<p>I personally am not involved in the medical sciences; however, I have had only good experiences with my advisor. I basically came into each meeting with my classes already in mind (I think there’s 2 or 3 mandatory per semester) but they make sure you are fulfilling gen ed requirements.</p>
<p>At Pitt, if I understand it correctly, every student in the Arts and Sciences school has an advisor within A&S, until they select a major. At that point, they get assigned an advisor within the major department. So I’d imagine that an advisor in Biology/Chemistry/etc. would be very knowledgeable about grad school reqs.</p>
<p>Social life: pretty good. I live in the Sutherland dorm, which to be honest isn’t really for me. It’s the perfect place for a group of friends, but it’s kind of hard to meet people on your floor simply because of the layout (rooms are further back from the hall.)</p>
<p>That said, I spend a ton of time in Towers and have met a ton of interesting people (most of which are from my classes).There’s always a lot to do in Oakland, and if you’re up for exploring, there’s a multitude of colleges and neighborhoods to visit within walking / bus distance. A few weeks ago a friend and I briefly went to CMU, Point Park and Duquesne for a night to check them out; we were back in 4-5 hours.</p>
<p>Classes: I didn’t particularly like one or two of my classes, although that’s because they aren’t in subjects I’m interested in. Overall, the professors are good, even in the subjects you may not like. For example, I was in a microecon course (a hated subject) but still managed to get out with a C+ because of the curve.</p>
<p>I’d say in general the classes are relatively difficult, but not too much so.</p>