How would you compare Ohio State and Pitt for undergrad? Out of state for both. Daughter wants an urban setting. Both have solid academics and good school spirit. Seems like a lot of overlap in these 2 schools. Finances aside, which would you choose and why?
Daughter not sure about major or career, but likely not a STEM path. Maybe poly sci or public policy, maybe education, maybe psychology. Perhaps pre-law.
One advantage that Ohio State will have is that it is in a capital city.
Ohio State is not urban. It’s in a big city but not urban. I know they call the campus urban. But it’s not in the city portion that one would consider urban whereas Pitt moreso is.
Forgetting the sheer size differences, to me that’s the biggest difference.
Both would be fine based on interests.
Go visit. She will feel differently - one will stand out vs the other.
I agree that Ohio State has a less-urban feel than Pitt.
While they are both large schools, Ohio State is MASSIVE and Pitt is much more compact. Ohio State also has over 3X more students.
I am sure Ohio State has many more majors, clubs, everything. Pitt feels more personal.
I agree with visiting. My daughter was down to these two schools. She was a direct admit at both colleges’ business schools. She did an admitted students day at Ohio State first. It was fine and the student ambassadors were very impressive, all with top notch internships and jobs. The lecture halls, though, were huge. The tour guide took us to one in the business school that held well over 500 people. Most business clubs were competitive with very low acceptance rates.
We visited Pitt next. We were in the largest classroom at their undergraduate business building — it holds 85 people! They graduate about 500 business students/year vs 2,000 for Ohio State. My daughter was far more attracted to the smaller setting and we made a deposit that day.
It really came down to feel. Ohio State’s undergrad business program is ranked higher, but my daughter felt like she would be more successful in a smaller program with more personal advising (it’s been great so far), less competitive clubs, and a smaller urban campus.
Ranking-wise they differ by major, but are probably close enough in most areas that visits should be the tie breaker.
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