University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Top Questions

The worst thing about Pitt is that sometimes you can get so easily distracted, especially if you're living on campus. You have lots of work to do for school, but the campus can be so distracting, I tend to procrastinate a lot.

The worst thing about my school is that there isn't a lot of space where there are green lawns.

The amount of tim eyu need to put into all your classes. In high school all your teachers took into the fact of other classes but in college they are only conserned of there class, but I guess thats how college is. I handle doing all the work but sometime it can be stressful

There's always a lot going on. It does become difficult to balance a social calendar with school work.

Some departments have no common space where students can socialize.

The lack of very good advising. The advisors don't give the studentsa good idea of what their getting into when they sign up for courses. Some advisors are better than others, obviously, so it's really the luck of the draw.

There is a strong focus on career choices or taking business focused courses, even in the humanities. This is challenging because it presents learning as only a means towards a career or job and not a positive and worthwhile activity in itself.

The commute!

There are limited opportunties for scholarships at my university. Most students might get a scholarship during their last year if their GPA stands out.

On the university level, you get back what you put into it. So if you approach your future with a positive attitude and a driven mentality, you will reap most of the benefits there are available. However, the only downfall at Pitt is probably the weather. As uncontrollable as it is, the unpredictability of poor weather definitely keeps you on your toes. All in all, there are no negative remarks to be made. As stated above, it is what you make of it.

Nothing really. I love this school.

I am in the School of Arts and Sciences, and there are quite a few general education requirements. For example, I'm majoring in creative non-fiction and religious studies, so to have to take three natural science classes while I'm here is difficult, especially when I have classmates who are majors in that particular field. I can't think of anything really terrible though.

The weather here can be pretty bad in the beginning of the spring semester, and that makes peoples attitudes pretty negative. Also, many students do not have alot of school spirit, and the kids from Pittsburgh have alot of hometown pride so they are very against other places especially Philadelpha

The worst thing about school is winter time. Normally we have classes no matter the weather, even if all other schools and colleges are cancelled. Our campus is big so we have to walk in it.

THE SOCIAL WORLD IS ALL ABOUT THE GREEK SYSTEM AND DRINKING.

The worst thing is that it is 600 miles from my home which is out of state. When going home I always have to catch a plane instead of someone picking me up or taking a bus.

they could be more envirormentally friendly.

The worst thing about my school is that since it is right next to the city of Pittsburgh and is located in Oakland it isn't very clean all of the time. There is often trash on the streets and the buildings look a bit worn down.

The worst thing is how much effort you have to put into your classes. they expect a lot out of you which is a good thing but it's easy to spread yourself too thin trying to do everything for class and have a social life/job/etc.

bad neighborhoods, binge drinking, and lack of focus