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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tough choice.

We visited both, and I liked both.

UR
Campus felt tight and cramped 
Odd to have a public road going through campus

Nice library
The tunnels are nice in cold weather
Good academics

Pitt
Honors dorm is up “heart attack hill” 
They sometimes have housing shortages and out students in hotels, but many schools have similar issues.

Cathedral of learning is cool.
Lots of interesting buildings
Good academics

Your child can’t go wrong.

I think it’s better to have a car in Rochester whereas Pittsburgh has a lot of public transportation.

Rochester is DEAD at night. Pittsburgh is a bit more inhabited and lively.

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Pitt has 5th avenue running right thru it.  There is really not that much traffic on River road at UR.  I actually consider the campus a "self contained campus" for an urban area.  Have a kid at UR, and I attended CMU so well versed in what Pitt is like.

IMO UR is the better school---nothing changed for them to go down in the "rankings", just that USNWR removed important factors from the rankings.

But ultimately kid should go with what they like most, best fit
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Same---I have a kid at UR, and did grad school at CMU.  There is no comparison.  UR is basically a "self contained campus".  UR is the better school. Only reason UR dropped from 30 to ~41 is because USNRW eliminated "class size" and many imo Importatn factors that 4-8K schools have.  If you don't care about class size, oh well.  But in reality, it does matter to most people and is an important factor.  Sitting in classes with only 30-40 students is very different than having 100+ in most courses.

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