<p>Hi awesome, my daughter just received a few of her books and wants to get a head start with 1st semester reading. Are class syllabuses posted online and if so where?</p>
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<p>That is some dedication! Unless the class is on courseweb (<a href=“https://courseweb.pitt.edu/webapps/login/[/url]”>https://courseweb.pitt.edu/webapps/login/</a>) then the syllabus is probably not online yet. If the classes are textbook based (like Calc or Chem) I’d just start at the beginning. Otherwise she should just email the professor and ask for a copy of the syllabus or suggestions for what parts of the book to read.</p>
<p>Thanks for the offer. My son is supposed to start in the Fall. Are all the Princeton Review rankings of “happiest students” and “quality of life” deserved? He’s loved everything so far…PittStart etc. Be honest. Never seen such enthusiasm. BTW picked Pitt over Syracuse - guessing you’d say good call?</p>
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<p>I’m not sure what the ratings are, but I would say that a VAST majority of Pitt students LOVE being at Pitt. The campus is comprised of mostly happy, friendly students. Even this past year with all the bomb threats and scares, the campus had a upbeat, pro-Pitt/school-spirit attitude. It’s a great place to be!</p>
<p>Hi (again :p)!</p>
<p>First, thank you for all of the help you have given me and everyone else here, Awesome! There’s so much information here I’d never know otherwise…until I get to campus and learn it all myself, that is. But really, you’ve been a big big help :)</p>
<p>I do have a question: Where can I find the list of Pitt’s clubs (or do I have to wait until orientation week…I’m an incoming freshman)? I’m looking for language clubs and I heard there’s a yoga club? Thanks!</p>
<p>Try this link for organizations and clubs:
[SORC</a> Home | Student Affairs Home](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/sorchome]SORC”>http://www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/sorchome)</p>
<p>Hi Pitt, are the list courses shown on [Course</a> Descriptions | University of Pittsburgh](<a href=“http://www.courses.as.pitt.edu/]Course”>http://www.courses.as.pitt.edu/) in Fall 2012 the same in Fall 2011 and will also be same for Fall 2013?</p>
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<p>Not necessarily. The big major courses (core classes, major specific) tend to be the same, but electives change every semester and from year to year depending on interest, class size, room availability, and teacher availability. Also there is no guarantee that the date/time of classes will remain the same from year to year for the major classes.</p>
<p>Hmm, I was thinking to save some interesting courses for the subsequent terms while I take some which has no other interesting courses to replace them. Guess I should not do that since who knows when the courses I want will be available.</p>
<p>Anyway, has anyone gotten Jason Sepac as their advisor before? Is he good? I was thinking of asking him to give me exemption for a course which I did from the university I transferred from. Some of my friends didn’t get to transfer but one of my friends got exemption for it. I am talking in particular about Gen Ed. writing course. As an incoming, I’m required to take one writing course since the one I did in the previous university isn’t recognized but I took TOEFL and scored above 100 out of 120. I’ve heard around that a high score will do but I have also heard otherwise, saying Pitt has changed its policy.</p>
<p>Also, is Mary Beth Favorite an advisor? My friend told me he had her as his advisor last time, but I check with Pitt’ website and she turns out to be the Director of Advising Center.</p>
<p>Hi, Awesome Opossum! I’ve been trying to reach the Nursing department of Pittsburgh for this whole month asking about their BSN program but failed. I wonder if you know how the admissions of Nursing work in Pittsburgh. Like, if I took some prerequisites twice, which one would them count? The one with the higher grade or the average?</p>
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<p>I’m not sure I follow. Prereqs in high school or college? When you send your transcript, unless one class REPLACED the grade of another, they will see both. I’m not sure what they will do. If they treat it like SATs, they will take the higher grade. But even then, they will still see that you took it twice.</p>
<p>Bizarre that Nursing won’t get back to you right now. If it is at the graduate level could you possibly contact someone in general admissions (maybe even OAFA) to get either a second email or a phone number or something?</p>
<p>In college, and I know schools consider the higher grades but some school does take the average, so I want to make sure how it in pittsburgh works, and this is undergraduate. Anyways, thanks! I will keep trying.</p>
<p>Hey yo. Do more students use Mac or Windows? Is there a downside to either? Or is compatibility all good? Thanks!</p>
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<p>For the most part it doesn’t really matter. I would just say that if you’re going into Engineering and it will be one with programming or design involved after your freshman year, a PC may be better. I say this because certain programs, like Matlab and ProEngineer can only be installed onto a PC, if you were to have a Mac you would either have to partition your hard drive or always do homework associated with those programs in the computer labs in Benedum (which are not open 24 hours).</p>
<p>I had a PC all through undergrad and never had issues. I had friends with Macs who also didn’t have issues. It doesn’t really matter either way.</p>
<p>One more laptop question, sorry! Do your laptops need an Ethernet port because of tower dorms lack of wifi?</p>
<p>What was you sat, gpa and class rank that got you into pitt</p>
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<p>YES! As long as you are living on campus your laptop NEEDS an ethernet port! I recommend buying a 50ft ethernet cable so that you can move around your room comfortably with your laptop without having to lose internet!</p>
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<p>I can’t imagine that you would want my stats as they are 4 years old and irrelevant to the numbers that Pitt/UHC requires now. For this years stats, check out this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pittsburgh/1222058-official-class-2016-acceptance-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pittsburgh/1222058-official-class-2016-acceptance-thread.html</a></p>
<p>Also peruse this pdf for official stats on the 2010-2011 freshman class: <a href=“http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf</a></p>
<p>how does the student software work at pitt? is it really free and super cheap? and do you get to keep it forever, even after graduation?
and did you ever do undergraduate research? how was that?
thank you!</p>
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<p>You go to Bellefield Hall where the software licensing place is. You ask them for whatever software you want. You give them your Pitt ID which they run through the system (to mark that you’ve asked for and received said software) and then they give you either a CD or an install code and a receipt to sign. </p>
<p>Certain programs are “forever” (generally operating systems etc.) and tend to be free. Certain programs are renewable every year for a small licensing cost (generally $5 a year for things like MatLab). The free programs you can only ask for once (i.e. if you lose the CD or install code, tough luck. You can’t get another). The licensing programs you can ask for multiple times since you pay for it each time.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of all the software you can get: [For</a> Students | Computing Services and Systems Development | University of Pittsburgh](<a href=“http://technology.pitt.edu/software/for-students-software.html]For”>http://technology.pitt.edu/software/for-students-software.html)</p>
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<p>I did. It was in the engineering school and a lot of fun (because of WHO I got to work with, the work itself was mostly menial labor). Since I was in Engineering I got paid $10/hour to work and tried to work at least 10 hours a week. I had keys and access to the offices and labs so I just worked whenever I could around my schedule. Maybe once every two weeks I met with the professor to give him updates. I was assigned to a graduate student whom I helped by preparing samples for him and running rudimentary analysis.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, it’s hard to get a research position until you have finished your freshman year because you haven’t taken enough core classes, nor do you have enough knowledge or training of equipment, to do the work. After freshman year you can apply for positions, either directly with the professor, or through a research program that the University offers.</p>