University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Top Questions

The university has a lot to offer in terms of diversity, cultural exposure, music, the arts, etc. however students must keep in mind they're in a city. The campus is not isolated from businesses, restaurants, medical buildings and sometimes the school sanctioned buildings are far away from the main part of campus. It will take comfort in knowing the public transportation available and comfort getting to know the campus in a busy city setting.

The classes you take are going to be hard. If you got in, it's because you are intelligent, therefore you probably did have to study very much in high school. It is very different here. Even if you study two nights before the test instead of one, you are not going to do well on the test. You really have to dedicate a lot of your time to homework and studying to keep up. College is fun, but you need to keep up with all of your classes.

I wish I knew how incredibly huge the amount of students attending the University of Pittsburgh was. Because it is a garguntaun university, it is also cold and impersonal. Numerous facualty give lectures about how a student can easily drown in this school. It has many oppurtunities, but they are effortlessly swatched away by others.

How much the quality of the school would contrast with the price.

I wish I would have known to take a deep breath and not to try to impress others, just be yourself and that is where you'll find your true friends. Make sure that you not only study the night before a test, but every day once you come back from class look over your notes to refresh your memory and hopefully it sinks it a little more than just the lecture did. Lastly, don't play games on your phone or laptop during lectures...learn to actually focus and listen, it helps!

I will I had known more about all the opportunities available at Pitt, so I could have started taking advantage of them earlier. Although I was able to experience many off the things Pitt had to offer me, I think I could have found even more to benefit from if I had begun sooner.

I wish I known more about the clubs and activities available on campus. Also I wish I had more advice about what to bring to campus because there was a lot of extra things I had, but also odds and ends I had forgotten.

I wish I'd known cold it got in Pittsburgh! Really though, I wish I'd known more about the dining options. There are good healthy choices for students, but I'd like to see that be the majority. Sometimes providing healthy meals seems like a bit of an afterthought.

I wish I would have know that the name "Cardiac Hill" was not just a joke. Last year I lived in a dorm on top of this huge hill. I chose it because there were private bathrooms and the rooms were bigger. I knew it was on a hill, but I did not know people actually had heart attacks while walking up it. Living on top of that hill was definitely not the best choice I have made, but my calves look pretty nice from all of that walking.

I wish I had been better prepared for the amount of studying that I would need to do in order to do well in my classes. Professors at Pitt hold very high standards for all students, without regard to academic year. Luckily, after one semester I caught on and was able to perform much better academically. The transition from high school to undergrad is always a bit shaky, and I think most students tend to underestimate the amount of work that they will need to do in order to get As. I was not exempt in this way of thinking.