Pitt Honors vs PSU Honors vs UMD Honors

lkf725
Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:28:44 +0000

I’m familiar with Pitt and PSU. Penn State’s honors college seems to be a little more organized than Pitt’s, although my son goes to Pitt (he wanted the city culture and amenities).

At PSU, the students are guaranteed honors housing together for four years and have priority registration for classes (a big plus at a big school). Only honors students can sign up for honors classes. They are required to do a senior thesis.

At Pitt, honors housing is an application process (unless you are a Chancellors Scholar, in which case your housing is guaranteed) and there is no priority registration for classes. Anyone can take an honors class. The senior thesis is optional.

I agree that being in either honors college gives you a little more intimate feeling at a big state u. At any school, the honors classes are somewhat more challanging and taught in more depth. I think that Schreyer has more to offer than Pitt Honors, but Pitt is giving you alot more money. Good luck with your decision. Probably you can’t go wrong with any of the three.