visiting U of Pitts

nycollegedad
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:19:32 +0000

achang1990

the “so you want to be a…major” program is great. very organized.

you start out at alumni hall at 8:30-9:00am for continental breakfast etc. you can speak with students and admissions reps (if you want to). You may find that many people will come up to you as well.

they will give you a folder with the itinerary for the day, an application and a bunch of other stuff.

then at 9am, you go upstairs in alumni hall for a presentation about the university, admissions, financial aid etc. if you want to get more detail about those topics, i would advise you to set up an appointment with the financial aid department or admissions. you can also approach those representatvies during the day.

after the presentation, we walked over to the business colege with a pitt student guide. we walked along with the pitt student so we could ask questiions along the way.

once at the business college building, which is really nice, you were able to attend three sessions that lasted for 30 minutes each. all were held in classrooms so you get an idea of what the rooms are like. the presentations we attended were led by professors and then we went to a student led presentation which allowed you to ask questions directly to the students about anything i.e. study abroad, the food on campus, school spirit, etc.

after these presentations, we went back to alumni hall for lunch which was really good because we sat at a table with an admissions rep and got lots of useful information.

after that we took a bus tour of tour of the city. and finally at the end, we took a walking tour and were able to see a dorm room in the towers building.

all in all it is a very full day. you can walk around the rest of the campus, although i would recommend driving. a good portion of the campus is up this huge hill, however for the most part that is where the medical students study so we didn’t spend much time up there. we did drive up there to see the newer dorms, the basketball arena and the gym that is inside of the arena.

i think if you were to do the saturday session as well, it might be a bit redundant.

hope this helps