<p>so kind of a hard choice, i got into Pitt honors program with a full tuition scholarship and still waiting on a full ride, PSU honors with the minimum of $3,500, and then UMD i got into university honors and gemstone, but havent heard about any scholarship yet. whats the best choice, i'm studying business/economics and i'm PA resident. are the other two worth the extra money or should i go to pitt who offered the most so far...</p>
<p>Pitts. UMD shouldn't really be considered here and since PSU and Pitt are about the same I'd choose Pitt.</p>
<p>No brainer - PSU.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on the kind of environment you want for your undergrad experience (good-sized city vs. mega-campus) as well as your financial situation. Of the schools you mentioned, I'm only really familiar with Pitt, which I think can provide a fantastic experience for the right student. The city's great, honors program makes it a less anonymous situation, and you can buy yourself some nice auxiliary educational experiences with the money you'll save on tuition (study abroad, internship expenses, whatever). Good luck on the full ride!</p>
<p>I'm familiar with Pitt and PSU. Penn State's honors college seems to be a little more organized than Pitt's, although my son goes to Pitt (he wanted the city culture and amenities). </p>
<p>At PSU, the students are guaranteed honors housing together for four years and have priority registration for classes (a big plus at a big school). Only honors students can sign up for honors classes. They are required to do a senior thesis. </p>
<p>At Pitt, honors housing is an application process (unless you are a Chancellors Scholar, in which case your housing is guaranteed) and there is no priority registration for classes. Anyone can take an honors class. The senior thesis is optional.</p>
<p>I agree that being in either honors college gives you a little more intimate feeling at a big state u. At any school, the honors classes are somewhat more challanging and taught in more depth. I think that Schreyer has more to offer than Pitt Honors, but Pitt is giving you alot more money. Good luck with your decision. Probably you can't go wrong with any of the three.</p>
<p>also, getting into PSU honors is very very prestigious.. it takes some mad scores and stuff to get in. it's probably akin to getting into some place that's in the top 15-20 in the US News rankings (sorry, i don't know what else to use)</p>
<p>I thought that reg. student could still get into honors classes?(I though that honors college had a priority over reg PSU students)</p>
<p>BTW-Id rec. PSU</p>
<p>Don't know much about PSU or MD's but as for Pitts....it's what you do that makes it.</p>
<p>You are not required to take a certain number of honors classes and such, and it is not very organized.</p>
<p>I wasn't in the honors college when I was accepted, but maintained a QPA high enough to join the honors college after my first semester. However, all I knew about was taking honors college classes. Of which, I only took one before graduation.</p>
<p>If you are serious about the honors college at Pitt, look into the BPhil option and try to go for that. Otherwise, the honors college doesn't seem quite worth it imho. Any student can take honors college classes with permission and the class I took was cross-registered with a non-honors class (this is unusual, but does occur occassionally).</p>
<p>Just a note: if you want the BPhil degree at Pitt, you have to do the senior thesis.</p>
<p>how much does being honors at penn state in business help with job placement and salary after college compared to pitt or maryland honors</p>
<p>Are you guys kidding? Considering how stingy PSU is with merit aid (many people don't get more than the standard Honors package) and the fact that he has full tuition at Pitt, unless he really wants go to PSU there isn't much of a reason to turn down that much money at Pitt. The difference between Pitt and PSU is small at best for UG, with PSU's biggest advantage being in engineering.</p>
<p>Actually, Pitt has a pretty nice engineering program, too. Since they are all ABET accredited and all offer research opportunities, the difference is probably negligible.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman at Schreyer Honors, PSU.
Honors classes are open to all but Schreyer kids get priority registration.
I have been amazed with the level of advising he is getting. He has a major advisor, an honors advisor, will have a thesis advisor and there may be another advisor in there somewhere. He is having a great experience but does say that a lot of the kids are in "technical" fields - science and engineering.
I would advise you to visit and talk to the kids. My son was not a typical big university kid. He went to his first football game this year for example- He really likes the other kids in his program but I would say it is very much a "school within a school".</p>
<p>one of my friends didn't really care much for Pitt but he applied. He got into honors as he found out just a couple weeks ago. he has also gotten into Michigan, UNC, Penn State, and Maryland(scholars Program--13 programs with 70-90 in each). He will probably pay maryland off if he goes to maryland w/o any loans but if he goes to michigan he will have a good number of loans. Do you think he should go to pitt because he is in honors? He wants to be a doctor</p>
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<h2>He is instate at maryland and did not get into the honors college with a 4.7 and a 32 ACT. He said recently that he isn't even considering Pitt. SHould he? He says even if it is cheaper than maryland... he is inbetween maryland and UNC</h2>
<p>As you can see money has a lot to do with it or he would go to michigan. He wants to go to a top medical school after college. He actually would love to go to michigan for grad school. Does he have a good chance if he works hard in college?? He isn't the type of person that gets B's so if he adjusts to college I would expect no different as testimate to his 4.7 W GPA at a top 25 highschool(wootton #17) as ranked by newsweek.</p>
<p>I'm a Pitt fan but if you're talking honors programs, PSU Schreyer beats Pitt hands down. It's much more selective and well defined, even has its own (substantial) building on College Ave. I am pretty sure if you have a certain SAT and gpa at Pitt you can take honors classes (lower than PSU numbers). </p>
<p>Pitt vs PSU undergrad...both good schools, do you like urban or rural? But with honors programs they're not the same.</p>