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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the love for Pitt here.  I'm a Pennsylvania native, and my parents used to use the prospect of Pitt as a threat: "If you don't find a way to get that A, you'll end up at Pitt" and "We can't afford to pay for the schools you want to attend, so if you don't pull off that scholarship, you'll end up at Pitt."  My friends' parents said similar things.

And indeed, the kids who ended up at Pitt (my brothers included) were not stupid, but were not exactly academic powerhouses.  It's a school for high average kids who don't want to or can't get the grades for a truly excellent school.  Sure, it's improved a bit, but it isn't a great school by any means.

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Haha I hear this for sure. I think the reason it's gotten so popular is two fold:
1. rolling admissions, so alot of people apply and get in early, which helps them get connected to the school early on.
2. recently known for very good merit.[/quote]

Yes, I would add
3. Pitt makes shadowing, internships, medical scribing, clinicals for nursing easy for students in the health sciences/pre-med.  5 hospitals within walking distance.

Personally, [b]I found the area around Pitt to be rather gritty, not like Boston in that sense.[/b]  Pitt does have great school spirit that shines through. The Cathedral of Learning is a unique academia building.  I would personally love to see the pre-professional theatre performances at next-door Carnegie Mellon, but my tour guide didn't know anything about them. [b] The freshman dorms look kind of gross,[/b] IMHO.[/quote]

+1. Yes, I have direct experience with both Boston and Oakland, and there is no comparison.  I'm the PP whose brothers had to go to Pitt; I went to college in Boston.  I did visit my brothers and high school friends at Pitt, and their dorms were indeed "kind of gross", ranging from grubby and run-down to newer but charmless and a bit institutional.  Yes, the Cathedral is lovely, but that is ONE building on the "campus."  I would have been so very depressed if I had "ended up at Pitt", which is how my family described my brothers' path there.  I attended a few classes with my best friend, and the class discussions were not particularly awe-inspiring.

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Honestly, I have known some very strong students who have chosen to go to Pitt, so they must be doing something right, especially in terms of merit aid. I've heard that Pittsburgh as a whole has experienced a Renaissance.  I just know that when I drove to campus (last year), the area that I drove to approaching Pitt was rather gritty, reminding me of Baltimore. The area struck me as noisy, with the sound of ambulances and even a medical helicopter overhead.  When I drove away from Pitt, the other side adjacent to campus seemed a bit better.  Yes, there are wonderful  restaurants in Pittsburgh and much lovelier areas of the city.  Every other college that I visited had nicer options for freshman dorms, though. Perhaps the private apartments that Pitt students live in as upperclassmen are better.[/quote]

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