<p>Applied in the summer but transcripts not sent until late Sept. Accepted mid October, full tuition scholarship offer early Nov. School of A&S, OOS student, top 5% and 2300 SAT. Pitt encouraged early apps for scholarship consideration. It seems to be mostly by-the-numbers at this level. Sorry but I don’t know about cut-off dates for essay submissions. You should call and ask them.</p>