Anonymous wrote:I went back in the 90s. I have a neighbor whose son went and graduated a couple years ago. 3 kids from my kids high school class of 22 are going there.

Graduated in '98 and loved EVERY moment there. Pittsburgh is a fantastic city for a college aged kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt seems like a huge safety school in this group. Does anyone have a child actually attend? What do they think? Any merit money or in the honors program?

Pitt's yield rate is around 21%. So yes, 21% actually go to Pitt.

That's incredibly low

It's not Ivy League, but seems on par with other colleges.

https://mytutor.com/blog/admission-statistics-us-colleges/

According to a handout given to the parents of seniors last month at our FCPS high school, 68 students in the 2022 graduating class (of our high school) applied to Pitt and 53 were accepted. Of those 53, however, only two chose to actually enroll at Pitt. Perhaps that was an aberration, but that is an incredibly low yield rate.

Pitt is used as a safety school for DCUMers. The school itself appeals to lots of kids. The rolling admissions makes it very easy to apply. (At least in the past) Pitt loves to award big merit $$ to very top students and not much if anything to the rest. So that means a lot of kids accepted need to pay full price. Thus, other colleges ultimately out rank Pitt on the DMV kids' lists, for a variety of reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt seems like a huge safety school in this group. Does anyone have a child actually attend? What do they think? Any merit money or in the honors program?

Pitt's yield rate is around 21%. So yes, 21% actually go to Pitt.

That's incredibly low

It's not Ivy League, but seems on par with other colleges.

https://mytutor.com/blog/admission-statistics-us-colleges/

According to a handout given to the parents of seniors last month at our FCPS high school, 68 students in the 2022 graduating class (of our high school) applied to Pitt and 53 were accepted. Of those 53, however, only two chose to actually enroll at Pitt. Perhaps that was an aberration, but that is an incredibly low yield rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Just stop we know your kid did not get in.

Yes, of course, kids go to PITT it's a great track to medical school.

It happens to be a great school, produces some amazing graduates and for kids that like an Urban campus Pittsburgh is a great place.
Do your homework before posting.

Would love to know what makes it a great track for medical school? (i.e, How is it different from any other school that offers typical pre-med classes?)

The campus is literally imbedded among tons of medical and research facilities. UPMC is huge. Opportunities are abundant. And guaranteed admission to med school.

Anonymous wrote:Just stop we know your kid did not get in.

Yes, of course, kids go to PITT it's a great track to medical school.

It happens to be a great school, produces some amazing graduates and for kids that like an Urban campus Pittsburgh is a great place.
Do your homework before posting.

Would love to know what makes it a great track for medical school? (i.e, How is it different from any other school that offers typical pre-med classes?)

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Anonymous wrote:We were surprised to learn Pitt tore down their campus football stadium and are sharing with the Steelers miles away. Do the students actually go to the games, tailgate, etc? DC thinks a football school would be fun but aren't sure how engaged Pitt students are because of the distance between the school and the stadium.

Pitt Stadium was torn down well over 20 years ago. Pitt views the City as its campus. Students still attend games.

Last month on a Thursday night

Anonymous wrote:How would the school be socially for someone interested in engineering, but not in Greek life? My son is also not interested in football - his non-academic interests are club soccer and ultimate frisbee.

It honestly sounds like a good fit. Frats don't dominate the social life at Pitt and there are tons of kids who like club soccer and ultimate frisbee.

It's not the most selective school nor is the yield super high, but the kids who end up there genuinely seem happy for the most part.