz scholarship.</p>