tv4caster, of course, this depends on your family EFC but we were in shock last march when my son qualified for a Pitt need based grant (he too just missed the scholarship boat). to be honest, we expected little to no need based money from pitt. how agrravating on your end to have the great class rank too. is she a national merit scholar which is why she has a full ride to Bama? the 32 ACT sounds close, what is the Englsh math breakdown?