Anyone familiar with Pittsburgh (the college)?

[SarcasticDwarf]

I have been accepted to the graduate program (Library and Information Sciences: DIgital Archives) there. The choice will probably come down to Pittsburgh and Madison. I know Madison well but am not familiar with Pittsburgh. Can anyone give their opinions on the university?

 

[AreaCode707]

Zenmervolt went there and he loved it. Send him a PM - he's at a work conference in Vegas right now and probably won't be online tonight but he'd be a good resource for you.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Thanks. I will shoot him a PM when I get the chance.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

*bump*

 

[JDub02]

Good school. I went to Bucknell, but I live in Pittsburgh and have a number of friends that attend Pitt. If you can handle winter weather, you'll like it. Oakland's a fun place and you can get cheap Pens tickets with a Pitt ID.

 

[JS80]

go ucla!!!!!

 

[KarmaPolice]

what grad program...

I have a friend there that is in the CS grad program...she loves it.

I have been there. I like the campus and the school but i am not a fan of Pittsburgh because of the weather and it always being cloudy. I also like being near more cities like philly, baltimore and DC. Pitt is kinda out there.

 

[Phokus]

Steelers fans are tremendous morons, you need to factor that in

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Steelers fans are tremendous morons, you need to factor that in

I believe this is where the acronym DIAF! comes in handy.



Steelers fans are the greatest in the world .. unless you happen to be Kordell Stewart.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
what grad program...

I have a friend there that is in the CS grad program...she loves it.

I have been there. I like the campus and the school but i am not a fan of Pittsburgh because of the weather and it always being cloudy. I also like being near more cities like philly, baltimore and DC. Pitt is kinda out there.

Library and Information Science.

At this point though I can't see myself accepting it. The tuition for out of state is just insane.

 

[2Xtreme21]

I go there. I'm n the school of IS. PM me if you want info.

 

[Triumph]

Pittsburgh College? I don't think it's been called that for a hundred years. You mean the University of Pittsburgh?

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Steelers fans are tremendous morons, you need to factor that in

Phokus is a tremendous moron - not really something to factor in, but it's the truth

 

[Jeraden]

I work there, but I have no clue how good the actual academics here are.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Jeraden
I work there, but I have no clue how good the actual academics here are.

What department (if you don't mind my asking)?


If you talked to someone during the past hour frantically trying to get information that was probably me.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Call me biased, but I think it's a damn good school. As I said, I'm in the undergrad IS program and it's very well structured and offers quite a bit in the way of innovative technology education.

 

[SirStev0]

I go to PSU but I have a few friends who went to Pitt and have been there a few times. I hear it is quite sweet. It is right in the middle of the city, however in Pittsburgh there is only the city. A couple miles out of town is the boonies. The people there are overall fairly nice and for the most part if you can deal with there love of their sports team they are fun to hang with. If you like food that isnt good for you the food rocks. I have never had bacon like I have had in Pittsburgh.

From what I understand the school is fairly hard however, it has an outstanding reputation. For a big University, it is fairly small though. About 10-15000 undergrads, which is a good bit but nothing compared to PSU which has 45000. It is very densely packed and there are two or three other schools right next door. It is a pretty nice section of the town. It is almost in the center of town and not down in the scary parts. A lot of professors and better off people leave only a mile or so away in a part of town called squirrel hill.
That's about all I can think about right now.

 

[Ewat]

Here's some reviews but I'm not sure how reliable they are

http://www.studentsreview.com/PA/UPP.html

 

[kranky]

I think archcommus goes to Pitt, might shoot him a PM.

Heh, never knew Zenmervolt went to Pitt.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
I go to PSU but I have a few friends who went to Pitt and have been there a few times. I hear it is quite sweet. It is right in the middle of the city, however in Pittsburgh there is only the city. A couple miles out of town is the boonies.

There are 2.5 million people in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. That's similar to Tampa, St. Louis, Cincinatti, Orlando, San Diego, etc. "A couple of miles out" and you're still in Allegheny County...

 

[Bucks]

I go there too...Pm me if you want some info

 

[Inspector Jihad]

the campus is awesome...great location...unlike temple in north philly

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
I go to PSU but I have a few friends who went to Pitt and have been there a few times. I hear it is quite sweet. It is right in the middle of the city, however in Pittsburgh there is only the city. A couple miles out of town is the boonies. The people there are overall fairly nice and for the most part if you can deal with there love of their sports team they are fun to hang with. If you like food that isnt good for you the food rocks. I have never had bacon like I have had in Pittsburgh.

From what I understand the school is fairly hard however, it has an outstanding reputation. For a big University, it is fairly small though. About 10-15000 undergrads, which is a good bit but nothing compared to PSU which has 45000. It is very densely packed and there are two or three other schools right next door. It is a pretty nice section of the town. It is almost in the center of town and not down in the scary parts. A lot of professors and better off people leave only a mile or so away in a part of town called squirrel hill.
That's about all I can think about right now.

Pretty decent review, although I have to disagree with the "couple miles out is the boonies" thing. I'd say it's the opposite-- there is NOTHING downtown. The only reason I ever go downtown is to transfer a bus to go to the suburbs. Now granted, I've lived in Pittsburgh all my life, and been to all the museums / culture stuff every year since Kindergarten (hell I worked at one for 3 years) so I might be biased when it comes to that as well. It's not a sh*t town by any stretch of the imagination, but there's a lot to do in the suburbs.

 

[Jeraden]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Jeraden
I work there, but I have no clue how good the actual academics here are.

What department (if you don't mind my asking)?


If you talked to someone during the past hour frantically trying to get information that was probably me.

I'm in the IT group for the HR/Payroll department. I'm nice and isolated from having to deal with any students or really anyone other than other team members, so its usually very peaceful here!

 

[dethman]

they're my medical school alma mater, and are ranked top 20 in the country in terms of medicine, but i don't know too much about the rest of the grad programs.

in general, for being one of the oldest schools in the nation, pittsburgh still has a pretty poor reputation as an elite academic school. their undergraduate program is unremarkable, and their undergrads in my dealings never struck me as intelligent or really very thoughtful. possibly because carnegie mellon is down the street and the general tone there is much more academic and research oriented and IMHO the students study harder. for undergrad, i think pitt's a pretty standard state school which really should be much better than it is now for how long they've been around, but i'm sure they have some particular graduate programs which stand out which may or may not include information science. i do know the weather sucked there, but i'm a southern california native.


as a side note, i also graduated from UCLA so this weekend's game should be particularly interesting, especially since they stole howland away while i was in pittsburgh. go bruins!