<p>@bodangles If i were you I will request UPitt for more in April time frame, you are IS, extra 5K will really help.
I am sure some of the Very high stat students might choose some other schools and their Scholarship $$ might come back in the $$ pool to be available for other interested students. No harm in asking since you have great Stats…</p>
<p>@dadfor2014 Thanks for the advice!
@MTnest Thank you!</p>
<p>Did anyone else receive an upgrade to their scholarship? A couple months back I received a 15K per year scholarship but yesterday in the mail i received a letter saying I was awarded a full tuition scholarship and now i am confused</p>
<p>Congrats Warren. check with pitt if you want but you should be fine. Pitt may be getting word that some kids offered full tuition are not going to Pitt so they have some extra money to distribute. That is my best guess. </p>
<p>Because I think that these are somewhat helpful. Full tuition, no Chancellor’s invite (which I’m pretty sure have all already been given out.) I just got my letter today.</p>
<p>Objective
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (690CR, 710M, 720W, 10E), was on transcript but I didn’t officially send
[</em>]ACT (breakdown): 34 (34M, 34S, 33R, 34 without essay, 35 with essay, 12 essay)
[<em>]SAT II (place score in parentheses): didn’t send
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably like 3.96
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/227
[</em>]AP (place score in parentheses): 33444555
[<em>]IB (place score in parentheses): nope
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, APUSH, physics, band (and yes, this is the hardest courseload I could get. That’s all the AP classes I have left to take.)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some NHD stuff, a bunch of local wins, [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective
[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): band (section leader), debate (captain), literary anthology (editor in chief)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: nope
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: nope
[</em>]Summer Activities: nope
[<em>]Essays: It was about diversity, and couldn’t have been too bad if they gave me full tuition.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: Probably good. I haven’t read it.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other
[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): HI
[</em>]School Type: mediocre public
[li]Ethnicity: White and Yellow[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Congrats nhd. R u from Hawaii? </p>
<p>Pitt’s rockin’ that HI thing! Congrats, nhd. Don’t skimp on the winter jacket, hat, scarf, gloves, and boots. Gore-tex is one of the great inventions of humankind. Leave the flip-flops in the closet. </p>
<p>@ctl987 thanks. Yeah, I’m from the state of Hawaii (but not the island of Hawaii. Someone recommended Pitt as a place that gave great merit (albeit I’ve seen that it’s incredibly harsh this year after seeing a lot of these posts.), so I applied. </p>
<p>@jkeil911 Thanks, too. Just to show how much of an naive island kid I am, I’ll admit that I have absolutely no idea what gore tex even is. (Which is probably bad because I applied to just a single school in the warm west, and I’m pretty sure Stanford’s acceptance rate with hit like 0% really soon). </p>
<p>@nhdmaniac Make flannel-lined jeans the linchpin of your winter wardrobe; ask for wool socks for Christmas this year. Learn the joys of layering.</p>
<p>We have had a tough winter in the eastern part of the country this year. Even if next winter is milder, I am sure it will be a shock to you. I remember my freshman year of college, when most of the Californians wept and shivered and whined for six months or so. 
But you will adapt. :-)</p>
<p>Dude, you’ve gotta get off the island more often! :)) </p>
<p>Gore-tex is one of the oldest technologies for making outerwear (yeah, you’re going to have to learn that term, too) wind- and rain-proof. Wet people are cold people most months of the year in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>@ridethewave and @jkeil911 I haven’t heard of flannel-lined jeans, either. This might be a bad situation. It’s like 72 right now and I’m wearing a hoodie and considering wearing socks because my toes are freezing. Augh, withstanding cold weather is not my forte (nor is owning non-cotton clothing, now that I think about it). I went to Maine in November and always had to wear gloves and a super heavy coat when outside. Despite this, I promise that I am ready for a change in scenery and temperature. Perpetual summer is only good for so long (well, at least perpetually dissatisfied me thinks so). I’m sure that no matter where I enroll, I’ll have to get a lot of advice on what to buy.</p>
<p>So when I visited the mainland, I’ve seen a lot of North Face and Patagonia and Columbia gear. Is most of that gore-tex? Also, do flannel-lined jeans get sold in women’s styles? Contrary to the gender of the adorable Seth Meyers, who is my profile picture on CC, I’m actually a female, and I looked through the entire Google Shopping results for “flannel lined jeans women” and the only recognizable brand in there was Eddie Bauer. </p>
<p>Eddie Bauer is a fine brand. Their clothes are exactly what you want; you will be able to get warm pants, fleece, and Gore-Tex outerwear there, as well as really good gloves. Buy your more stylish clothes where you will, but EB is a great place to go for outerwear and cold-weather clothing.</p>
<p>SmartWool sells good wool socks (some cute ones, too). They are expensive, maybe ask for them as gifts.</p>
<p>You can just wait till you get here to buy clothes. Flannel lined jeans are fine, but you can also get some long underwear bottoms to wear with any pants. SmartWool makes very good ones, but even the cotton Duofold brand are fine. Or even just tights under jeans provide another layer.</p>
<p>nhdmaniac, I think Gramicci now makes a flannel-lined jean. I don’t know if it’s made for women cause I don’t have a reason to shop the women’s catalogue. I am not allowed to dress my D and wife. Gramicci is my favorite source for durable, breathable, but still cotton-fabric pants. They dry quickly unlike many cottons because of the different weaves they use. You’re already familiar with quick-dry athletic wear and polartec hoodies and sweaters, probably, but quick-dry socks are a must for those days that call for waterproof hiking boots with grippy lug soles. Merino wool blend is good for this purpose. You want waterproof outerwear like a winter jacket that is rated warm to 0 degrees fahrenheit at least. It can be goosedown insulated, but synthetic fabrics are usually better. All these fabrics that I’m suggesting wick the moisture away from your skin so that you stay warmer and drier even when exerting yourself. I’m dressing you as I would dress my D for the winter and skiing. She won’t wear a hat because of the hair thing so she uses a wide, loose scarf. When it’s snowing as it is today and 19 degrees for a high, or she’s skiing, waterproof snow pants are a must. Get waterproof ski gloves. You’ll thank me next winter. You can wear all this stuff and still look feminine, but it might be a little harder than it is for guys to dress decently and warmly. My first online stop is Sierra Trading Post for remainders and seconds. When I cannot find it there, it’s off to Gramicci or LLBean or Polartec or Orvis or Cabela’s. Again, these are not exclusively guy stores. Good luck.</p>