<p>I’m afraid that Pitt is very numbers driven when it comes to scholarships. Academic superstars with top end SAT or ACT scores will get very attractive dollars. Quite frankly, higher average scores for incoming classes raise rankings. By the way, Pitt will NOT match ANY private schools’ scholarship offers. In fact, they may or may not even match a scholarship from Penn State. (And trust me, they are in direct competition with PSU for students!) However, you certainly won’t get any consideration if you don’t ask, so it’s worth it to try - you might get a little more. Having specific offers in hand from other public universities gives you the best discussion points.</p>
<p>One more point, certain colleges in Pitt do offer departmental scholarships. For example, for at least the past three years, every incoming engineering student has received a scholarship. I think that nursing students also frequently get departmental scholarships.</p>