Summer Session at Penn State

Theojohn
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:43:41 +0000

@EFCShock I think it depends on what your son wants to study and what type of environment he prefers. In very general terms Penn State is thought to be stronger in some areas of study (e.g. Business, Engineering), Pitt in others (e.g. Pre Med, Sciences) but both are solid academically IMO. Penn State is more rural while Pitt is more Urban. Pitt is smaller. Costs are pretty similar but historically Pitt has been a little more generous financially. My son was accepted to both last year and chose PSU for business even though our net cost was slightly more. Before my son went to PSU we had no ties to either school (OOS) so we were looking at it totally objectively and he felt that PSU was the right choice for him. Even though I think very highly of PSU/Smeal and the career development services, if he wanted a smaller school in an urban environment I would have been totally comfortable with him at Pitt. But I am very happy that he’s at Penn State…