<p>Okay got it. I’m gonna look over the transfer page once I’m home from vacation. Thanks for the help! And I’m surprised that pitt isnt diverse because of the city setting. More blacks and Asians?</p>
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<p>Pittsburgh is the biggest small town ever. The actual city only has a population of about 400,000 people.</p>
<p>To give you an idea of diversity, Collegeboard has:</p>
<p>78% Caucasian
6% African American
6% Asian
3% Non-Resident Alien
3% Two/more races
2% Hispanic
2% Race Unknown</p>
<p>Exactly 50-50 Male to Female
75% IS vs. 25% OOS
Source: <a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/university-of-pittsburgh[/url]”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/university-of-pittsburgh</a></p>
<p>Hahaha something funny just hit me. 2% race unknown? What does that mean? That is very weird lol. But anyways. I hope to take your advice and transfer in the fall of 2014 then. Collegeboard has about a 48 percent acceptance rate for transfers. That scares me!</p>
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<p>You don’t have to put your race down on an application (some people thinks it could hurt their chances). 2% of people Pitt admit are unknown race because they never told Pitt what they were in their application.</p>
<p>Oh okay lol. Then couldnt you just put down black or native American to boost your chances into getting admitted? But does the 48% sound about right? Again, it scares me </p>
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<p>I have no idea unfortunately. I had one friend who transferred from Duquesne after her freshman year and loves it. All my other friends were internal transfer (came from a branch campus). Again, if you do well your first year, it shouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>Okay, that’s good then! My girlfriend is actually going to Pitt for physical therapy in the fall. Branch campuses only let you transfer after 2 years tho that’s why I didn’t wanna go to a branch. My high school gpa and sat scores weren’t that good so I hope they dong take that into too much consideration. </p>
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<p>That is definitely NOT true. I knew a lot of people who transferred to Oakland from a branch campus (mostly Greensburg and Johnstown) after 1 year.</p>
<p>Seriously?? Well the only information they told me about was the 2+2 program at bradford. I even asked if I could transfer after one year and they just told me about the 2+2 program so I assumed you ccouldn’t. But oh well it’s too late for that. Ill just transfer after 2 semesters at duq. Hope it isn’t a hassle to transfer.</p>
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<p>hey AO, i applied to main campus but they accepted me in greensburg instead. is it possible to transfer to oakland after a year? thanks.</p>
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<p>Definitely. What are you majoring in? I know, at least, for engineering, it’s a pretty simple process where you just tell your advisor that you want to transfer and starting around the start of spring semester they help you fill out all the paper work to go to Oakland for your sophomore year.</p>
<p>I want to take neuroscience as my major. I know that I have to take and pass neuro 1000. I’m doing undeclared in greensburg right now and they put me under humanities. How big is my chance to get accepted in Oakland? And if its possible who should I talk to and when can I start applying to main campus? Thank you so much for helping!</p>
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<p>Have you signed up for classes yet? (Not sure how PittStart works for branch campuses). If not, when you go in, talk to your advisor there and explain what you want to do. They will help you pick the appropriate classes (such as neuro 1000, although I thought that had a prereq of bio/chem?) so that you are good to go for the neuro department. Also explain that you want to transfer to Main after your first year and they will help you sort things out with that.</p>
<p>Once you actually start school in August you should be assigned an advisor (if you don’t meet your advisor in the summer, which Pitt Main didn’t do for SSOE at least). Meet with them early on and explain what you want to do. They will help you with the necessary classes and forms.</p>
<p>I read that students can apply to Pitt in June of their junior year. Although sending SAT/ACT scores in June will not be a problem, the transcripts and LOR will not be sent until the end of Sept or the beginning of Oct of senior year. Will this matter in terms of getting merit aid?</p>
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<p>If you have strong scores, it should not matter. However, until Pitt gets your official HS transcript they will not review your application for either acceptance or merit aid. Keep in mind that the scholarship committee only meets once a week (Fridays I think) so that in October, when more people have applied, it may take longer to hear back and may become a little more difficult to get money.</p>
<p>^ Thanks- how many students really have guidance counselors who will send out transcripts in June of junior year? I think most will do it in the early fall.</p>
<p>Does Pitt allow you to self send your unofficial transcript and then send an official one after acceptance? Some schools allow this.</p>
<p>No decisions are made until the end of September, two girls, so waiting until the end of the summer does not put you behind. You used to be able to visit Pitt in the summer and apply right then. I do not know whether that is still true.</p>
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<p>Like MD Mom said, decisions aren’t sent out until early October so by sending things in at the end of August/beginning of September doesn’t hurt. You can always submit everything but your transcript early so they know that you are very interested.</p>
<p>And I’m fairly certain Pitt doesn’t not take unofficial transcripts, but you can always email OAFA and ask!</p>
<p>Hi AwesomeOpossum,</p>
<p>I have a question regarding what kind of laptop is best for engineering.
I have been using an iMac desktop throughout high school mainly because enjoy graphic designing and movie making as a hobby and these skills come in handy throughout the year with projects and such.
But, I have had many people tell me to go with Windows for engineering.</p>
<p>I also have heard that engineering requires the following specs in a laptop:
Fast processor: 4th Generation Intel Quad-Core i7
Large Storage: 256GB - 512GB
Large Memory Space: 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3L</p>
<p>Here are a few specs I prefer for Graphic designing on Windows:
Screen Size: 15-17 inches
Display: 1920x1080 Resolution with IPS
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750M - 770M
Portability: 4-5 Pounds
Battery Life: 5-7 Hours</p>
<p>If I go with Windows, here are a few laptops that meet the criteria close enough:
Alienware 17
Razer Blade 14-inch Gaming Laptop
Lenovo IdeaPad Y580</p>
<p>If I go with Mac, here’s what meets the criteria close enough:
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display and split hard drive with BootCamp to run Windows 7</p>
<p>Do you know engineering students who have used any of these laptops?
If yes, how was their experience?
If no, do you have any recommendations for the best engineering laptop based on your undergraduate engineering experience?
Anything else you’d recommend in this subject?</p>
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<p>I generally recommend a PC for Engineering since a lot of programs you need to use need to run on a Windows OS. However if you really like Macs, be prepared to run Parallels and lose some memory so that you can get your work done, especially freshman year.</p>
<p>Beyond that- get whatever laptop you want. There’s no requirements for laptops. As long as it works, connects to the internet, and can install the programs you need to use for class (MatLab, Putty, Visual Studio) it doesn’t matter what you have.</p>