Pitt vs Penn state

[teal wraith]

i’m majoring in biology and don’t know whether to go to pitt or pennstate😭😭 i’m in state so tuition really doesn’t play a big roll

[warped latch]

Do you have the means to visit both for a day during a long weekend?

[teal wraith]

i visited pitt and liked the campus but i’m not visiting penn state until march

[warped latch]

Do you have to commit to either before then? I think it would be right to visit both and see.

I think you'll be able to come to a decision yourself based on what you want fairly quickly after.

[ancient sandal]

pitt has ~20k students, and penn state has a little more than double that

[teal wraith]

no i dont have too before then i just wanna get a better idea for like what’s better major wise

[ancient sandal]

both schools seem quite similar academically, so i think itll come down to the campus vibe and the surrounding area

[ancient sandal]

are you pre med?

[teal wraith]

as of right now no i’m kinda looking more towards the research side of things but that could change

[teal wraith]

and i know pitt has a lot of opportunities in the surrounding area pertaining to that

[ancient sandal]

it looks like penn state has higher median earnings for biology, but i think thats just because of cost of living differences

median 4 yrs after graduation is 50k at pitt, 57k at penn state

[teal wraith]

also do you know anything about penn states summer session bc i got into that and not fall so i kind of have mixed feelings about that also

[ancient sandal]

im starting in the summer at fsu, ill be doing a 6 week mini-mester before the fall semester starts, taking 2 classes

i would assume it would be a similar story for penn state

my summer break is practically gone because of it, i have less than a month between high school graduation and first day of summer semester

so if you value having that time off to work, travel, etc pitt might be a better idea

[teal wraith]

yeah i mean i would prefer not to do it but i don’t wanna miss out on going to a school that i might really enjoy just bc i don’t wanna miss one summer for school

[ancient sandal]

yeah, thats why i am going for summer too