<p>Pitt is my second choice after my ED school, so I will most likely be there next year! I was wondering though if anybody on this board came from out of state. Are most of the students from in-state? How was the transition? Are there a bunch of cliques?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I will also most likely be at Pitt next year. As of now it is my first choice. I am from Missouri so that would definitely make me an OOS. I’m pretty sure I remember hearing them saying it was 70% in-state and 30% OOS when I visited a few weeks ago. Don’t quote me on that though…</p>
<p>I’m OOS. Plenty of people here are. And no, there aren’t cliques like in high school at all.</p>
<p>DD is OOS from Maryland and rockguy is correct with his numbers–about 30 percent out of state. PA is such a large state that it in itself is pretty diverse. In my daughter’s suite of eight, girls are from NY, NJ, PA, and Mass. She has several friends from other countries as well.</p>
<p>MD Mom, this is good to hear. How has your DD’s experience been at the school?</p>
<p>She loves it and she is not overly enthusiastic in general. She wishes she had started in the honors dorm. She is quite challenged academically and is dual majoring (for now) in physics and Japanese. If you have specific questions ask.</p>
<p>MD mom -why does she wish she started in honors dorm?</p>
<p>MD Mom- what does she think of the students there? has the school been very accessible? what are her complaints?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Honors dorm–She is very academic minded, but opted for a global learning community because of her interest in other cultures. The global community was more social. She also has had a couple of instances where she would have liked to have someone to talk to about her physics and chemistry classes (both honors sections), but it was harder to find those students in her dorm.</p>
<p>She has met people through classes, through the honors college programs (they show movies, etc), and through her dorm. Overall, she seems to have plenty of people she likes. While it is not a competitive atmosphere (student to student), it is certainly challenging.</p>
<p>The professors have been very accessible. She has had some scheduling problems because of a conflict between honors physics recitation and her Japanese lecture. She talked with both professors and doesn’t attend the recitation, which may or may not impact her grade. Lab sciences and languages are tough for dual majoring because they both have a high number of contact hours. She plans to continue Japanese during the summer to loosen up her schedule for next year. Also, she needs more sleep than some of her peers, so one complaint has been that her suitemates stay up a little later than she would like. </p>
<p>She loves the city and walks or takes the buses all over. It is nice because it is a little smaller than some of the other city schools she looked at. There is no additional cost to students to ride the city buses, which is great. She took a bus from the student union to the airport to come home for Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>That bus to the airport is really convenient and it’s free :)</p>
<p>And guess what? When the bus driver finds your wallet, he turns it in. Hmmmm. How would I know that? What a great city.</p>
<p>That is amazing, double-majoring in physics and Japanese! My daughter was thinking of doing Japanese and psych, but when she saw all the requirements for both, and the gen ed courses besides, she opted for a certificate in Asian Studies instead. It’s kind of halfway between a major and a minor. She’s been very happy with the Japanese program at Pitt.</p>
<p>^^She didn’t get it from me!</p>