The University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

The University of Pittsburgh is a great place to get an education. There's plenty to do and students are given a bus pass so you can get around easily enough. The courses are challenging but not impossible. You are expected to fend for yourself to a degree, but if you're going to be successful it's a skill you'll need to learn at some point. Sometimes things feel a bit impersonal and the weather doesn't help with those days when it feels like you're getting the cold shoulder. Staff are generally pretty good. Some are a bit arrogant but for the most part they're knowledgeable and helpful provided you work hard. The only issue I have with the university is if you've got a TA in the introductory sciences you can almost guarantee they're going to be foreign and almost impossible to understand. I don't know why they're hiring some of these people but it's like they stand up in front of the class and mumble incomprehensibly. This makes recitations worthless and labs a lot more difficult (especially if you're really trying to learn something from them). I'd say 95% of the recitations I've had in the math & physics depts have been with such TAs and all of my chemistry labs certainly have been. It's a bit disappointing.

4th Year Female -- Class 2012

Education Quality: A, Individual Value: D

1st Year Female -- Class 2010

Education Quality: A+, Individual Value: B+