<p>Weird non-academic question, but do a lot of people at Pitt longboard?</p>
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<p>Well there is a reason Hillman is called “Club Hillman” and not “Hillman Library”. I feel like it’s really more a social place where people get together to talk/gossip and be pretty loud. It’s a hard environment to have a nice, quiet place to study and seems to be overrun with meetups and “group projects”. Plus the layout is bizarre and unobviously (hard to get around) in my opinion and there is not a lot of desk space.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, across the street at Carnegie, you have a nice, BIG, quiet library. Free wifi. Lots of quiet study spaces and tables. Helpful librarians. LOADS of books (plus movies, CDs, etc.) and a generally more “library” feel. I’ve never even checked out a book at Hillman before, I got all my stuff from Carnegie, whether it was pleasure reading or a book for a paper.</p>
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<p>He could but the number of people who come in the spring is pretty slim. I think he has a much better opportunity to go to Pitt main if he just goes to Johnstown for 1-2 semesters and then applies to transfer over to main. </p>
<p>The only other thing he could try to go is improve his stats (which I assume is why he didn’t get in). Retake the SAT/ACT (if there is even time for that at this point) or work hard to improve his GPA. He could ask for reconsideration, but you are supposed to matriculate no later than May 1, so that really only gives him one and a half months to pump up his app.</p>
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<p>Not really. In fact, I rarely see any sort of skateboard on campus at all. You’re in a very urban environment which means the sidewalks can get pretty packed with people changing classes at times. It just isn’t an environment conducive to longboarding around.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, there could be people who do it (that I don’t see) or maybe they go to the park.</p>
<p>Sorry if this has already been asked. But how hard is it to maintain the GPA for scholarship while doing engineering as a major? You seem above average. Are your classmates having a hard time?</p>
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<p>I’m of the boat that if you were offered a scholarship, the committee did it because they know you are a good student from HS and that they believe you can carry those good academic characteristics into college. </p>
<p>There are a few key things to maintaining the GPA:</p>
<p>1- Major in something you <em>like</em> and that you can be good at.
2- Office Hours are KEY. Go to office hours whether or not you need the help. Get to know your professors.
3- Show up to class. Always. Do your HW days ahead of time (this allows you to go to office hours if you need to. See above)
4- Time management. You don’t have mom and dad harassing you about doing work. You don’t have teachers reminding you to turn your HW in. You’ll get an assignment and then you’ll be asked to turn it in. No reminders. No time to work on it in class. It’s your responsibility to be on top of it.</p>
<p>I have a feeling that the people who lose their scholarships tend to do so for failing to do one or more of the above. Not everyone is good at everything, but everyone has the ability to work hard and study. Honestly the key is going to class, take good notes, and do your HW more than 12 hours in advance (seriously, a few days. This is not a joke). I have had MULTIPLE students at multiple schools tell me that office hours made a HUGE difference in their GPA. I always felt like the classes where I really paid attention, did the HW on my own, talked to the professor in OH were the ones I did best in.</p>
<p>Edit: in my 4 years at Pitt I only knew of 1 person who lost their scholarship and had to leave. In my group of friends (admittedly all UHC students) not a single person had their scholarship revoked</p>
<p>I would agree totally with what Awesome said. DS did not have any issues maintaining the 3.0 for his scholarship (ChemE major). We heard that one of his friends did lose his scholarship and had to leave Pitt.</p>
<p>Hello. This may be a stupid question, but I’m quite anxious. I applied in Mid-December. Several weeks ago, I sent a message to Pitt, as my friends who applied around the same time already received their acceptance letters and financial aid offers. The admissions officer replied that they did receive all my materials, and I should hear from them within 2-3 weeks. Just over 3 weeks has passed. I don’t want to bug them, but the long wait is making me nervous…should I send another e-mail, or continue waiting?</p>
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<p>First of all, are you somewhere where it is more difficult to receive posted mail (i.e. farther away from Pennsylvania, rural address, etc.). If you think there is a good reason for slightly delayed mail, I would wait until the end of the week.</p>
<p>With that said, all colleges have to make decisions about acceptances by April 1 IIRC, including Pitt. If you don’t get anything by Friday, I think you should call (not email) and see what they say to you. It’s easy to brush off an answer via email, but when they are actually talking to you on the phone, you will probably get a much better and more accurate response.</p>
<p>I don’t think so- I live in a small town about 2 hours away from Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Alright, I’ll call by Friday if I still have not received anything. I did call originally, but emailed after nobody picked up. I’ll be more persistent this time. Thank you!</p>
<p>I have a bunch of questions! </p>
<p>What is the Forbes dorm like? We saw Sutherland, but my S is a little wary of how it will work with everyone cleaning their own bathrooms. Also wondering if it’s better to not do honors housing and live in Nordy because it is brand new? </p>
<p>Do the dorms have wi-fi? I only see Nordy listed as having wi-fi on the housing website.</p>
<p>Can freshmen bring a car to campus? </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I would not recommend a car because parking is at a premium plus it is expensive to get a parking pass. DS did not bring his car until he needed it for his summer job but he had a parking garage in his apt. building.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m just concerned because I have another child in college at a different school and I’m not sure how I’m going to get them both to/from school when they need to be transported on the same day.</p>
<p>If you are talking about move-in: you can move-in after the date specified and once they are no longer freshmen, they can volunteer to help during the freshman move-in and get to move-in earlier. I’m sure they can be flexible with the move-in dates if you contact Panther Central. </p>
<p>Move out: as long as they are done with their finals, they can move out. I don’t think there is much flexibility there as the dorms close at a certain date. </p>
<p>For the breaks: Pitt does offer charter bus trips home plus there is Amtrak train, bus service (megabus etc.) as well as by air. We have utilized all except the train service to get DS to/from home on the breaks.</p>
<p>A car is really not needed - parking permits cost about $700 per year and the lot will probably end up being at the top of the hill and rarely used.</p>
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<p>Forbes is a converted assisted living home, so it has fewer rooms but HUGE hallways. Forbes, like Sutherland, has shared bathrooms (powder rooms- toilet and sink) so regardless of dorm you will be cleaning a bathroom (and honestly, there are worse things in life than cleaning your own bathroom, which will happen eventually anyway, as everyone moves off campus by senior year). </p>
<p>I highly highly highly recommend UHC housing over everything. You will have a much more academically-focused, <em>diverse</em> group of kids than anywhere else. I don’t mean that it is all a bunch of nerds with no life, but you will be with people who put education first, get their work done, but also have fun and go out and about. It’s a good combination. Plus unlike other places, I was very comfortable around the UHC kids, especially with my belongings. I never locked my door, locked my laptop, or worried about my valuables. </p>
<p>The older dorms (anything but Nordy I guess) do not have wifi in the rooms. You have to bring an ethernet cable for internet. The common areas should be wired with wifi but the signal rarely extends beyond the capacity of the room. I recommend a 50ft ethernet cable so that you can move your laptop around the room without having to worry.</p>
<p>Thanks so much, Awesome! That was very helpful. </p>
<p>My son doesn’t mind cleaning the bathroom, just thinking about how it will work out with strangers and if everyone will pitch in fairly. </p>
<p>And thank you to MTnest and southeastmom about the parking as well. We’ll have to figure that one out when the time comes.</p>
<p>Hi AwesomeOpossum,</p>
<p>I am current high school senior, and I was admitted to the College of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh with a focus in Finance back in the fall. Having given much thought, however, I now realize that my interest does not lie in Finance, and I want to very much want to major in something in the School of Arts and Sciences. Is it hard to transfer into another school and how can I do so? </p>
<p>Thank you</p>
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<p>Transferring INTO A&S is probably the easiest thing to do since it is the least difficult of the schools to get into. Just contact OAFA and tell them you would like to transfer into A&S and they will sort it out for you so that you can sign up for classes in A&S when you go to your PittStart this summer</p>
<p>hi this is kind of a weird question, but is pitt a good choice for someone who isnt like an extrovert or anything? i mean, im just usually on the quite side when i dont feel like being around anyone. i like to have my alone time every now and then. im also one of those harry potter fan kind of people, and like to have friends that are like that too. i feel like people at pitt arent the obnoxious type, which is good. i dont really know where im headed right now but, is the over all student body a nice group of people?..also idk if you can answer this, but do you know the female to male ratio of the engineering students? thanks :)</p>