Comments on: Seriously, this is a Pitt student.*

By: john

john — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:34 +0000

I think you got into grad school because you’re smart. I worked in Oakland and most of the Pitt kids I came into contact with were total morons. I’m being serious when I say that a good 20 to 30 percent of them shouldn’t be aloud to interact with other people. Their IQ’s bring the cities average down.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:02:03 +0000

I do not feel Pitt has helped me in my 2 years so far. I’m worried come senior year my internships will be lack lustered and I might regret picking this school over I don’t know, GW.

By: ajk

ajk — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:25:52 +0000

Pitt has a pretty good rep nationwide. Pennsylvania is respected for its universities.

By: Chris Griswold

Chris Griswold — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:44:57 +0000

I really like this thread.

By: A note...

A note... — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:22:34 +0000

CMUs reputation in the Pittsburgh area is much better than that in the rest of the country.

That said, it depends on which program you are talking about. Pitt has a fantastic liberal arts program and a great business program for their eMBA.

My firm has a lot of problems with their accounting students being able to write well and knowing many of the basics. That said, Pitt has a very young business undergraduate program.

By: yinzerdiaspora

yinzerdiaspora — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:59:32 +0000

Pitt has an undeserved crap reputation the same way all sorts of things in Pittsburgh do. Locals think that something *must* suck if it comes from “this lame town”.
Think about how everyone bitches about PAT until they experience other cities’ public transportation.
Hilarious when you move to other mid-size, midwestern cities that complain about the same sorts of things while saying how cool they always thought Pgh sounded…

By: A note

A note — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:10:53 +0000

Not that it affects reputation, but Pitt is not a state school. It is a state-related school, meaning that it receives a small amount of support from the state (about 17% of the budget), but is private and overseen by a board of trustees (with a sliver of state-appointed members). So, you can brush off naysayers who besmirch Pitt as “just a state school.”

By: Chris Griswold

Chris Griswold — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:22:05 +0000

Internships are going to be where you learn what you really need to know. I had internships at my hometown newspaper, the Mattress Factory, and KDKA-TV. Those, plus the practical application of skills at The Pitt News really made me comfortable and capable in a professional setting. You really do get what you can in college, but it’s up to you to take that and make something more of it. I stumbled into film and German minors, and although I may never have practical uses for that knowledge, it still enriches me and adds to the confidence in myself that not only do I have those talents, I know I can learn more such skills.

By: zack

zack — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:06:25 +0000

For being a current Pitt senior about to enter the real world, I feel that I have gained an immense amount of knowledge during my time at Pitt.

I’ve taken on two majors and a certificate so it has been very demanding. My liberal arts education has been rewarding for I have had very interesting and dedicated professors for the most part.

And all this talk of papers is only good if you can apply what you have learned in a real world setting. Pitt now requires internships for my urban studies major and the skills i have learned both inside and outside the classroom have prepared me for the professional world.

By: Chris Griswold

Chris Griswold — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:55:46 +0000

One more thing. Now that I am at Ohio University, I am seeing what this school’s undergraduate programs are like, and they’re pretty thorough. Ohio’s known for being a top party school, but students here work as hard as they party. In the same conversation on a shuttle, I will hear someone discuss getting wasted and then also writing a 20-page paper. I didn’t have to write a single 20-page paper at Pitt. Plus, OU is on a quarter, rather than a semester, system, so time is tight and you need to be focused. But this also gives you the opportunity to have more classes and a more well-rounded education. They’re thinking of making all of Ohio’s state schools adopt this system.