<p>I want to give a brief report - info session was fine, decent overview and actually a thing I didn’t know - that students apply to up to 3 colleges and rank them in order pf preference. I thought D would have to choose one and only one. Session was otherwise just OK - mostly a video shown in spurts but covered decent ground in an hour.</p>
<p>Tour…well there were like 60 people in our info session and when we were told the tour guideS would meet us after I assumed we’d be split up into smaller groups like we have been at every other school we’ve visited. Uh, no. Those three guides led us ALL around campus as one huge group and simply took turns speaking at each stop. Though the tour guides were actually engaging and funny, most of the group couldn’t hear them. At other schools we’ve not only been broken into smaller groups but the guides have taken different routes around campus so as not to all arrive at each stop together. Its not a “she’ll never go to CMU” thing but it makes me wonder.</p>
<p>In general, Pitt the city was a bigger hit than I expected form my “need to be in a REAL city” kid and the free city bus pass for students sounded great. Are around campus was cool, Pitt to one side, safe and fun looking area all around. There was a football game going on and hardly anyone was there watching it, but that’s not why D is interested in the school so not a big deal. </p>
<p>So…looking good so far, she’d probably apply.</p>
<p>But.</p>
<p>The serious turn-off was that the financial aid brochure makes it very clear that CMU not only doesn’t meet full need but will probably gap everyone and that on top of max loans. For that reason it will probably not make the final app list. I’ll do a CC visit report in the next couple of days.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>