FWIW, a few years ago my son was asked for mid year grades. At our high school they come out in late January. As soon as he got them, he updated the SRAR. About a week later he was accepted. I’m guessing (no inside knowledge here) that the admissions office is alerted somehow when the SRARs are updated since he didn’t do anything else to notify them. Our high school automatically sends midyear grades to everywhere that initial transcripts were sent but I know there is a lag in that and he was accepted so quickly that it had to be from the SRAR.
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Thanks for the response! That helps
Our school counsellor says grades are out end of Jan but schools receive them only in feb. So that would delay the results…
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My daughter finally got her acceptance email yesterday. Applied 10/20. Hope your kiddo has heard, too.
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S24 had an epiphany this morning and just committed to Pitt after weeks of weighing his PSU University Park acceptance. Brother is a '23 Pitt grad, sister is a Pitt sophomore. To say this mama is thrilled is an understatement!
H2P #3!!!
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Do any of you know if you have to commit to Pitt before applying for housing? I’m still waiting to hear back from some more schools before committing but would like to apply early if possible.
Yes you must commit first before applying for housing. IIRC, the housing app doesn’t even come out until the spring. Pitt does not do first come first serve housing so there is no benefit to applying early.
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@me29034 is correct. Pitt’s housing used to be first come, first served, but several years ago (maybe post-Covid), it changed.
There is no housing benefit to committing early or paying a housing deposit now. Take your time, wait for other decisions, and then decide.
It changed prior to that. My oldest graduated high school in 2016, Pitt in 2020 and it wasn’t first come first serve even back then.
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Really? My 2020’s friends committed in September to get priority housing, but maybe they were misinformed,
But…it definitely wasn’t the case when my 2022 committed to Pitt.
I also have a 2016 HS grad, 2020 Pitt grad, and she committed the last week of April. I recall she had to wait at least a few weeks more before she applied for housing - and she got her first choice.
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got in at Dietrich!
Applied: 11/11, Under Review: 11/16, Buttons: 1/3
Info: Early HS grad, good stats, strong essays, strong EC’s
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Daughter OOS accepted to Swanson School of Engineering/Bio Engineering
UW GPA 3.8, 10 AP/IB, 5 Honors
Did not submit ACT
Applied 11/15/23, Accepted 1/3/24
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Question for OOS students/parents who don’t receive enough merit, what make you still consider Pitt as top choice? Before applying, Pitt is S24’s top choice and both of us agree as well. However, getting more decisions back from other schools, we start to have second thought. At first we think Pitt is affordable by looking at past tuition rate. However, look at new tuition rate, it seems a bit pricy comparing to other OOS schools that S24 got admitted. The reason we fell in love with Pitt after visit is the medical resources and school size. Also the city size of Pittsburgh is just right. You get to enjoy the convenience of city while not too overwhelmed by all the urban issues from a big city like NYC. However, are these reasons worth extra 20k per year comparing our in state flagship Rutgers or other schools that give him generous merits?
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What is the most merit they give to OOS? Does anyone know?
20K a year is max for OOS and it’s rare. I also heard that only 17% students will get merits from Pitt.
Honestly no, and I am a Pitt lover, but my kids are PA in-state and received merit.
I felt the same way about William and Mary, who tried hard to recruit my S19. There was no way we were paying $65K+ OOS. It made zero sense. If it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.
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Are you sure? That’s all?
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Is your student premed? Is that why you mentioned “medical resources?” If so, I would be really thoughtful in this decision. That $20K/year/$80K total could be really helpful to some kids.