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[quote=Anonymous]I think that many people on this forum, most of whom are not in academia or research, talk unfairly about Pitt. Even the positive comments here seem to include comments about being a safety or back-up. While I think it does have many of the same downsides as other large, state-funded, research oriented schools, it also has a lot of the same up-sides. It is a MASSIVE research enterprise with as much cutting edge work as can be found anywhere. 2016 R&D expenditures were nearly 900M, 18th among US universities (just ahead of Yale). UMD was 41st with 540M (admittedly, they are hurt by medical campus being considered separately), VT 43rd, UVA 56th. This leads to tremendous research output and the ability to attract top faculty. This is why in Times World University rankings it is  #100, (UMD-69, UVA-113), and in the QS rankings it is 142 (UMD-129, UVA-173).

It is true that it is not a school for everyone. It is large (though not as large as some), urban (though that is a draw for some), has some large classes, foreign TAs, and some of the researchers may not care much about undergrads. But, this is no different than schools like Michigan or Wisconsin or UVA that seem to be discussed much more respectfully. [/quote]

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