<p>I'm going to be going to Pitt-Johnstown in the fall, because the main campus denied me... and right now i'm saying I want to transfer to the main campus in 2 years, but things could change between now and the end of my sophomore year, and people say a lot of students just end up staying at the branch campuses.</p>
<p>But does anyone have experience/anything to say about branch campuses? I don't even know how many big colleges have them. I just happen to be real familiar with them because, living in southwestern Pennsylvania... where Pitt and Penn State are the most popular college choices, I see that PSU has 19 branch campuses... and Pitt has 4. A ton of kids in my graduating class are going to Penn State branch campuses, and those are, for the most part, kids that got denied by the main campus (though there are kids with 4.0s going to the one in Erie, which seems to be the most popular one) or kids that want to save money.</p>
<p>I didn’t attend a branch campus, but I live in PGH and I’m originally from Erie and I know dozens of people that went to PSU Berhend/Erie.</p>
<p>Lots of people transfer to the main campus after one or two years, it’s very common. Pitt Johnstown is a small campus and pretty isolated, I have no idea how many people make the jump to Oakland campus.</p>
<p>The only bad things about going to a branch campus is you kinda feel like a “second hand student.” You’re apart of the school, but in reality - you don’t go to that school, so it makes some feel differently.</p>
<p>What is it you want to go to school for?</p>
<p>You should check out WVU, if you have decent grades you should be able to get in. It’s a incredibly fun school that treats it’s students great! It’s not far from home and you won’t have to deal with that hassle of transfering.</p>
<p>Probably Business/Accounting. I mean, i’m already going to Pitt-Johnstown, kinda late to change my mind and I don’t really want to anyway. I like the campus and all, but yeah like you said the whole “second hand student” point is what bothers me. However, I know a lot of people going to the main campus, and my dad used to work on campus, so i’m pretty familiar with it. I guess i’ll just see how things go when I get to UPJ.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about being a “second hand student” too much. Johnstown’s the best branch campus of the Pitt network, and they most likely put you there to compete with other school’s main campuses. Second of all, there are only four out there, so it’s not as diluted as Penn State’s. I honestly wouldn’t worry about it, and I’m sure no one will care once you do transfer over to main. And in the end, it hardly matters–you get to write down University of Pittsburgh grad on your resume.</p>
<p>I go to a main campus, and I remember them filming a lecture because they broadcaster it to the satellite campuses instead of having people give it there. Other than that, I don’t know. I also imagine your system is likely different from ours.</p>
<p>Well, there are definitely smart kids at branch campuses, all a matter of preference. If you do choose to transition to main after 2 years, it might be a difficult transition; but best of luck to you in whatever you choose to do bro.</p>
<p>there are smart kids everywhere, i know people that chose Ut Arlington over Ut austin… theirs nothing wrong with going to a branch campus, you will probably end up liking it.</p>
<p>just make the grades and transfer after you get 30 credits</p>
<p>Yeah a 2+2 plan has it’s benefits. Got a bud who could’ve gotten into Penn State UP, but instead opted to do the 2+2 with Penn State Greater Allegheny then transfer to UP. PSU GA is much closer to home for him, he can commute, and save a ton of money.</p>
<p>Welll thanks everyone… it is kind of annoying though, because I know people with worse credentials than me that got into pitt’s main campus.</p>
<p>there’s nothing wrong with a branch campus, Johnstown is a great branch campus and maybe someday if your grades are good enough, you can transfer to Pittsburgh’s main campus!</p>
<p>Yeah i’d say thats my goal at this point in time at least.</p>
<p>Pitt’s branches are good schools on their own merit. Their admission numbers are pretty good (generally better than PSU ones) and Johnstown and Bradford are both ranked by US News in their individual categories (baccalaureate North; for comparison no PSU branches are ranked) and are listed as best colleges by Princeton Review. From what I can tell, many UPJ students end up staying there just because they like it there as the regionals seem to have their own particular campus culture and community. I’d say, except for Titusville which is only a 2-year campus, they are much more like their own colleges than the typical PSU branches that seem to operate as more of a feeder system.</p>
<p>I met a ton of people who transfered to Pitt Main after a year or two at a branch campus. Most of the people I met seemed to transfer after one year, rather than two. I don’t know if that matters or not.</p>
<p>According to Pitt’s website here…
[University</a> of Pittsburgh: Undergraduate Admissions & Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.oafa.pitt.edu/trans_guidelines.aspx]University”>http://www.oafa.pitt.edu/trans_guidelines.aspx)
For the college of business administration:</p>
<p>completion of 30 or more transferable credits
a 3.0 GPA preferred
strong performance in a college-level calculus course or a strong math SAT and/or high school math background is highly desirable.
strong performance in at least one economics course is highly desirable.
Note: the fewer credits a prospective student has earned, the more weight is placed on academic performance in high school.</p>
<p>30 credits, that’s pretty much one year, right? For what it’s worth my HS gpa was 3.6, SAT scores math= 550, reading= 600. I guess I was a borderline student, could’ve tried harder in HS if I was more motivated my first three years (I think my senior year GPA is close to a 4.0).</p>
<p>I think that if you even do transfer, you’re gonna have to do 2 bro. I know it’s Pitt and it might be different, but Penn State’s 2+2 plan is designed in the sense that 2 years at a branch campus will prepare you for your final 2 at UP.</p>
<p>I mean, branch campuses accept a ton of students. If all these students were able to transfer after just a semester or just a year, everybody would be doing that. But I suppose that’s where they would take your high school transcripts into more consideration, if they were to do such.</p>
<p>Hmm I think that after 2 years at a college, your high school transcript doesn’t play a factor anymore and it’s just what you’ve done the last 2 years at college. If you have a high GPA, you’ll have no problem transferring. However, if you are unsure whether you can get a high GPA, maybe PSU’s 2+2 plan would be better for you but I’m not sure if they have a minimum requirement GPA to transfer either. You’d probably have to do some research on that.</p>
<p>I think I can get a high GPA. I’ll see how it goes though.</p>
<p>Ohh well you said you got a 3.6 GPA in HS… like I said, that probably wouldn’t hurt if you were somehow able to transfer after your freshman year…</p>
<p>Also a reason I may want to transfer to main is the fact that I could commute easily to save money if I needed to.</p>