<p>I’ve spent significant time at both Pitt and Penn. Campus wise, if you like Penn’s campus, I think you’ll like Pitt’s. Although transected by Forbes and Fifth Aves, even compared to Penn having Locust St. closed to traffic, Pitt has a little more greenspace/lawns, and being adjacent to the large, wooded Schenley Park will give you a quick outdoorsy fix. What Pitt doesn’t have is the classic dorm/quad that Penn has for the freshman dorms (which you’d only stay in one year anyway), but Pitt’s other buildings, like the Cathedral of Learning, are actually more impressive, IMO. I think there are more outdoorsy things to do within a shorter drive around Pittsburgh too, especially with it nestled in the mountains (mountains in the east coast sense, not west coast definition), with hiking, whitewater, skiing. Not that it doesn’t exist outside of Philly, but it is a little further away (Poconos). Philly is closer to other cities though, like NYC, DC, and Atlantic City, if that matters to you. Within the two cities, honestly, I think Pittsburgh compares very favorably to Philly for college age things to do, but the city of Pittsburgh doesn’t have as good as restaurants, if that matters, plus I prefer cheesesteaks to Primanti’s. Public transportation is better in Philly, but it is free for Pitt students, which is really a cool program, and combined with Pitt’s [PittArts</a> program](<a href=“http://www.pitt.edu/~pittarts/]PittArts”>PITT ARTS), really give Pitt the edge there. And Pitt is located adjacent to the city’s major museums which are free for Pitt students (Pittsburgh has the nicer natural history museum, Philly has a much better art museum). As far as Parks, with Penn, Fairmont park is really the closest option and it’s a short(ish) walk over the Schuylkill to get on a mile long trail that ends up by the Art Museum that is were the park starts, but it really isn’t much of a park (e.g. macadam jogging trail along the river), IMO, compared to the wooded ones in Pittsburgh (Schenley & Frick) where you can trail run and even mountain bike. As I mentioned, Schenley Park runs into Pitt’s campus. Philly is a more walkable city though, being gridded out and flat. The overall use of the rivers is better in Pittsburgh, with kayaking, pleasuring boating, etc, although the rowing scene in Philly is probably the best in the country, not that you can’t row in Pittsburgh, but it isn’t a mecca for the sport. Pitt is also a much more collaborative institution, with Carnegie Mellon’s campus overlapping its own, cross-registration opportunities, etc., and it has a really unique situation with it (see [here](<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10276/1092351-53.stm]here[/url]”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10276/1092351-53.stm)</a>). In comparison, Penn and Drexel/USP have virtually no interaction. The other thing, greek life is a much bigger component of the social scene at Penn than at Pitt, if that matters at all to you, and of course, Pitt has a much bigger sports scene. One thing you could do for business is go to Pitt Honors, kick butt, and save your money and target Wharton for an MBA. That said, Wharton is the best business school in the US, undergrad or grad.</p>