<p>I've been accepted to both the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University Main Campus. Neuroscience at Pitt and B.S. Psychology at Penn State.</p>
<p>So, I really enjoy Penn States campus and campus life, but I think Pitt has a more specialized program. I would like to hear everything anyone has to say about the schools so I can hopefully get some insight. I mostly want to hear about the programs/academics if possible, because i know campus life at both schools are a lot of fun. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to both, but it depends on what you truly want to do. If you go to Pitt then, you have access to research facilities that most undergrads don’t have. and if you want to go into the medical field then Pitt had resources wayyy better then Penn State. Im going to Pitt next year (neuroscience) and im giving up Cornell because its research attracted me. besides Pitt is known for its sciences</p>
<p>Pitt is superior in both psych and neuro, although PSU has very good undergrad psych (although it doesn’t not have as much in the research end and doesn’t have the clinical facilities…for instance, Western Psych Institute & Clinic is right on campus at Pitt if you are interested in clinical psychiatric and clinical psychology type of things). For psych though, it could really depend on what setting you like better if psych is going to be your direction. However, if you are interested in neuroscience, it is a no brainer to go to Pitt. PSU has nothing comparable to what Pitt offers in that field (and by extension, really, the area of overlap sometimes referred to as “biopsych”). Pitt’s undergrad neuroscience program is one of the oldest such in the country, and is an entire department to itself. The undergrad research opportunities in the field are only matched by a hand full of schools, like Johns Hopkins or Penn. In any sort of research-oriented field, and all biological sciences fall within that, getting good, quality undergrad research experience should be a priority. And in Pitt’s case, having the fifth largest amount of NIH funded research in the US, and one of the largest biomedical hospital/research complexes right on campus is a huge advantage for students. In general, anything in the health and biosciences is superior at Pitt, and the scale of the research endeavors and facilities available to Pitt undergrads are log-folds ahead of what is going on in State College.</p>