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<p>Pretty sure this is not true for Pitt. I spent a lot of time considering study abroad programs and these are the main types:</p>
<p>Pitt in [location]: The least immersive, you travel to a city with multiple other students AND Pitt professors who teach you in that location at a host site (sometimes not a college so much as a service). Your GPA <em>DOES</em> transfer back since it’s like a mobile Pitt location. You pay the same tuition to Pitt that you already did for any other semester (either IS or OOS, whichever you happen to be).</p>
<p>A Study Abroad Program through Pitt: More immersive. Pitt has worked out partnerships with many other companies and schools (like TEAN or Arcadia) with a more study abroad options. In these cases, there is a specific cost to the program through that company or school. They set their own tuition cost and room & board cost for each location. (You <em>might</em> be able to get an “IS” tuition here if the school or company in charge of the program is in your state, but I don’t think so). In this case, if you get a C or higher in the class, Pitt will accept the transfer credit but NOT the GPA.</p>
<p>Just go to another school for a semester: The most immersive you can get. You literally pick any school in the world. Make sure that Pitt would accept the transfer credit (THIS IS CRUCIAL). You pay tuition and room&board to the school however the school decides (generally you’re going as an international exchange student for the semester or year). This <em>can</em> be cheaper than paying tuition at Pitt, depending on what school you end up going go. As in the last case, you need to get a C or higher in your class to have the credit transfer. The GPA will not.</p>