Pitt vs Penn State

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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<p>Really, you should try to visit Pitt if you can. It’s campus is pretty unique and it’s architecture pretty eclectic ranging from neoclassical to gothic to Italianate to brutalist. It’s got green areas (around the Cathedral of Learning, by the basketball arena, and the hillside), but is also very urban (along Forbes and Fifth Avenues which bisect the campus). It is sort of unique in a way, maybe most like Penn’s, but with less architectural homogeneity. Here’s [a</a> link quakerstate posted a while back that has an unofficial collection of photos from Pitt’s campus (once you skip past the athletic stuff at the beginning)](<a href=“http://pittsburgh.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=683&tid=139382896&mid=139382896&sid=996&style=1]a”>http://pittsburgh.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=683&tid=139382896&mid=139382896&sid=996&style=1). Admittedly, that link doesn’t demonstrate the urban nature of the campus along Forbes and Fifth Aves, but you can sort of see it in the one night-time “skyscraper U” picture.</p>

<p>I’d be curious to see a thread started about the best individual college building. I’ve seen a bunch, and I don’t know any that can touch the Cathedral of Learning inside and out.</p>

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<p>Hold your worries, folks–TPN published a correction to that article a while back…housing is still guaranteed for 3 years. They’ve already worked on (and probably completed, since a friend of mine is living there) the first floor of Lothrop–I don’t know about Bouquet, though. Keep in mind, too, that many/most/all? of the students placed in lounges eventually wind up moving to a more traditional dorm setting.</p>

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<p>you need to understand that pitt has incredible spirit when it comes to sports. no football is not pitt’s sport, but basktball is. the Oakland Zoo, Pitt’s basketball cheering section is the largest student club at pitt and is ranked as one of the best if not the best collegiate cheering sections. students there love basketball and you won’t find a better atmosphere for that. also the biology program is very prominent so if that is your major then look no further</p>