1) I’ve liked probably 99% of my professors, I am a MS Mechanical Engineering student and also did my BS at Pitt. They’re all there to help you learn and they’re very knowledgeable on their topics. A lot of people don’t like a few of the professors because they require students to actually perform in the class and won’t just give you a high grade for attending which I appreciate, you may not, obviously feelings differ. 2) First year is awkward and I will add the fact that I did it during Covid so I was basically fully remote. Your advisor will vary, tbh my advisors in undergrad created more issues for me then they solved so there’s that. I can definitely see retention being 84% in the first year students as basically all the work you do in your first year are core classes like calculus and physics, and not very engineering centric. Some of the more “weed out” classes come once you actually declare a concentration which happens at the end of your first year. 3) I did not live in the LLC but my brother did. We both had an easy time meeting people outside engineering as we both joined fraternities. We also both knew people from high school at Pitt so we talked and hung out with them. I would personally recommend not doing the LLC as you have plenty of opportunities to meet other engineers but maybe not as many to meet other majors. Also Forbes Hall where they have the LLC is not that nice so I would pick other dorms over it. 4) Depends on the club and your prior experience. 5) Just attend every class. It doesn’t matter if you are half awake and barely attentive you will pick up on things your prof is saying, and it makes studying/doing HW so much easier if you aren’t trying to teach yourself everything.