Also, I applied to Carnegie Mellon, and they pointed out that they work very closely with Pitt, and that students at each institution can cross-register if the classes that they want aren’t available at their university.
So if there’s a CMU course that she wants to take that isn’t available at Pitt, she can just walk over and take it (and pay Pitt tuition, I believe). That’s definitely a nice perk. I forget the name of the program, but I think that there may be other schools in it.
Quick Clutch Edit: It’s through the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education. There are 8 other universities (not including CMU and Pitt), so 10 total.
http://www.registrar.pitt.edu/cross_registration.html