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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, can anyone take on general vibes/feel at....

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Pitt

Delaware

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Pitt - I just toured Drexel with my rising junior and was favorably impressed.  Drexel more co-op/experiential, less Ivory Tower, so more for the pre-professional vibe types.  Similar urban feel.  Nice buildings.  Good cafeteria.  Has Greek life.  No football though. Similar for some majors and some types of kids.  Lots of students from other schools in the area (including Penn) so similar to Oakland with CMU and major cultural amenities reachable by public transport and walking.

Also for Pitt...I would put up with a year at University of Pittsburgh Johnstown to transfer to main campus for sophomore year.  It's probably easy.   Pitt only has a few branch campuses (unlike PSU) so it cares more about them.  If the available curriculum is relevant (intro 101s for everything), it might be pretty painless.

Delaware itself is an occasional substitute for PSU and Pitt Engineering.

University of Michigan Dearborn branch campus for Engineering or Finance.  If your student is willing to live at a commuter campus.  There are apartments but not dorms.  A car would be needed.  I recently met a Michigan-Dearborn Master's grad student in Mech Eng who did undergrad at UMBC.  He was looking to get into the automotive industry.  The campus and facilities are small but modern and nice.  With excellent performance, there would be a chance for an Engineering major to transfer to Ann Arbor campus (too few spots for business).  Pitt and Michigan have similar institutional values. Dearborn is like Pitt was in my day - kids are focused on doing well and getting jobs in the metro area so they can stay local.  But Detroit is a much bigger job market than Pittsburgh. [/quote]

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