Pittsburgh 2011 Forum

kk19131 · Post by **kk19131** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:54 pm

Did anyone get a confirmation on the free hotel room yet?

HOPEFORCHANGE · Post by **HOPEFORCHANGE** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:34 pm

Someone said they got some confirmation about a free hotel room several pages back.

As for the people saying they want to go, but need positive news - same here! I want to go! Also, guess what, Pitt? I don't need a hotel room, so you don't need to give me a voucher....I can just drive there in twenty minutes!

miazdc · Post by **miazdc** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:18 am

kk19131 wrote:Did anyone get a confirmation on the free hotel room yet?

Yes, today I got an email saying they'd pay for my hotel on Thursday night.

bport hopeful · Post by **bport hopeful** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:34 am

Me and Pitt, we are not on good terms.

HOPEFORCHANGE · Post by **HOPEFORCHANGE** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:16 am

Hey, we either hear something today (Thursday) or won't until next week. The university is closed on Friday and it is Pitt's spring break right now. I don't know if admissions is working or not.

HOPEFORCHANGE · Post by **HOPEFORCHANGE** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:17 am

miazdc wrote:
kk19131 wrote:Did anyone get a confirmation on the free hotel room yet?
Yes, today I got an email saying they'd pay for my hotel on Thursday night.

Ok, so they are working

. So, today or not at least until next week!

HOPEFORCHANGE · Post by **HOPEFORCHANGE** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:19 am

bport hopeful wrote:Me and Pitt, we are not on good terms.

And Bport, relax, I suspect that they ran out of funding and can't promise you any scholly until more people withdraw and if they admitted you before (I think March 15th) they'd have to give you a scholarship according to the website. This is not to say they won't, but they probably can't promise it now.

northwood · Post by **northwood** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:32 am

HOPEFORCHANGE wrote:
bport hopeful wrote:Me and Pitt, we are not on good terms.
And Bport, relax, I suspect that they ran out of funding and can't promise you any scholly until more people withdraw and if they admitted you before (I think March 15th) they'd have to give you a scholarship according to the website. This is not to say they won't, but they probably can't promise it now.

THIS- Brockport- I contacted them earlier in the month about this, and that is what they told me. They are out of the scholarship funds ( but only for merit based schollys- not for other kinds which they will look at when putting together the financial aid package)

rs2004 · Post by **rs2004** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:50 pm

ok purchased my flight tickets for pittsburgh. sigh.

gokickrocks · Post by **gokickrocks** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:16 pm

Anyone get an e-mail from an alum? Received an e-mail from someone today that works where I currently live (California) offering to answer questions.

The Gentleman · Post by **The Gentleman** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:17 pm

Withdrew today... Good luck to you all!

jthomas · Post by **jthomas** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:16 pm

The School of Law offers scholarship for academic merit to incoming first year students. There is no application necessary for merit scholarships. Admitted students are automatically considered for merit scholarships on the basis of past academic performance as documented in their admissions materials. Students admitted prior to February 1st earning a high LSAT score of 161 or better and an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) are guaranteed the Dean's Scholarship.

Anyone else notice that this changed from March to February? :-/

bport hopeful · Post by **bport hopeful** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:24 pm

Its been feb 1st for at least a couple months

BarbellDreams · Post by **BarbellDreams** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:30 pm

jthomas wrote:
The School of Law offers scholarship for academic merit to incoming first year students. There is no application necessary for merit scholarships. Admitted students are automatically considered for merit scholarships on the basis of past academic performance as documented in their admissions materials. Students admitted prior to February 1st earning a high LSAT score of 161 or better and an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) are guaranteed the Dean's Scholarship.
Anyone else notice that this changed from March to February? :-/

My girlfriend was accepted in March and still received that scholly. Its not a hard deadline. Her scholly came like a month after her acceptance though so for the longest time she thought it was at sticker.

bport hopeful · Post by **bport hopeful** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:47 pm

I want to go to pitt bad, but at sticker... idk? I dont really see it.

HOPEFORCHANGE · Post by **HOPEFORCHANGE** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:34 pm

jthomas wrote:
The School of Law offers scholarship for academic merit to incoming first year students. There is no application necessary for merit scholarships. Admitted students are automatically considered for merit scholarships on the basis of past academic performance as documented in their admissions materials. Students admitted prior to February 1st earning a high LSAT score of 161 or better and an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) are guaranteed the Dean's Scholarship.
Anyone else notice that this changed from March to February? :-/

Uh...when they changed their website (remember it was different a few months ago?), I SWEAR it said March 15th or something. Maybe some IT guy or something messed it up and they changed it back because the Feb 1st date. It was Feb 1st when I was looking at it six months ago and then I noticed they changed their website and thought, "wow, they changed when you can get merit scholarships to a later date." Weird.

jthomas · Post by **jthomas** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:37 pm

hmm, well it definitely said March up until a couple weeks ago because my app moved from complete to under review mid-February and I remember checking the site up until March 1 and it still saying March

gin · Post by **gin** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:36 pm

bport hopeful wrote:I want to go to pitt bad, but at sticker... idk? I dont really see it.

What other acceptances have you gotten so far if you don't mind me asking. Sticker does seem bad to me too but compared to the other schools I've gotten into/ I'm waiting for, the only one that kind of competes is Temple, and Pitt would still be cheaper. (I'm not expecting any sort of scholly from either)

northwood · Post by **northwood** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:46 pm

glad to see im not the only one contemplating this....

gin · Post by **gin** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:13 pm

northwood wrote:glad to see im not the only one contemplating this....

Well, I did the math and Pitt would be my second cheapest option

rs2004 · Post by **rs2004** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:19 pm

gin wrote:
northwood wrote:glad to see im not the only one contemplating this....
Well, I did the math and Pitt would be my second cheapest option

what is your first? you are OOS?

LeDique · Post by **LeDique** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:28 pm

I suspect I'll be withdrawing when I get my mail later today. I've been 90% sure on withdrawing, but I just wanted to have a specific other offer in hand first.

gin · Post by **gin** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:34 pm

rs2004 wrote:
gin wrote:
northwood wrote:glad to see im not the only one contemplating this....
Well, I did the math and Pitt would be my second cheapest option
what is your first? you are OOS?

Maine. Even if I had applied to Houston and I could get in, CoA at Maine OOS is only a few thousand higher than at Houston in-state assuming the increase in tuition is proportional everywhere (which it is not). But since TX is facing a massive budget short fall and the only thing the TX gov't is cutting is education, tuition at Houston will sky rocket making in-state probably even higher than Pitt OOS for 1L and in-state for the other 2

rs2004 · Post by **rs2004** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:43 pm

gin wrote:
rs2004 wrote:
gin wrote:
northwood wrote:glad to see im not the only one contemplating this....
Well, I did the math and Pitt would be my second cheapest option
what is your first? you are OOS?
Maine. Even if I had applied to Houston and I could get in, CoA at Maine OOS is only a few thousand higher than at Houston in-state assuming the increase in tuition is proportional everywhere (which it is not). But since TX is facing a massive budget short fall and the only thing the TX gov't is cutting is education, tuition at Houston will sky rocket making in-state probably even higher than Pitt OOS for 1L and in-state for the other 2

right, i think another factor you should look into is what legal market each school can break into. pitt is a regional school, as you probably know from reading this thread, and has access to the legal market in pittsburgh. (and western pa?) i don't know what the legal market is like in maine. in fact, i don't know if you've ever been in maine but i have doubts about employment there and the state economy in general.

northwood · Post by **northwood** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:46 pm

Does pitt have any shot in wny?

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