Pitt v Rochester?

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Anonymous wrote:Of all the combinations, to the 08:48 poster with a kid at UMiami and another at Pitt, my student in at the same and trying to decide. Would love to link up or hear your thoughts somehow (or on another thread).

Hi I’m the Pitt/UMiami pp. This is an odd tossup in my mind because my own two kids loved their own choice and did not consider the other. I can say DD at Miami was clear that she needed “sunshine and happy people” — and that she got. DS at Pitt sort of views so much of UMiami as “overage” — too much money (even tho he’s not paying), too much fuss about looking good and attention to weekend plans, etc. They both found their people at their respective schools. None of us would change a thing — no complaints about either school.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt. School spirit matters

pls elaborate - this is an urban school, not university of Nebraska

Population of Pittsburgh: 302,000

Population of Lincoln, Nebraska: 298,000

Not the PP, but I once spent 6 weeks working in Lincoln for a project. The metro area in Pittsburgh is around 2.5 million. The metro area of Lincoln is like 340K. There is a big difference.

Orlando City is around 300K in population as well, but the metro area is also around 2.5 million.

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Anonymous wrote:Of all the combinations, to the 08:48 poster with a kid at UMiami and another at Pitt, my student in at the same and trying to decide. Would love to link up or hear your thoughts somehow (or on another thread).

Hi I’m the Pitt/UMiami pp. This is an odd tossup in my mind because my own two kids loved their own choice and did not consider the other. I can say DD at Miami was clear that she needed “sunshine and happy people” — and that she got. DS at Pitt sort of views so much of UMiami as “overage” — too much money (even tho he’s not paying), too much fuss about looking good and attention to weekend plans, etc. They both found their people at their respective schools. None of us would change a thing — no complaints about either school.

DP from the one who asked you about it - I'm so happy that UMiami is working out for your DD. My DC is the same in that they need sunshine. We really liked our visit there!

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I am the poster who asked about Miami and Pitt - thanks for your reply. I realize they are very different, just not a combo you see often so thanks for a little perspective. Certainly a difference in sunshine!

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Anonymous wrote:I choose UR. Nice campus, open curriculum and stronger academics[/quote

Depends as to academics. Pitt has a better nursing school.

The schools seem comparable overall.

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t share the sport - what I will say is that 2 of my kid’s closest friends are high level D1 recruits, and his circle is an extremely athletic, middle class and humble group, despite the significant athletic prowess. Let’s just say humble and balanced weren’t the characteristics he experienced during the overnite. Was a huge turnoff for my kid

This leans towards Pitt. There’s no getting around UR being a $90k private school and its student pop will reflect that.

Pitt is much better known with enthusiastic alum. I am a PP who said both schools are good. They are.

If you want spirit and more to do in a walkable city, Pitt is better.

UR is not as well known. If you care about rankings---I don't---then you might care that they fell in the rankings. They are right on the water, but you have to hike or take a car to get anywhere interesting. Campus is small and there's not much nearby beyond a hospital, a small B&N, and a few other places. I DO like Rochester, the city, a lot. I am just not sure I'd want to be on that campus without a car.

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For Econ - Rochester has a much stronger reputation/program than Pitt.

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Anonymous wrote:For Econ - Rochester has a much stronger reputation/program than Pitt.

depends on who you ask

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Anonymous wrote:For Econ - Rochester has a much stronger reputation/program than Pitt.

depends on who you ask

not really- UR's econ (and business) regularly feeds to investment banking/Wall St. Pitt, while good, does not have that reputation - not close at all.

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My impression is that Rochester has a much stronger reputation with better students. Pitt while well liked is more of a safety school.

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But why is Rochester so little known? Is it more popular with students from NJ/NY/PA?

Around here people say- huh, is that a SUNY school?

My question about Rochester has to do with the really high percentage of international students- 25%! Why do you suppose that is? I think it’s mostly kids from China and Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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Anonymous wrote:U of R alum here. Personally, I loved my undergraduate experience. I would not have chosen PITT because of the size; It’s 3x bigger than U of R.

This---it really boils down to right fit. And for many kids (mine included) undergrad size was key. 6K vs 18K is a huge difference overall

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Anonymous wrote:My impression is that Rochester has a much stronger reputation with better students. Pitt while well liked is more of a safety school.

100%. Rochester has the stronger students and has for a long time. My kid is there. All of their friends (12+ kids, including my kid) were WL at T20/30 schools, many at several in that range. One even got into a T30 and chose rochester instead. Majority of the kids at Rochester have the profile to be competitive for T20 schools and just didn't win the lottery.

That is definately not the case at Pitt. It's a great school but their avg SAT (pre covid) was 100+ points lower.

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Anonymous wrote:But why is Rochester so little known? Is it more popular with students from NJ/NY/PA?

Around here people say- huh, is that a SUNY school?

My question about Rochester has to do with the really high percentage of international students- 25%! Why do you suppose that is? I think it’s mostly kids from China and Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Because they are a top premedical school and Engineering and Optics/Physics. Along with great Business/econ. What do you think International students from China/HK/Taiwan and India (there are a lot of them, I've got a UR student) are majoring in?

Rochester works hard to have a diverse student body, including first gen and international. Also, international are typically full pay, so it benefits everyone (full pay kids means more FA and merit for everyone else)

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Anonymous wrote:My impression is that Rochester has a much stronger reputation with better students. Pitt while well liked is more of a safety school.

Pitt is not a safety school, dumbass.