In this week’s episode you will hear

Introduction: Mark and Lynda take all of the announcement time to discuss Biden’s announcement about Student Loan Forgiveness. The interview is the second part of a three-part interview Mark and Susan did with Tom Becker, the Associate Director at the University of Pittsburgh. Part 2 :

• Does Pitt admit into specific colleges or into Pitt as an entire university
• How does Pitt provide advising to help students find the right major
• Tom continues the conversation about the strongest majors at Pitt
• Tom shares a major change Pitt made to emphasize computer science more
• What does it mean that Pitt uses rolling admissions and holistic admissions
• What does Pitt need to do to improve?
• How difficult is it to get into the various programs at Pitt and which are the hardest schools to get admitted to
• When does your application need to be submitted for Pitt’s most competitive programs
• When are the first decisions released
• When are students admitted to a regional campus vs being admitted to the Pittsburgh campus
• What are the strongest programs at the regional campuses
• The importance of your mid-year grades in the admissions process
• The role test scores play in admissions

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