<p>Those are only incoming freshman eligibility rules. After that it is just a 3.25 GPA at Pitt. Plus the honors advisors will let anyone who acts interested take a honors class unless they actually seem incapable of the work by their record. </p>
<p>Everyone and their mom can be in the UHC and it doesn’t matter. All these arguments seem to be based on a premise that the value something is always equivalent to its exclusivity. That might be true in most college admissions related things but it isn’t true in life.</p>
<p>The point of life isn’t to seem impressive. The point of life is to have a good time and do something meaningful. I agree that for someone seeking the first goal the UHC is not organized in the way it should be. But that is because it caters to people seeking the second goal. </p>
<p>The UHC is a great place. That is not the same thing as saying it is prestigious by any sane outlook on life.</p>