<p>thanks - great video</p>
<p>In a similar vein, here are a few videos from SSOE. Nothing specific, like the business school, but a good assortment of things like professors, specific research groups, etc. A good one for prospectus to watch would be the E-Week one.</p>
<p>[pittengineering</a> - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/user/pittengineering]pittengineering”>pittengineering - YouTube)</p>
<p>In engineering the honors level classes for calc and chem seem to be offered in only one session each. This is from the schedule of classes on the Pitt website:</p>
<p>UHC General Chem for Engineers 1:
Class: Tu Th 9:30-10:45
Recitation: M or W 9-9:50</p>
<p>Honors 1 - Variable Calculus:
Class: M W F 10-10:50
Recitation: Tu Th 9-9:50 or 10-10:50</p>
<p>Because of the overlap is it impossible to take the honors level for these two courses in one semester?</p>
<p>You <em>really</em> don’t want to take both Honors Chem and Honors Calc. In fact, you probably don’t want to take either of them… My freshman year I took both. With few exceptions, profs for honors freshman engineering classes are rude, obnoxious, unhelpful and unwilling to help. In Honors Calc, we didn’t go over derivation and integration until the second-to-last week of class; it was all sequences and series and proofs, the whole time. Honors chem was completely physical chemistry, and not helpful for engineering at all.</p>
<p>Honors Engineering Analysis, on the other hand, is awesome. Take Dr. Budny if you have any choice at all.</p>
<p>I have a question, did they slip Honors Classes for engineers from Arts & Sciences? When I was a freshman, it was just “Honors Chem 1/2” not “Honors Chem for Engineers”. Same for Calc.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily. Your only overlap would be from T/Th Recitation in Calc with T/Th Chem class. And that is a 20 minute lap. You could email the Calc professor and see if the recitation will always run long, or if it necessary to attend the whole time.</p>
<p>can someone please comment on the Freshmen First Year Experience and the First Year Success Series. Are they good programs, well attended, helpful??? thx</p>
<p>Can you please explain what the “integrated curriculum” in engineering is? Any advantages/disadvantages? Thanks!</p>
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<p>Sure! So unlike in Arts & Sciences, where you can pick any class your first semester, SSOE has a semi-rigid freshman curriculum. Everyone takes:</p>
<p>–Chem 1/2
–Physics 1/2
–Calc 1/2
–Engineering 1/2
–Two Electives (one each semester)</p>
<p>If you have AP credit for any of the above, you simply move up (in the case of Calc) or take another elective (in the case of Physics and Chem).</p>
<p>Thanks for your very helpful reply! Also, are first-year engineering students all placed in the same sections? Are their classes engineers-only, or mixed in with all the other majors? (What is “integrated” about it?)</p>
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<p>There are blocks of sections, but yes, unless you do Honors classes, the classes you will take are for Engineers only, so you’ll be with fellow classmates. Your electives are open since they are through the school or Arts & Sciences/other schools.</p>
<p>Hi Pitt Engineering Students - would you describe the Engineering program as cutthroat (as some programs seem to be) due to weed out freshman courses? Or do students tend to support each other and help one another? Do the students form study groups? I assume living in the eng. dorm helps this? Some schools we toured actually told us that their philosophy freshman year is to reduce the class size by approx. 20%. Please advise! Do the students tend form a cohesive group within the department? I know their specific major isn’t declared until Soph year, so I assume study groups change, etc. as the students are in their major. Thanks - appreciate any information!</p>
<p>I think all engineering schools expect a signifciant weed-out the first two years due to difficulty of the program (the Few, the Proud, the Engineers) and students changing to other majors because of interest/fit. So if we expect certain classes to be especially tough that act as weed-outs, then it comes done to the school culture, cut throat v. cooperative/study groups. In other words, focus on the culture because the program will try to weed out those less capable anyway, as they should. Having a good, cooperative study group really can help with certain classes from my experience. For example, I studied for a Thermodynamics final many eons ago and just didn’t get it. But by going over old problems with my study group, the night before the final it all “clicked” and I was able to ace the final. That’s what can happen with the right study group.</p>
<p>rmac - Is it actually a “Pitt” weed-out policy? (bell curve to %).</p>
<p>Also, can you please let me know the role of the advisor? Is the advisor helpful, or do many students basically not bother with their advisor.
Do most eng. students participate in coops? How does this affect campus life, given the different schedules - is it awkward to have a roommate who is not in school during a semester when you are in school? (coop students are free in the evening/students have hw/studying).
Thank you for any info.</p>
<p>Looking for admission decision on finalist selection for Fall -2012 GAP in medicine at Uni. of Pittsburgh. Any one know whether they have declared it or not? During interview in March’12, they have informed that by 2nd week of April’12 it will be announced.</p>
<p>I am also waiting for their announcement of finalist for Fall -2012 GAP in Medicine at Uni of Pittsburgh. Please post your result whether you know their decision either by mail or email?</p>
<p>varitek33 - no, engineering in general, not Pitt specific that I’m aware of. I’ll be talking with their engineering school later this month and if I get any insights on this, I’ll pass it along. BTW, not a Sox fan but like Jason Varitek - good moniker.</p>
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<p>Definitely not cutthroat. At least within the Honors program (most of my freshman classes were honors) the students are VERY supportive of one another (which, at least in my department, carried over into the other 3 years). The classes are difficult, but the professors are NOT trying to fail the students. In my opinion, the ones who drop out are the ones who did not take engineering seriously, or didn’t think enough about it before joining, and then realized that it was not what they wanted to do. Expect to put effort into your work from Day 1, but if you do, the teachers will not try to make your life miserable.</p>
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<p>I was in the UHC dorm, which had a LOT of engineers in it. We definitely had study groups (especially since freshman year the classes are combined with A&S students). The engineering dorm may help too, but if you plan on taking UHC classes, I’d recommend living in the UHC dorm rather than the engineering dorm.</p>
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<p>Pitt Engineering has a decent retention rate. Although, they joke on the first day of orientation that only 1/3 of the students will actually make it to graduation, the retention rate is DEFINITELY higher than 33%. I think something like maybe 25% will drop out or change, but it’s not a fixed number.</p>
<p>To everyone else: Sorry for the delay in replies, I was away on a conference. Also, my finals start Wednesday, so I may not be around as much until next Wednesday when I finish with school! (yay)</p>
<p>I got accepted into U of Pitt, sadly it’s one of their regional campus not their main campus for their neuroscience undergrad program</p>
<p>Does the quality of the program differ between the main campus & regional campus? or should I go to Ohio State U ?(also got accepted there)</p>
<p>I can’t pay a visit because I’m not the the US right now.</p>
<p>Ohio State is a great school. I choose them over a Pitt regional without a doubt.</p>
<p>Hi! My daughter and I are suppose to be visiting Pitt tomorrow for a college tour. In light of the current situation, would you advise visiting at a different time? Thanks so much!</p>