Previous 2021 thread here

Does anyone have any contacts or know the best way to work as a student to help out either the Pitt Football or Soccer teams for this upcoming season? Anything helps.

Have my schedule done, but considering switching my bio lec from 9am to 10am because I want more time to go to gym and condense my classes closer. But, i have a class at 11 . Is it possible? It would switch my proffesor from carol fortney to amber laperuta. And i have option to change music recitation so that won't be an issue.

I just received my diploma and had a few questions in case anyone knows the answers.
First, my diploma is huge compared to my sister’s from three years ago—it’s almost twice the size. It doesn’t fit in either the David C. Frederick Honors College diploma holder or the Business diploma holder I was given. Was the larger size intentional, or was there a change this year?
Second, for anyone in the College of Business Administration who completed a certificate program (like the Leadership & Ethics Certificate), did you receive a physical certificate, or is it only noted on your transcript?
Finally, I graduated from the David C. Frederick Honors College, but there’s no mention of the Honors College anywhere on my diploma. I was under the impression I’d be receiving an honors degree, so I expected it to be listed. Is this normal, or is the Honors College not included on Pitt diplomas?
Thanks in advance!

if i have 6 credits from highschool and im an incoming freshman do you think i should take less classes so my schedule isn’t as packed and busy (like 11 credits) or should i take the normal 15 credits. im also a biology major who is taking chem obviously which ive heard is hard so thats why but idk

As the title says, which prof should I take?

Hi everyone! I’m an incoming PhD student at Pitt, and I’ve already been confirmed for a TAship. My funding letter says that the details of my first-year appointment will be provided in a separate letter.

I know the graduate union is currently bargaining with the university over stipend increases, so I was wondering when departments usually send out appointment letters with the final TA stipend information.

For current students, around what time of year did you receive yours? I’m trying to plan for my move and living expenses, so any insight would be really helpful. Thank you!

hii, i’m an incoming freshman and i’m currently on track for the 6-year pharmacy program and so im doing my prerequisites right now. can yall let me know if this schedule is going to be manageable for freshman year, im worried i bit off more than i can chew but im also a good student and getting good grades is an important goal of mine. any advice or information on classes, anything that i might be able to change, things like that are welcome i just want to get some insight because at this point i am still able to make some changes to my schedule. thanks :)

(also, am i able to make it from eberly hall to the cathedral in time?? im kind of worried about that and same with the chevron science center.)

Do classes you receive AP credit for appear on your transcript? For example, for AP Chemistry, does credit for CHEM 0110 and CHEM 0120 appear on your transcript?

I swear, if it wasn’t for these Ramen Noodles, I PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE ALIVE THROUGH COLLEGE! 😭 So special shoutout to these noodles…🍜 absolutely a necessity lol

first year pharmD gap schedule at the moment. i have completed organic 1 and 2 already and am being given the opportunity to complete the PharmCAS this academic year. at the moment i am trying to complete as many classes as possible would like to know if this schedule is reasonable. thank you!!!

i'm an incoming freshman bio/english double major!
unfortunately, i had to get an advising meeting wayyyy late (2nd week of july) and as such i've ended up with very limited options in terms of my schedule. my advisor pushed academic communities pretty heavily as a way for me to get into a bio class, so i applied to join medical humanities, but it involves taking two classes that i do not want to take.
there is one open bio lecture, but it's at 6pm MonWedsFri. i will (hopefully - haven't gotten a permission # yet) be taking the EMT class tuesday & thursday at 6pm, so the 6pm bio would obviously be less than ideal and maybe kill my social life.
any thoughts/opinions from older pitt students? is this worth the trade off? i do have credits from ap bio, so theoretically i could skip foundations 1 and look for an open foundations 2, but i've been advised against that by a few different people since i'm thinking about going on the premed track.

As a graduate student living in Shadyside, with a 8-5 schedule most days. I do prefer earlier, how would the Pitt gyms be? Is it worth it bc im moving from oos and not sure the parking situation and how that all would be like. If you also live off campus what gym do you go to?

i got the notification that mine has shipped the beginning of july but haven’t gotten it yet!

Does anyone know when we can sign up for meal plans? I thought it started already, but I can't find the forms anywhere.

I have a surgery I need to schedule while I am home this December. Unfortunately, the only days the surgeon is available is during finals week (the 4th or 7th). Is there any way to request early finals or an online exam? thx!

i'm hoping to major in molecular bio and was wondering if i could get som comments regarding my schedule! i also plan to be in pre med and was hoping to skip to bio 2 (if i get off the waitlist!) since i took a college bio 2 course at a community college and i feel pretty confident i would do well. also those who did fp - thoughts? my advisor recommended since im oos.

chem: danielle bellis, tamika madison

stat: yeon-jung Seo

pschpatho: j.l. brand

bio: rory carroll

intro to fem theory: matthew lovett

Does anyone know how I can get parking spots in the gold or green lots for the october 10th 2026 football game?

Basically what the title says. I’m a rising senior and I’m working on getting my application ready so I can submit it as soon as possible. Pitt is a school that I’d love to go to and I’m very excited about applying, but I would only go if I got accepted to the main campus (for a few reasons, mainly that the cost as an out of state student isn’t worth it to me and that the other campuses don’t have the opportunities I’m looking for). Is it still worth it to mark what other campuses I would prefer on the application in order to show my interest in Pitt as a whole? And if so, does it matter or can I just put them randomly?

Hi! I just wanted to post this out there, but I kinda want to make some friends, but somewhat struggling? I don’t really jive well with the clubs too much around campus and with a co-op rotation as well as having only 1 semester left, I’m stuck making only some friends in my major, which I want to branch out from. Some help/friendships would be lovely!

Anyone have any recommendations or advice on how to volunteer or shadow at pitt? Will probably wait a few months until i get settled into campus and the classes, but want to have some sort of place going into it (I'm a freshmen).

Hello - for the ship a Pitt program there aren’t details on dimensions for under bed storage drawers. Does anyone have links to storage (with wheels) that work as well as other essential items that is much easier to ship than pack? Just a little behind TY! :)

Hello everyone, I am a transfer student and wanted to know if anyone has taken these classes and has any idea if this might be too much and/or i should look for other profs. thanks in advance!!

CHEM 0110 -GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 : Kimberly Carter-Fenk, Tamika Madison
CS 1502 -FORMAL METHODS IN COMPUTER SCI : Thumrongsak Kosiyatrakul
CS 0449 -INTRO TO SYSTEMS SOFTWARE : Jarrett Billingsley
SA 0170 - COMPUTATIONAL ART PRACT 01 : Triton Mobley
CS 1501 - ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTATION : Nicholas Farnan

I got an email in late June letting me know that I’d be getting an email with a link to submit a photo for my student ID on July 1st. However, I still haven’t gotten an email. Is there anyone I should contact about this or should I keep waiting for an email? The due date is July 27th so I’m not sure 🤔