Why didn't I get into the honors college?

esecro12
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:01:03 +0000

Today I got my acceptance letter for the Pitt Swanson Engineering College. All that came in the packet was the letter, a book about engineering, and a fact sheet about engineering branches. My friends who got into Pitt (regular Pitt, not engineering) and got into the honors college said that it said they were in the hc in their letter. However, mine did not say that. I was confident I would get into the hc. I have 1450 combined math and reading SAT (660 reading, 790 math) and 760 on writing (a total of 2210). My gpa (weighted out of 5) is 4.2 and I’m in the top 10% in my class of 460 students (I could be even lower in the percents but my counselor only told me top 10%). I have taken 3 AP classes and all honors in prior years, and this year I am only taking 5 AP classes. The reason my GPA is so low is that I take orchestra, art, photo, and health, which brings it down. Does anyone know why I didn’t get into the honors college or if I am just missing something?