<p>My son is currently a freshman intending to major in Mechanical Engineering. He is also in the Honors College. He is really enjoying Pitt. He is taking Chemistry, Physics, Calc, and Eng Analysis, plus the freshman engineering seminar. Most students also take an elective, but since my son came in with AP credits for a few electives, he decided to not take one this semester and instead take two honors courses. He is doing honors in calc and physics and loves those classes. The class sizes are reasonable, all with 80 or less kids and some smaller for recitations. I think once a week one of his classes has all the sections together in one lecture, and that has a couple hundred students. Next semester he will take the next level of those same courses, and add on an elective. All freshman engineers take the same classes. The only choices are the level (honors or regular), and your one elective each semester of freshman year. He finds the professors excellent and very accessible. We are happy with the engineering program, his dorm, the campus and the many activities he has been able to participate in at Pitt.</p>