<p>I’m glad it was a good tour, momhippo. I do think they care about getting everybody through the program that wants to graduate. The profs and TA’s have, in our experience, been extremely available and helpful with the technical material and problem sets. There are also general writing labs to help engineering students out with papers, as well as a very accommodating engineering library staff. I don’t know what other schools you are considering, but for the price, I don’t think you would be disappointed with Pitt and the Oakland campus.</p>