<p>“The teachers are good—they’re the main reason Pitt is ranked highly. All the teachers graduated from places like Cornell, NYU, Harvard, and other crazy schools.”</p>
<pre><code>“Most of the professors I’ve had were really cool and helpful, but some weren’t. It’s a lot like high school, but the teachers get paid more.”
“The quality of the professors sort of depends on which subject you want to major in. Most of them are willing to meet with you if you need help. As long as you show an effort to get in contact with your teachers, they will be helpful. They have office hours when you can visit and ask questions, and they usually give you e-mail addresses and phone numbers to their offices. Even in large classes where you interact more with the teaching assistant, it’s still pretty easy to get in touch with the professor if you try.”
“There are many very good professors, and then many of them are primarily concerned with their research projects.”
“I’ve had good teachers who actually care; I’ve also had bad ones who couldn’t care less, barely spoke English, and were really inexperienced. On the whole, I think the teachers are pretty average. In bigger classes, the professors are usually pretty good, and the teaching assistants are really helpful.”
“They are pretty good—the really good ones teach the upper-level courses.”
“The professors are great. They are really helpful, and all have office hours, which gives an open door for students to walk in and ask questions.”
“The teachers are cool, for the most part. You can always e-mail them, and I never felt like there were so many kids that the teacher wasn’t willing to help me one-on-one. They’re always available, which is great.”
“All of my teachers have been great, except for one or two. I have larger classes, so it takes more to get to know mine. I make an effort by attending their office hours and e-mailing them. Most of my friends have smaller classes, so they can meet with their teachers regularly without any hassles.”
“Classes are completely hit or miss. Sometimes you get an amazing professor who makes you want to come to every single class, and sometimes you get a professor that makes you wish that they didn’t require your attendance. But let me tell you, the ones you wish you could take every class with not only outnumber the ones you dislike, but they make the ones you dislike somewhat more bearable.”
“Generally, I think the professors do a good job of trying to keep the classes interesting and engaging. Some of them are a little bit out there, but I’ve never had trouble with a professor being unhelpful or disagreeable when you try your best.”
“You can’t please everyone all of the time, but I think that most of the professors here are exactly what you’d find at any other university.”
“The teachers vary from department to department, but I’ve found the professors to be interested in reaching the student body, which sometimes isn’t the case in a research school. Each professor is genuinely concerned with how much any given student comprehends, and often takes steps out of the classroom if help is requested. The variety of classes offered by the University of Pittsburgh, paired with the integrity of the teachers, is unparalleled to anything that I have seen before.”
“A lot of my teachers have taught directly from the book. Many times I’ve felt like I could just skip going to class and just read the book, and still be able to keep up with what was going on. As great as that sounds sometimes, I really think that it reflects poorly upon some of the professors at this school.”
“Some of my classes are huge, and some of my classes are tiny. We are definitely a large university, but in so many ways, I don’t feel like the numbers are as high as they are. You always have access to someone who can help you one-on-one—either your professor, TA, or a tutor—it’s hard to get lost.”
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