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Hello to all the 2026-2027 applicants!

I was accepted this previous cycle with a merit scholarship and thought I’d try help out this year’s applicants if I can. If you have any questions about Pitt/application process I’ll do my best to answer (while preserving some anonymity).

My details:

In State/ORM, 1 gap year

52X MCAT/3.9X GPA

~400 paid/~50 volunteer high impact clinical hrs

<50 shadowing hrs

~600 volunteer hrs + volunteer leadership

~1k research hours + 2k from full time gap year, no pubs/posters at time of app

-strong LORs and I’d like to think strong essays as well, although no particularly unique narrative/motivations.

-interview performance felt meh to average but I have no way of knowing

Good luck to everyone in this upcoming cycle!

My gf goes to Pitt law, would be a dream to double up the Pitt degrees and matriculate here as well. Hail to Pitt!

I hope you get an early interview then. My girlfriend is literally a resident at UPMC, and I still got a late interview, well after their class was full. As you can tell, there’s just been no WL movement, they’ve wasted everyone’s time.

Sorry if I sound jaded, but it is what it is.

Don't apologize at all I really appreciate the transparency! I was rejected last cycle, so i'm reapplying this cycle with a new mcat (Score gets in tomorrow). Hoping for a quick turnaround on the secondary and hopefully an interview. Not sure if you're applying again this cycle, but if so, good luck and we got this!

I was at Pitt for ugrad and everyone ik who got early interviews was accepted

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What questions did you ask adcoms during interview that you think were helpful for your knowledge but also made you seem good and like you did your homework?

I love this school. Good luck to everyone!!!

Questions I asked to most schools on interview day (not necessarily to sound prepared but just to get a better vibe of the school):

1. What is something about the school that could be a dealbreaker to some/what is the most common complaint about school

2. What impact have students had on the school/curriculum/examples of student feedback being implemented

3. What is the city like, what is there to do, etc.

4. Any curriculum questions, etc. I actually asked one of my interviewers a question that was answered in the pre-interview info session itself but I slightly misunderstood, so if anything I did the opposite of “homework” lol.

Overall I’d say my interviewers were super chill and sweet, I believe they were given a list of questions to pick from and didn’t really deviate/have time to deviate from them that much.