My status for addition to the group is still pending. I got the email confirming my deposit early last week. Are the admins just really busy with school and I should just be more patient..?
Wow! this should be a lesson to all applicants. The email from the school is an OFFER, to which you must provide an ACCEPTANCE for the contract to come into existence. I am pretty sure many of us are so overwhelmed by finally getting an offer from one school --- though we interviewed at many---that we probably would just wait for stuff they say will follow in subsequent messages. But the schools deal with so many applicants, at this juncture they need to know if you accept so they won't automatically offer your seat to someone else more receptive (they probably will wait for 15 days, hence the 2 weeks delay in the email from Pitt above). To the poster in the quote above, I thank you, because I probably just got offered the seat that you weren't planning to take.
It's $1000 for each (2) deposit. I didn't apply for a scholarship, so I don't know if they have been awarded yet. I just submitted my financial aid package and we should hear back in mid July to early August what the award amount is.
You could always call and ask. They're super friendly on the phone.
I called last week and yesterday, Katherine just told me to wait and good news might come soon. But nothing else she could tell me other than wait...
Then that's what you have to doI called last week and yesterday, Katherine just told me to wait and good news might come soon. But nothing else she could tell me other than wait...
Tough time for waiting, ha～
yes, but hang in there qingnongwu, I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. Love your avatar!Tough time for waiting, ha～
Daneosaurus, how do you know white coat ceremony is Aug 31, is this for certain? when does everyone (who got accepted and planned to go to Pitt) plan to move there? could someone share tips for apartment rentals? I live about 5 hours from Pitt (in MD) and have a job that will tie me down here until end of June. Does anyone have a schedule for when orientation starts, etc. Maybe it's a bit early (maybe they will send it in the mail?) but I am so excited and want to get a head start....Thanks!
Thank you so much for the info. Is your apartment close to the school? do you mind sharing the addresses of some you have looked at? just to give me some heads up. I am a single female.- They'll send us a schedule of orientation and stuff sometime in the early summer (according to the email).
- White coat ceremony/first day of classes is definitely August 31... don't remember where I saw this exactly but I'm 100% certain he's correct.
- My girlfriend and I (both attending Pitt Dental) are moving up on August 10th, but that's just when our apartment lease begins. I think @Daneosaurus is trying to move up there in early-ish July.
- Personally, I wanted to get there late July/early August but the company we're renting the apartment from told us that if we wait until August 10, we get to move into a fully renovated apartment so I guess we'll wait. I agree with you that a head start in the new city (to find out where everything is) would probably be a good idea.
- Congrats and I'll see you in August!
Thx Sissi~ Hopefully we will be classmates and meet in August, lol~
OK, I found out White Coat ceremony is indeed Aug 31, 2015 (not that I did not believe you, @Daneosaurus and @BrazilianRider, thanks to both of you for responding). It apparently is usually held on the last Mon of August each year for the entering class. Last year, 2014, was Aug 26. Here's a very good link to Pitt Dental Magazine, very informative. I am leaning more and more toward for sure going here, whether my state school makes an offer or not (maybe after April 1st, just in case, LOL):
My status for addition to the group is still pending. I got the email confirming my deposit early last week. Are the admins just really busy with school and I should just be more patient..?
Further to this post, I can add that I actually received 2 emails, one containing the congrats with the "more details to follow", and no deadline was mentioned or any action was required on my part. But thanks to this post, I got worried, so I searched my emails some more, and found that Pitt actually sent me another email in which they did state how much the deposit will be and the deadline for sending it in to them to express my "acceptance" of their "offer". I don't know why I did not get the 2 emails at the same time, they appear to be sent on the same date, but the one with the deadline got buried in all of my messages. It was my fault for not scouring better, but I just thought to mention this, in case some of us (for whom this offer is the first) run into the same problem and miss the deadline to send in the check. It must be a cashier's check, but they did give me 2 weeks. Obviously for the above OP, he missed the second email message, and was just waiting for more info. (I myself was so giddy, I think I was paralyzed for a couple of days). Fortunately, he did not plan to go to Pitt after all.
Letter of Intent =/= Letter of Interest
Letter of Interest shows why you like the school, and IMO they're pretty dumb because you obviously applied there. Letter of Intent is basically you telling the school that if they accept you, you will attend their program. Schools like that because it shows A) you clearly like the school and B) it helps reduce their acceptance rate. If you're dead set on going to Pitt, I'd definitely write one (you can PM me as well if you want a sample!).
That being said, I think acceptances are going to start winding down since April 1 is behind us
yep, check your junk folder, it's buried in there, coming from a different email address, also has the Pitt letterhead in the body of the email. The letter will tell you the deadline to send in your money, don't miss it.
Mine was exactly 15 days. It even states "must be received by end of business on ..." so no game with "postmarked". And it must be a cashier's check in US dollars from a US bank. So make sure you send your acceptance docs and the check in a trackable method, because if the package got lost, you have to wait for 90 days before you can even stop payment on that cashier's check.
If you don't find the second email by tomorrow, send an email to Katherine (Adomitis, Katherine Anne <[email protected]>) and ask about the second email. In some email systems, when you exit, the system may have defaulted to empty the junk/spam mail folder, so your second email may have evaporated if it went into that folder. You should find out ASAP the deadline for your deposit.
Congrats on your acceptance!
Thanks a lot! I'm thrilled
Except looking for a 2 bedroom place for my family on the allotted budget (meant for a single student) is a little overwhelming..Thanks a lot! I'm thrilled
@Brig7, if you have facebook, try to join the Pitt class of 2019 at this link - I think there are classmates in your situation.
Try to send another message of interest to them, if you have not sent one within the last 2 weeks.
I had, last week. Haven't heard back yet.
If you PM me your name, I can get you in contact with @Daneosaurus on Facebook... He's also going to Pitt and having to deal with moving a family, so I'm sure he'd be thrilled to talk to you
Just got accepted today but I will be declining. I hope you get a call next week! Good luck
congrats, and thx for your blessing. Hopefully,the good luck will come on me next week!
PM me.Thanks a lot! I'm thrilled
