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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Due respect, but your college prof knows absolutely nothing about Pittsburgh and needs to get out more. How old is the prof?[/quote]

He was probably in his early 30s, and had done his doctorate at Yale, then become an assistant prof at Harvard by a young age.  He knew plenty about academia and the reputation of different schools and departments, and I don't think he would have needed to even visit Pittsburgh or "get out more" to enhance his credibility.

Pitt is an OK school with an OK, not spectacular campus, and some good departments.  Depending on your goals and the schools with which you are comparing Pitt, it might even be a "good" school.  If you are comparing it to the Ivy Leagues and the most selective schools, it is just OK.

My brothers loved it and have no student loans, and are happy they went there.  Even they will freely admit that my house at Harvard was in a different league than their Pitt dorms, and Pitt's campus is not great compared to those of other schools.  But they don't care: they liked the grittiness, and they didn't want student loans, and they are very successful now.

But I would have been so depressed at Pitt. [/quote]

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