Temple Vs. Pitt

College Search & Selection
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Hey guys I’m in a pickle.

So in the last six months I have been accepted to 5 colleges, and have narrowed it down to Temple and Pitt. Both of them have given me decent financial aid (although pitt might have given a couple hundred more dollars), but I have heard that Pitt has a wonderful Biology program. However, my main problem is this: I do not care for the fact that Pitt has such little diversity. (However the city is beautiful) I believe that college is time for me to learn about different cultures and and aspects of life, and I don’t know if Pitt can do that for me.

TL;DR: Pitt is a great school but not very diverse, and Temple is diverse but not ranked as high as Pitt.

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Have you visited Pitt? What did you think of the diversity when you had your feet on the ground?

We saw quite a bit of diversity when we there each time. Frankly, I was shocked to see the numbers on paper because the “feet on the ground” opinion seemed much more diverse than what the numbers offered up.

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I visited on the admitted they had a couple weeks ago but even then it felt pretty limited.

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@DancingOtters07 - Did you decide? what is your major? - my daughter looking at these two also - Pitt has limited art related majors from what I can see - but she loves Pitt campus - 2 weeks to push the button!