<p>congrats to all! </p>
<p>10k scholarship arrived. Very happy to see it…until a friend who got the same amount a few years ago reminded me that it will NOT go up each year, though tuition and room and board, etc. will keep going up. So, as an OOS student with 10k merit and likely no financial aid, it would be over $27806.00 (based on 2013-14 tuition, mandatory fees and room and board on Pitt’s website) per year for Pitt with that amount rising every single year. We will see, but a national finalist full tuition scholarship at a comparable private college or my State Univ. may win out for purely practical reasons. I am really, really hoping to get through college without loans!
Anyone care to share their room and board cost per year having moved off campus??</p>
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<p>Depends on where you live. For me, I was in a 2BR/1Bath place about 5 minutes from campus in North Oakland. Rent was utilities included except cable and total came to $700/month for me and my roommate each. Spent about $40 a week on groceries so per month was about $850 (rounding) for room&board. Per semester (if you roughly estimate 4 months a semester) this is $3400. However, other people will have a much cheaper rent if they live farther away, with more people, or in older buildings/apartments. It can get as low as $500-ish per month before utilities and food.</p>
<p>My daughter (4th year @ Pitt) moved off campus this year. She’s also in North Oakland - on the shuttle and quick walk to campus. She has her own apartment - living room + bedroom and rent was $700 plus utilities. One of her friends is around the corner and sharing a small apartment with another girl - she’s paying $350 plus utilities. Congrats on the scholarship.</p>
<p>what were the stats of those who received 10k?</p>
<p>^^ @trackie34</p>
<p>Sons Stats are following;</p>
<p>GPA 4.0/4.0 UW, 4.89 Weighted
ACT 34
SAT Subject MATH2:790
SAT : N/A
Rank 1/589
13APs, 8 APs Exams already taken mostly 5s, 4s
Strong Teacher Recommendations Few ECs.</p>
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D was
GPA 3.8/4.55
SAT 1490/2260
Rank unknown
7 APs (one 4, rest 5), 2 IBs (6)
tons of ECs</p>
<p>Hey, dadfor2014, you cannot expect much more of your boy, nor I of my D. Congratulations on his success! Going into this gambit you could not have convinced me that your son would not see at least 15K or full tuition. Your son could be at Vandy. Amazingly competitive this year. </p>
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<p>I am sure UPitt this year got lot of amazing high Stat Students and its not easy to give Full Tuition or even Half to every bright kid. Congratulations to all who get in to Pitt and also get a good Merit $$. We have many Options and some of them looking very promising at the moment to get in with more then Full Tuition which includes Merit and FA. Son is very comfortable now with all the response he is getting with these great Schools and actually ask me if he can start preparing for MCAT in coming Summer. 
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<p>These kids have a passion to Study and I am sure they will get into best Schools of their Choice. </p>
<p>@jkeil911 @dadfor2014 Both of your kids have excellent stats and are obviously wonderful students. It’s so hard to tell where our kids will gain admission and where they will get the large merit awards. Wishing your daughter and son all the best. I’m sure they will have many terrific offers to choose from. </p>
<p>@GraniteStateMom Thanks… I am sure they will.</p>
<p>@dadfor2014 - I am surprised Pitt offered your S only 10k with stats like that. Do you have any idea on why? Can you tell us your S’s ACT subscores? </p>
<p>Pitt is on the radar for class of 15 D. When my S2 applied two years ago, he was offered FT along with Chancellors interview invitation with stats less impressive than your S (except ACT maybe). I am trying to figure out how things have changed since two years ago. </p>
<p>You have an impressive young man. Good luck to him as he moves forward. </p>
<p>Dadfor2014 my D15 has similar stats as your son and I was hoping for at least $15,000. Did your son apply late in the process? I do not understand why he only received $10,000 with stats like that. Has UPitt really gotten so competitive over the last 2 years? What is his major ( sorry if this was already stated). </p>
<p>Good luck to your son. He will have plenty of excellent opportunities. </p>
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<p>1.) Pitt keeps receiving less and less state funding = less scholarship money overall (this has been stated by the scholarship committee at some point IIRC)
2.) The quality of a Pitt education keeps rising (rankings increase, professors and classes are getting better, research is phenomenal/more funding, etc.)
3.) People talk. Kids tell other kids to come here for school/atmosphere/money/etc which means more kids of higher quality apply. A higher overall applicant pool is gonna make it harder for everyone to get in and get money.</p>
<p>@FromMD-- my DS also received Full tuition two years ago and I think he would be lucky to get $10k this year. Feeling very blessed! </p>
<p>For the discussion on living off campus- My DS is moving off campus next year, a ways away but a block from the shuttle route. He’s renting a 6 BR with 5 other guys and their rent alone will only be $370 each, but of course, you have to add in utilities and the fact that the lease runs from August to August. </p>
<p>@Awesome - thanks. I know you may not remember this but you used to answer my qs all the time. Hope your grad school is coming along well. </p>
<p>TitanMom - thank you as well. It’s clear I will have to adjust my merit scholarship expectation from Pitt for D15. Things are changing too fast!! </p>
<p>@FromMD Sons ACT sub scores are ( M36, S36, R33, E30 ) = 34
SAT2 MATH 2 = 790</p>
<p>@twogirls Son got the special request from UPitt to apply with no fees, its not through Common app. He applied within the deadlines. He also got the offer to apply for GPA (Med program) He decided not to apply for that since he think its too competitive to get into that program. He is in Arts and Science School Honors Program with pre-med track.</p>
<p>I personally think that UPitt has less $$ this year as compare to previous Years and have better stats students.</p>
<p>He applied in 16 Schools and his Top 3 choices are Harvard, Duke and WUSTL. WUSTL looking very promising at the moment with Financial and admission. He already got accepted in 5 Schools with 2 Schools offering him FULL + Tuition. I am sure he will make the wise choice on May 1st to balance the Academic and Cost of Attendance ( COA ). </p>
<p>Thanks dadfor2014 for the update. My D is a junior. How did your son get a special request to apply with no fees? I am confused as to what that means. Did you send in test scores first and then he heard about it? </p>
<p>Congrats once again to your son!</p>
<p>@twogirls We got some mail in late August from UPitt (Pitt Prestige Application) that they want us to apply and they will waived the application Fees and the Teacher letters. We never send any scores to them and never talk to them before. . Same thing happened to us with at least 5 other schools. </p>
<p>Ok I understand now thank you. Good luck to your son!! </p>
<p>I thought I might get more than 10k because a friend got 10k 2 years ago and my stats are higher.
I live in the south, and have the geographic diversity.
I applied for no fee and was given a visit to Pitt for which I was reimbursed!
HOWEVER, the stats this year are really, really impressive.</p>
<p>Still, I got a lot more from several other schools, a couple of which are higher ranked. Pitt probably is off the table for me now. I thought it might be one I would get the most from. You just never know. Glad I applied to several!</p>
<p>Congrats to all who can make it work with 10k
Very happy for the 15k people
Really impressed by those who got full-tuition!
And don’t give up if you are still waiting. I applied and got in in AUGUST and just got the scholarship!</p>