UPitt vs Penn State

amandakayak
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:27:36 +0000

Pitt is ranked #6 nationally in research funding by NIH. Not sure what you mean by “medical school environment” making it not likely that undergrads would have research opportunities, but research at Pitt is quite easy to obtain both inside and outside the medical school - for example, my dd is a frosh at Pitt, has wanted to be involved in stem cell research. In Dec, she sent out 10 emails to profs/researchers that are doing work in stem cell - she had 4 responses overnight, currently she is working at one and has been asked to extend that work over summer. Technically, the lab is part of the medical school. My ds is a jr. and has been involved in materials research for 2 yrs now, some paid, some for credit.