<p>I know College Confidential and Facebook are two completely different websites, but I was wondering if anyone else is seeing the Class of 2016 group and feeling out of place? Pittsburgh is my top choice currently, and I'm worried I'll be displaced amongst a crowd of people who are overly concerned with partying and other various illegal activities. I'm not someone who intends to be locked in their dorm 24/7 studying, but I admit I feel like a lone wolf as of late!</p>
<p>Pitt is not a party school compared to other universities (such as Penn State, or WVU). You will always have a subset of students who want only to party at every university. Perhaps these types are over-represented on Facebook groups. There are many Pitt students who are not into partying if not most of them</p>
<p>theopenroad-- don’t base the whole student population on Facebook. Unfortunately, the people who have joined the group and want to brag about how much partying they want to do, are the most verbal. Everyone else won’t say much on Facebook. You’ll find a group of kids that don’t feel the need to party all the time and still have fun!</p>
<p>apart from the people trying to find roommates to avoid random selection and being honest about it, the people who AREN’T posting on the wall are the 99% who dont “brag” as someone put it before about partying and try and get some “hype” or “friend group” going before they start college. you cant even imagine how many other thousands of students there are that go there and were accepted who arent that way at all.</p>
<p>and its true. pitt has NOTHING on penn state. friend just went up there and its literally INSANE and what goes on there doesnt even have a place to go on at pitt because for one, its not big enough campus-wise!</p>
<p>I’m in the group too and I can kinda see what you mean, but keep in mind that, like TitanMom and Allie said, the people we’re seeing are the vocal minority. Just like any open chat or forum on the internet, you need to take everything you see with a grain of salt since you only see a small portion of a community in an open forum. Also, try to accept them as a valuable part of the community. They keep things exciting :)</p>
<p>Personally, my family has a bad history with alcoholism, and I’m serious about my education, so I’ll be avoiding most parties.</p>
<p>I was not at all into partying going into college. Someone started a thread on the class of 2013 group looking for roommates who did not drink or party. There were a number of us who ended up talking to each other extensively on the thread…which was a huge relief to me because I got the same sort of feeling looking at Facebook. We scheduled a meetup during orientation, and a few of these people turned out to be my close friends!</p>
<p>Thank you all for the reassuring responses. I suppose I’m underestimating that even though this is the internet, extroverts and introverts are still separated and those who are naturally loud will make a bigger (and more noticeable) impression than those who are quiet. I’m glad Pitt isn’t as big of as a party school as the facebook group is making it out to be and hopefully I’ll find my niche in college. :P</p>
<p>theopenroad, I’m definitely going to be the moderate-party-type. The facebook group did seem to have a lot of the insane-party-type at first so I stayed away from it, but recently it’s been opening up to more people like me and even no-party-types. Take a look at some of the more recent posts (there’s a long conversation about this between me and other people like us which was posted yesterday or the day before). Feel free to chime in and add us on facebook; I think we’re planning on meeting up sometime once we get to Pitt. I feel weird saying this, like we’re in a support group or something, but…you are not aloneeee! haha</p>
<p>My son is at Pitt along with two cousins. None of them are big partiers. All three love it there though things have been stressful these past few weeks as they are going through a bomb threat issue. </p>
<p>Oakland is very much a college town and the parties are there and open to all, but my son doesn’t feel that this is a big party environment. He has been struck by how many kids on his floor who are merit award kids and are top students with high goals. Makes him feel a bit puny in that area as he is not in the Honors College. </p>
<p>The size of Pitt makes it so that there are large numbers of every type. This is truly a school that has it all. It is a city school, like NYU but in a smaller city. A city that has adapted this part to be a college town, yet much bigger than what you see in Ann Arbor and other areas where a college is the main industry. THough the colleges are an important part of Oakland, the medical centers, neighborhoods and other industries keep it going and are there for the students to enjoy, not set up just for the college student’s uses. I like the set up a lot. Pittsburgh loves its college students giving them free public transportation and free admissions to most of their museums. </p>
<p>Pitt is a serious school academically. My son came well prepared, and finds his course load challenging, though not impossible. His slate of courses are pretty typical of a freshman’s as he isn’t sure what he wants to do. </p>
<p>I feel like Pitt was a great choice. City school, yet full of school spirit with the big time sports scene right there and available. Top level courses for those who want them, yet a great party scene so that there is a lot to do. All the big school amenities on the spot, plus the best a moderately large city can offer–it really is located in the absolutely best place in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>maddyk- A meetup doesn’t sound like a bad idea! I don’t think I’m a “no-party” type, but I definitely don’t understand in being wasted for the majority of your time in college.
cptofthehouse - It’s nice to hear that Pitt is still serious about its academics.</p>