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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's tough, and I can see why you're upset. Having said that, Pitt is the clear choice. It's an amazing school, and your daughter would thrive there in the biomed program.[/quote]

Yeah, she's definitely leaning towards Pitt right now - Friends have told us that their BME program is great. We're planning to make a visit soon to get more of a feel (and we've never been to the city itself).[/quote]

Hi OP - I am the Pitt-Michigan PP from this recent thread.  I have some sightseeing suggestions and thoughts about CMU on that thread.  Maybe your daughter might be the rare student who wants to take a class up the street.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1266599.page

I would suggest that if your daughter is still very unsatisfied with her outcomes that you work the WL for Cornell and CMU as best you can.  Several Cornell colleges offer sophomore transfer options to their WL people who hang on to the bitter end.  And, if your daughter is at Pitt, she can move up the road to CMU and still keep her friends from first year at Pitt.  Pitt and CMU are different social ecosystems mainly due to convenience but are not that far by free bus or walking if it is important to do so.

You might want to look at this Reddit thread about transferring to CMU for some general comments about the process in 3 schools (business but also engineering and architecture).

https://www.reddit.com/r/cmu/comments/13m2g6o/transfer_student_with_tons_of_questions/

The top kids from Pitt do very well at getting grad school placements and the really top ones do well in national and international fellowship competitions.  So I would take into consideration whether your daughter might prefer to be a "big fish" at Pitt or a "small fish" elsewhere.  Some people are internally motivated and some require the toughest peer competition possible.[/quote

Thank you! Definitely lots to think about. She's definitely been a "big fish" at her school but might want more of a challenge.[/quote]

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