My daughter is interested in attending Pitt's nursing program; her long range goal is to actually become a nurse anesthetist. She is an exceptional student (#1 in her class with a GPA of 4.2). We live outside of Pittsburgh and although she initially didn't want to consider Pitt, she is now extremely interested, especially give that Pitt's nursing program is #6 in the country.

Any experiences at all to share?

I would think it is a nice school. Have you taken a tour with her yet? Ask lots of questions with the tour.

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Tell her to check out the nursing program at Drexel too.

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Tell her to check out University of Pennsylvania too. I loved it there!

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She really isn't interested in being that far from home. Actually, schools in Ohio are closer than Drexel or University of Pennsylvania.

No direct experience, here, but I was surprised to read recently that Pitt is rated higher academically than Penn State. My family is filled with Penn Staters - maybe that's why I was surprised.....!!

That's interesting. I'm hearing more and more that kids want to go to college close to home. When I was college age, we couldn't wait to get away, LOL!

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If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

- Stephen Colbert.

Pitt actually has the #7 nursing school in the country. Quite impressive!

We are going to visit Penn State this week, but I have a feeling it's going to be way too big for her.

Case Western Reserve Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland if she is realyl interested in the anesthesia part of it...

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We were actually there yesterday. It's a bit pricier than bit...$46,000 a year including tuition and room and board. YIKES!! It is on our list, however. I wasn't crazy about the area around there.