University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Top Questions

Pitt students are seen as heavy drinkers.

There are no hot girls.

Pitt holds the general college stereotypes. There are party kids, study kids, and everything else in between. Generally, college students get pegged as obnoxious drinkers. Honestly, there are some. But there are also many other people.

We really don't have a set identity. It's not a "party school" like WVU, or purely a "basketball school" like UNC; it's Pitt. However, if I were to generalize, most of the students on campus are white, liberal, middle-class Pennsylvanians. But that's not everyone. I've seen tons of varieties of students and teachers here; as previously stated, there's no overarching stereotype.

That they are rude and obnoxious

That we are the dumb, partying cousins of Carnegie Melon

The city is dirty and there are a lot of bridges and the Steelers are awesome and so are the Penguins!

People from surrounding colleges (CMU, Carlowe) come to Pitt for the good looking students.

I have heard that people believe there to be a lot of partying at Pitt. Also, people think that all of the classes are very big and that students are dehumanized, becoming mere numbers in the system and not unique individuals at all.

As a student within the University I am not aware of the stereotypes placed upon us. However, I have heard the Carnegie Mellon girls think that Pitt girls are mildly retarded.