University of Pittsburgh - Off the Record
The prospective college student’s antidote to the Princeton Review doldrums.
186 pages of real insider information to help you decide if this is the right college for you.
University of Pittsburgh Students Tell It Like It Is
So yinz guys been thinkin' of coming dahn to the University of Pixburgh? College Prowler hopes you've been checking up on your Pittsburghese n'at before you get here?how embarrassed would you be if your roommate asked you to redd up the dorm and take your turn warshing the suite commode, and you had no idea where to begin?
The University of Pittsburgh College Prowler guide offers prospectives the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the University before they even arrive, with 29 chapters addressing common questions and concerns that the University itself may have tried to avoid answering, and giving advice, facts, quotes, and yes, even the best of Pittsburgh colloquialisms, all generated by current students attending Pitt.
Don't be fooled, however; Pitt's campus isn't full of yinzer yahoos?at least not completely. To see if you'd even care to spend the next four years seeing the world through blue and gold colored glasses, grab a College Prowler and read student opinions on:
Academics
'The teachers are good?they're the main reason Pitt is ranked highly. All
the teachers graduated from places like Cornell, NYU, Harvard, and other
crazy schools.'
Guys and Girls
'I know that people from Carnegie Mellon come here in
the spring to just look at the Pitt girls. They're wonderful eye-candy.'
Athletics
'Varsity football and basketball are very big on campus. Tailgating at football games is a highlight of the fall.'
Nightlife
'Most of the clubs are in the Strip District?they're all cool. I've only been to two, only because I'm cheap, and they're kind of expensive. Bars are everywhere in Pittsburgh. There are plenty around campus, and there are many more on the South Side?I mean a whole lot.'
Find out if the University of Pittsburgh truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths.
Visiting campus isn't enough.
Read our University of Pittsburgh insider guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for
4 years.
Discover if the University of Pittsburgh is Right For You.
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While writing our series of college guides, we felt it was critical that our content was unbiased and unaffiliated with any college or university. By hiring current students as authors, we strive to create college guides that truly represent each campus. Our guides cover both the good and the bad, and whether survey responses point to recurring trends or varying opinions, these sentiments are directly and proportionally expressed through our guides.
From the very beginning, student writers gather the most up-to-date stats, facts, and inside information on their colleges. They fill each section with student quotes and summarize the findings in editorial reviews. In addition, each school receives a collection of letter grades (A through F) that reflect student opinion. Once a guide is written, additional college students serve as editors and check for accuracy even more extensively. This same process is applied to all of the 258 colleges and universities College Prowler currently covers. Each guide is the result of endless student contributions, hundreds of pages of research and writing, and countless hours of hard work. All of this has led to the creation of a student information network that stretches across the nation. It’s no easy accomplishment, but it’s the reason that our guides are such a great resource.
