The best thing about Pitt is that it is in the city. You are not confined to just those in your school but yet it is easy to be around them. Some good places to check out are the Indian place on S. Bouquet and the little Italian market on Bates Semple.
JULIA Senior
大四学生Julia：匹兹堡大学最大的优势在于它地处城市。你不会被局限在学校里，而且很容易的去校外活动。一些值得一去的地方有在S. Bouquet的印第安人区，还有在Bates Semple的意大利集市。
It's a great campus. Plenty of opportunities on campus and in the community. Pittsburgh is a unique city because the colleges are what really make it what it is. Pittsburgh is a nice city, but feels like a small town. Especially if you are coming from the East Coast. There is a lot of school pride and the Greek Life is also active. I am involved in the Pi Kappa Fraternity which like others, can dominate some aspects of the school. However, the school is not huge mansions like Penn State and other colleges, so non-Greeks do not feel left out if they choose not to join. Also the Living Communities make excellent areas of learning for some students.
PERE Sophomore
大二学生Pere：这是一个很好的学校。在学校和社区中有很多的机会。Pittsburgh是一个独特的城市，因为这里的大学将它塑造成现在的样子。Pittsburgh是一个很好的城市，但感觉像是一个小城镇。特别是如果你来自东海岸。这里有很多为学校感到骄傲的人，社团活动也十分活跃。我参加的社团叫Pi Kappa Fraternity。和其他社团一样，它能控制学校的某些方面。然而，学校并非像Penn State和其他大学那样的社团圣地。所以不参加社团的学生不会觉得被忽略。此外，生活社区为一些学生提供了极好的学习场地。
When I tell people I go to Pitt, they usually hear Penn. After I explain to them that I do not in fact go to in Ivy league school but I attend a state school in the western part of PA they give me a sort of uncomfortable look, because they have never heard of Pittsburgh. I was just abroad for a semester in Israel, where most of the people were only familiar with the really big cities in the US like NYC and L.A. But one great thing about Pitt is that they encourage you to study abroad from the moment you begin your career as a freshman. You are hardly there for 2 weeks before they are telling you to leave the country! But studying abroad is one of the best experiences a student can undertake.
ACROBURGER Junior
大三学生Acroburger：当我告诉别人我去匹兹堡念书，他们通常会听成宾夕法尼亚大学。在我跟他们解释我并不是去常春藤名校，而是去一所在宾夕法尼亚州西部的公立大学后，他们会显出一种尴尬的神色。那是因为他们从未听说过匹兹堡。我去以色列一个学期，那里大多数人只熟悉美国的超大城市，例如纽约和洛杉矶。但匹兹堡大学的一项好处是他们从大一就开始鼓励你出去国外学习。你可能还没到学校两周就被告知要离开这个国家！不过在国外学习是学生能获得的最好经历之一了。