University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Top Questions

Pitt students are very accepting of everyone regardless of race, religious, sexual orientation, social status, etc and we are a very diverse school in terms of all of these differences. You will see all kinds of students interacting with each other, and there are always a variety of cultural events held by student organizations on campus, and off campus at various locations to promote diversity and cultural exchange. If diversity and openness is what a student is looking for - Pitt is a school they should seriously consider! People here are very laid back, and its very common to see people walking around in a Pitt sweatshirt and Pitt sweatpants. At the University of Pittsburgh, all of the students, regardless of what makes them unique, all share one thing in common... we are all PROUD to call ourselves a PITT PANTHER!

Pitt students are very accepting of everyone regardless of race, religious, sexual orientation, social status, etc and we are a very diverse school in terms of all of these differences. You will see all kinds of students interacting with each other, and there are always a variety of cultural events held by student organizations on campus, and off campus at various locations to promote diversity and cultural exchange. If diversity and openness is what a student is looking for - Pitt is a school they should seriously consider! People here are very laid back, and its very common to see people walking around in a Pitt sweatshirt and Pitt sweatpants. At the University of Pittsburgh, all of the students, regardless of what makes them unique, all share one thing in common... we are all PROUD to call ourselves a PITT PANTHER!

Rainbow Alliance, Black Action Society, and Campus Women's Organization are all prevalent groups on campus. This is a good thing because it makes the campus population in general more socially aware (all 3 of these groups hold some awesome annual events that draw lots of the student population), and also provides support for more historically-disadvantaged people. At Pitt, it seems like students with the same interests end up finding one another via their majors or campus organizations, so lots of times people with the same interests end up being friends. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, as another common group of friends is those who you lived with as an underclassmen, and in these groups you find people of opposite political views and without many common interests who can still be really good friends. So different types of students definitely interact, but if you're passionate about something you will probably also naturally become friends with others who are too. Students of all financial backgrounds attend Pitt, too. In general, I haven't met anyone from an incredibly-disadvantaged background, but I also haven't met many legitimately rich people either. I'd say most students are lower-middle, middle, or upper-middle class. Pitt students are generally politically aware, but the majority aren't really active. Student voter turnout has increased in the years I've been here though, and there definitely is very prevalent political activism on campus, just from a smaller amount of students. The student population, like most colleges, is stereotypically on the moderate side of left. However there's also a strong set of extremely liberal students, and there are more conservative students (much more fiscally conservative than socially) than one might expect on a college campus, since Pitt is located in Pennsylvania, and pretty much all of rural Pennsylvania is predominately conservative. Approxtimately 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students are from Pennsylvania, but even though I have something in my mind that is a "stereotypical Pennsylvanian," not many of the students fit that stereotype. The largest area represented is probably the city and suburbs around Pittsburgh. However, I'm from New York, and have met people from Texas, California, Alaska, Minnesota, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Flordia. There is also a pretty good number of international students - lots from China and India - especially in graduate programs - but you're also likely to know at least one international student as an undergrad.

Most of my classmates in the business school are very intelligent.

I would describe my classmates as being some of the most inspiring people I have me so far in my life, they constantly motivate me to do better in many aspects of my life.

My classmates are relaxed, yet motivated to achieve their goals.

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People who were self centered and cared about no one but themselves.

Pretty friendly for the most part, it's not really hard to make friends.

While leaving a comfortable setting at home was difficult to do, the people that I have met here, and the bonds I have forged have made this experience all the more worth while.