University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Top Questions

One of the bigger stereotypes of Pitt is that its a big party school, and people know how to take charge and enjoy their time at Pitt.

People think everyone at Pitt is doing research and that they either party a whole lot or have no time for it.

Don't know of any

I guess some people think that Pitt isn't that great of a school or that students aren't that intelligent.

Pitt students are all rich upper-middle class students who can afford anything.

I always though that Pitt and Pitt students weren't really well thought of in the academic world, but I've found that Pitt has a really decent reputation, especially internationally. I practically got into grad school based on Pitt's name alone, or at least I think. I don't know of any real stereotypes of Pitt. I've always thought we were mediocre if they though of Pitt at all.

Party school, cultured, better than Penn State

Whenever I tell someone from home that I chose U Pitt, they always look really surprised, as if I have chosen to live in garbage dump or something. People stereotype the city of pittsburgh to be dirty and gross, when in reality its one of the most beautiful cities I have been to. Pitt is usually stereotyped to be a bunch of local pittsburghers, but it really isnt, there are people from all over the country here.