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.