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D24 OOS Dietrich accepted into Honors (which is definitely a relief as their intended major is only available through Frederick).
You wrote the essay and everything?
If you haven’t gotten any kind of response, are you sure that they have all the materials they need for a decision? For instance, if you indicated that you were submitting test scores, did you send an official score report from the College Board or ACT? Or was the SSAR somehow not connected to your application?
I would reach out to your area admissions officer ASAP to see if there is anything missing.
Given that you haven’t received any decision yet, I wouldn’t expect that honors consideration is still possible, but that’s not a definitive answer…only one person’s understanding.
Thank you for the advice. Have submitted scores and the essay. I even made him show me the application on Common App to make sure he’d done his part! Will reach out.
Kid rejected from honors. Actually, kind of a relief because had he received admission he may have wanted to attend (Swanson). We are OOS and did not receive merit $ so it actually puts Pitt at the bottom of the list. Too bad, seems like a good school but imo not worth full pay OOS tuition.
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:-). Same here. No Honors and no merit. Not worth the high OOS cost. It was one of the first admits and a great location/school but since that admit, other schools have come in, some with merit, so Pitt is unfortunately getting pushed to the bottom of the list. Need 10-15K in merit to make it work.
OOS DS got honors, but with 10K merit per year, the OOS cost is well above our in state cost (NY-Binghamton). I’d like him to still attend the admitted students day because if his program (Urban Studies) feels stronger, or speaks to him, it might be worth it and we could try to swing it. He did not get honors at Binghamton, but got First Year Research. He also got honors at UMass at 16K merit per year, making UMass still more expensive than Binghamton, but less than Pitt, so Pitt is the most expensive. He visited UMass and liked the tour and his department/program but didn’t like it enough to pay the extra (his words, not mine). Honors dorm is a big draw to my kid, who feels like that’s where he’d find his people the most easily. He’s a National Merit Finalist, has close to a 4.0 unweighted, lots of rigor/APs, some local and regional awards for science research, good activities with depth and leadership, perhaps a little light on community service. We shall see…
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OOS DD accepted into honors - School of Nursing. Unfortunately, it does not appear that she received any merit there which makes it unaffordable. I love Pittsburgh (lived there 20 years ago) and was really hoping this would work out… but alas. Best of luck to everyone else!!!
Pennsylvania schools are among the highest public colleges for in-state tuition in the country. It’s frustrating looking at states such as Florida, Georgia and Virginia and seeing how much us PA residents shell out even for in-state tuition.
Good luck on the journey, your D sounds like she has a couple of good options.
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It’s interesting. Someone will always point out that Pitt/PSU are only state-related. True. But that observation means that Pennsylvania really has no true state flagship. Nothing wrong with Clarion or IUP. But the difference was always that they don’t offer, say engineering. But I just found out that Slippery Rock DOES have civil and mechanical now. And apparently IUP is adding a med school.
They aren’t University of Michigan. But whatever. If I could send my kid there for 5k a year or whatever… hello Slippery Rock.
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We are in the same boat. But I guess that’s how all of this works out in the end.
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My son didn’t make it to honor either. I guess going Test Optional is harder to compete for honor college. However, my son likes Pitt enough to still leave it on his list even no merit received. Wondering how good the advising there at Pitt especially for healthcare pathway. We heard our in state flagship Rutgers doesn’t have good advising and often let students to figure things out by themselves.
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I’m sorry to say that advising is one of Pitt’s weak points. It’s really hit or miss. My daughter had a terrible advisor to start before she declared her major. In fact she declared her major early just to get someone else. My son’s advisor was much better but still not great. The students themselves really need to pay attention to their major requirements and gen eds to make sure everything is covered, but it’s really not that difficult to do. Neither of my kids was premed so I can’t speak to that.
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Thanks. So it’s probably common for public universities here. We have been to few private universities tour and were impressed by advising and resources they can offer. Not only courses selection but also looking for internship, necessary shadowing opportunities or connections.
Yup Pitt advising is defintely weak. My S19 (pre-med) and currently D22 basically showed/show up to their advisement appointments with their schedule already planned out, which I have helped them with. My S19 is extremely independent and he still had so many bumps in advising, including bad advice from his freshman advisor which resulted in him to take summer classes. She also left the advisement department without even telling him! After that I stepped in and we do it together. Some departments may be better than others but their advising experience has not been postiive. Also S19 is in the medical school process and Pitt does not have a committee for references. You have to hunt down your individual professors for them. S19 graduated with a 4.0 and good relationships with his profs but it’s been a headache getting them to respond to emails for the reference. A medical school committee would be soo much better.
My husband and I both went to Rutgers. Advising is non-existent there. That is the way they handle everything, from class selection to financial aid—figure it out yourself and just be happy we let you in. You have to have a certain level of independence to succeed there… and if you don’t, you’ll develop one after a rude awakening.
Oh that made me worried. I thought Pitt has great healthcare resources and at least should have good advising on it. I have been planning courses for my son during his high school. I am hoping that I can step out when he is in college. It doesn’t look like I can let go if he chooses to go Pitt or Rutgers.
My daughter is in CBA at Pitt and has great advising, but it sounds like that’s the exception and not the rule.
Her close high school friend is in a pre-health major and her advising is not great but solid…but she is also a super proactive kid who makes sure to seek out what she needs and to double check the answers.