<p>My daughter got accepted to UConn w/ 15,000 scholarship and University of Pittsburgh w/ 10,000 scholarship. Her intended major is speech language pathology. Loves both campuses and would be OOS for both. With the scholarships the schools end up being the same price. Having a hard time choosing a school. Please help !</p>
<p>These schools are so different in many ways. Perhaps you could begin by telling us about your D and what she likes in each school. It is after all she who must be happy, and about her we know nothing.</p>
<p>Well, does she want to be in Storrs, CT - a small college town where life is probably going to largely revolve around UConn - or would she rather be in Pittsburgh, a large urban area with lots of other colleges/universities and likely a very different social life? That’s a big initial consideration. Is she into college sports at all? That’s another thing - UConn has a bigger sports legacy/involvement than Pitt.</p>
<p>about the sports thing, I’m not so sure, juillet. I don’t have a horse here, but Pitt is a pretty big sports university and Pittsburgh is a much bigger professional sports town. </p>
<p>listrong: rather the scholarship amount, can you tell us how much each university would cost, after scholarships but before any loan? Did your daughter get into the Honors Program at either/both?</p>
<p>Pitt ranks #8 in it’s grad speech pathology ranking, research involvement as an undergrad is easy to get, numerous medical facilities in walking distance for shadowing. I’m assuming she also has their graduate guarantee if she maintains a certain gpa? That is also a perk. I have two there, in engineering. Might try posting this on the two colleges threads so you get the pluses from both directions. I have no knowledge of UConn. Good luck!</p>
<p>she has lived in both a city and small town and doesn’t mind both. w/o loans pitt was 28,000 and uconn was 27,000. </p>
<p>Pitt sounds like the better choice, since the cost is so similar and the speech pathology ranking is stronger.</p>
<p>Wow, costs are really similar and she likes both locations, weather is similar… it’s a tough call. Has she gone to admitted students day, spent an overnight (including attending a freshman class, eating in the cafeteria, etc…)</p>
<p>UConn is a nice place, but if you’re not into cow-tipping, the off-campus activities are pretty limited; as opposed to Pitt, which is in a lively neighborhood in an interesting city.</p>
<p>I think it really comes down to wanting a city versus country environment. I can’t address it without prejudice because both of my daughters are at Pitt, and would not have been happy at UConn because they would consider it to be in the middle of nowhere. We have been thrilled with the many opportunities Pitt has for both of our daughters. I can’t speak for UConn. The one thing about Pitt that we didn’t realize until our older daughter enrolled, is that is works much like a small university even though it’s large. Both our daughters receive individual attention that we would associate with a small, liberal arts school. </p>
<p>Either school is good. Good luck!</p>