Pitt vs. Syracuse; please help me decide

Goldenwillow
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:09:52 +0000

I have a daughter at each of these Universities. One is a bio major in her junior year. She loves SU and is a member of the SUA ambulance crew as an EMT. SU paid for her training and she got 9 additional credits and experience with medical situations. She also has a two part time jobs through SUA as a dispatcher and an MTS driver. That service provides transportation to students that need rides to doctor apps. Off campus etc… When she was a Freshman she was a volunteer at Upstate Medical Hospital. She has had many opportunities and has enjoyed SU very much. She does complain about the weather though. No surprise there. My other daughter is a Freshman at Pitt housed at Sutherland. She already had an internship with a bio prof. Her intended major was neuroscience, though she recently changed it. She thought she’d like the research but found it isolating due to the internship. She loves the city of Pittsburgh but she feels the university is so spread out. She says she feels she does a lot of walking…She has enjoyed the cultural offerings at Pitt. Opera,plays etc…through Pitt Arts. She has a volunteer position Saturday mornings at Carneige Museum of Science. The weather is milder and Pitt has a host of hospitals too. She has recently decided to transfer back to New York next year to a smaller school. She says she feels like a number at Pitt and it’s been hard to make friends. She has a few friends who live in her suite but not enough for her liking. So, both schools are great but both are large. Good luck with your decision.