<p>1) For a freshman, what is a cheap but pretty nice housing option? I can’t afford anything to over the top when it comes to housing, but the rooms the the Towers seemed really small…just wondering if anyone wanted to give their opinion/experience.</p>
<p>2) If I attend (which I most likely will), I will major in Russian (language). But I would also like to take a series of Arabic language classes. As these are language classes (and the Russian sequence is pretty short), would I be able to do both as well as gen ed credits? Also, could I use community college (CCAC) credits for Russian/Arabic language classes (cheaper to take over the summer if I need more time).</p>
<p>1) I thought the size of the towers rooms was fine. Some of the other housing options may be bigger. </p>
<p>2) Definitely possible to major in Russian and also take Arabic. Classes taken at a community college only transfer if you took them before you attended Pitt, I believe. Pitt has a ton of offerings in Russian and Arabic.</p>
<p>Also if you like languages, consider Linguistics as a major! Taking one semester of Arabic would count towards a Linguistics major.</p>
<p>i believe there is little difference between freshman housing prices unless you go with a single- which is more expensive…or if u get a triple or quad in holland which would be cheaper…i’m assuming that you are female…there is a 30% chance that u get put in holland …the all girls dorm…no matter what u select…rooms in holland are geverally more spacious than towers and no long elevator waits…but it is less social than towers</p>
<p>Actually, getting summer community college credits is pretty common. Best I can tell, Pitt’s rules are as follows:[ul][<em>]Last 30 credit hours must be earned at Pitt.
[</em>]A majority of credit hours for the major must be earned at Pitt.
[<em>]A majority of credit hours for the minor (if you have one) must be earned at Pitt.
[</em>]You can transfer a maximum of 60 credit hours from a two-year degree program.
[li]You can transfer a maximum of 90 credit hours from a four-year degree program.[/ul][/li]I’d interpret the community college hours as coming from a two-year degree program.</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick replies! I appreciate it.</p>
<p>I asked my cousin about housing also (she’s a freshman) and she (along with our Pitt Pathfinder from our summer tour) said that Sutherland is a really great place to live. Does anyone know any more about this?</p>
<p>I thought the transfer rule was no community college credit transfer after you have 30 Pitt credits.</p>
<p>On the language issue. My daughter’s advisor told her to only start one new language at a time. The language courses at Pitt vary quite a bit when you look at how many hours you are in lecture/recitation each week. You can look at the schedule online or you can talk to aprof to find out how the classes are organized.</p>
<p>My daughter was in Sutherland freshman year in an 8-person suite. It was very social, which was challenging because of my daughter’s work load. The rooms were nice and a good size.</p>
<p>According to point #9 on page 4, looks like once you have 60 hours at a (i.e, any–not just Pitt) four-year college, there’s no more transferring credits from a two-year college. So summer classes at a community college would be fair game summer after freshman year and maybe after sophomore year, but only if you haven’t accumulated 60 credits at a four-year college by then. Summer classes at another four-year college would be fair game until you only have 30 left to go.</p>
<p>Is there such a thing as a college catalog lawyer? :)</p>
<p>Thanks Steve. I was most likely confused because my daughter had more than 60 credits before she started her second year because of AP credit, and we would have looked at CC options after her second year at Pitt.</p>
<p>Sutherland has two parts to it, East and West. One of them (I don’t remember which) is devoted to freshman athletic housing. The other is UHC housing. So you can’t simply pick Sutherland as your housing choice, you have to apply through the UHC program. I have heard through CC that non-UHC students have been allowed to live there, but they had to contact UHC, ask for permission, and apply as well.</p>
<p>I do not know why it is not a minor, but I do know that minors are more involved than I ever imagined. So they probably do not offer enough of the corresponding culture classes for the minor. Just a guess.</p>
<p>What I have told my daughter (and this is my ridiculous opinion) is that with languages, you can have a separate section on your resume that indicates proficiency. That will make more sense than listing a minor.</p>
<p>This isn’t ridiculous! This is what my friends have done (and it has led to an embassy job for one friend). Absolutely put a different section for language proficiency, or put it under a skills section.</p>