<p>I will be attending University of Pittsburgh in the fall and I was wondering what people in Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh actually think of this school.</p>
<p>My niece is seriously considering Pitt (along with Penn State and Drexel). She wants to be an engineering major. She has done an overnight at Pitt and was very impressed by the campus life and the honors program. I think it has a lot to offer and is well-regarded, especially regionally.</p>
<p>why not look at Prudue since your in the area (according to your location chicago?)</p>
<p>Pitt is a very well respected school. I'm in the middle of rural PA. People here love Penn State and stuff, but when you ask the kids at the high schools if they'd rather attend Penn State or Pitt, it almost always comes back as Pitt because of their academic reputation. By the way, I'm looking at Pitt myself.</p>
<p>Nationally, Penn State has a better reputation and I think the largest amount of living alumni of any school.</p>
<p>how about wisconsin, they have around 350,000 living alum</p>
<p>Actually I think Penn State probably has a better academic reputation. I mean it is ranked Higher.</p>
<p>Penn state does have the the most living alumni. Actually, 1 in every 12 people in the US is a graduate of one of the Penn State campuses.</p>
<p>Either Way, With Penn State and Pitt, plus a bunch of other schools. Pennsylvania has to be considered one of the best States to get an education. I'd probably only put it behind like Massachutess and California.</p>
<p>Wow i don't even know how that's possible! (1/12)</p>
<p>its impossible for 1 in 12 people to be a penn state grad, the would be like 25 million people. Maybe you could say 1 in 12 graduates, but i highly doubt that as well, there are currently 80,000 students attending every college in the penn state system while there is a total if 180,000 in the UC system, even the U wisconsin sysem has around 150,000 in its 4 year system</p>
<p>"why not look at Prudue since your in the area (according to your location chicago?)"</p>
<p>I've lived in the midwest my entire life and would like to live in a different part of the country. I think the northeast would be perfect since I really do not like the sun or extremely warm weather (thus eliminating the south and west coast).</p>
<p>actually I think it's one out of 12 in Pennsylvania, not the whole US.</p>
<p>Pitt is very urban. There are green areas that are beautiful, near Heinz Chapel and the Cathedral. It's not in the downtown, rather the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, which has lots of restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores, some shopping, museums, etc...it's a lively area with a lot to do.</p>
<p>Pitt's got a good reputation especially anything medically related (premed, nursing, allied health fields) and philosophy is top notch.</p>
<p>Basically it's the urban version of Penn State.</p>
<p>haha, i am trying to get out of california and into the midwest. To bad you cant just trade spots with me, really really it is not hot and sunny over here, i promise..lol.</p>
<p>How about U conn
UVM, UNH and rutgers</p>
<p>What area are you going to be studying? I've had family and friends in just about every area of the university. From my experience with the pharmacy, business, CAS and engineering schools, the professors are very accessible and care about the students. The honors college offers some unique opportunities, too. Oakland is a great area for college students, urban but not too much so. Lots of social and cultural opportunities that go along with a city. </p>
<p>Regionally, at least, Pitt has a good reputation. I think Pitt may not get the respect it deserves on this board because it's a (gasp!) public institution.</p>
<p>^psychology</p>
<p>Pitt is actually harder to get into than PSU. Pitt and PSU are known for different fields though. E.g. Pitt is really known for health and biosciences, PSU more for the physical sciences, so their reputations are generally in different fields. I’m originally from Penn State country but I am in the biosciences, and Pitt has a rockstar reputation in that area, but it is also sort of the nouveau riche newcomer in that field at the same time (meaning really the last 30 years it has really exploded onto the scene).</p>
<p>Nationally, in a general way, I think more people have heard of PSU, mostly because of the football team and now, unfortunately, the scandal. I live in California now and the scandal has tainted Penn State’s reputation and who knows what will happen with the trial starts in July. But back home in Pennsylvania, people have generally dismissed it, but that is not how it is playing outside the area in my experience…e.g. it is shaping up to be something more like what you think about when you hear “Kent State”.</p>
<p>PSU is also significantly bigger than Pitt; not only is the main campus twice as large, but PSU has something like 19 branch campuses (all earning the same PSU diploma), so it does have one of the largest alumni populations. Some people see that as a plus, and some as a minus.</p>