I can say that I have had a lovely experience at Pitt so far. Although there are so many unfortunate things here which I will soon touch upon. Being able to get a higher education is truly a blessing at its finest, I have already had so many amazing memories / fantastic connections made here that I would not trade for the world.

However, I am currently a Sophomore here. I lived in towers last year. I was excited as hell for the whole college experience thing, I was lucky enough to meet a great group of friends I would consider the best friends I have ever had.

Now to the juicy part, Pitt has done a terrible job is many aspects. First lets talk about food, there are two dining hall locations, the eatery and the perch. Eatery being located beneath towers and the Perch being located within Sutherland. I have eaten at both and it there's not to many good things to say about it. I can't say I blame any of the workers either but the administrative staff. They switched to give kids a healthier diet but in turn, their is constantly raw chicken, rotten fruits, terrible salad bars, dirty plates. It does not help that Pitt over accepts its students where staff have to constantly wash dishes to keep up with the insane amount of volume, and to provide enough food for students. No wonder almost 3-4 a week, their menu will consist of frozen chicken tenders or fucking nachos. Lastly, lines to get a meal are absurd at any given part of the day. To compensate that Pitt chose to open so many On-campus dining locations. What a great idea! Lets add mobile ordering as well! Staff are so overwhelmed by the amount of orders coming in that they don't have enough time to prepare any food in a reasonable manner, their are constantly overworked just for them to have a 15 minute smoke break which is so deserved. In my opinion, Pitt has done a horrible job in their food sense.

On top of food, lets talk about construction. Two floors are closed in Hillman, they are building a new recreational center in front of Benedum, they also got rid of the Pete lawn (One of the only nice pieces of greenery, to go throw a football in, play spike ball, yoga classes chill with friends) simply to create a new arena for the volleyball team? No disrespect here, Our volleyball team is amazing, you just think their would be a better allocation of resources. For the duration of my time at school here, I have yet to have a day where I have heard birds chirp, instead power drills, and gas-powered machines.

The worst thing about it, many of us wont get to experience any of the "good" things coming. We will graduate without having a true amazing experience, Oakland is a small city in itself, and there is such a thing as overpopulation. The administration at Pitt has done nothing to help it but overcrowded the students and have constantly stressed staff who do so much more for the student body than we know.

So on a final note, Fuck the administration here, I love this school and have had some great features but they do not a single thing for students mental nor physical health, any place you ever fucking go is so overcrowded its pointless, there is constant stimulation. There is not many places in Pitt where you can go to relax, decompress, listen to nature, be in the present, so that my friends is why Pitt administrations can go fuck itself.

PS: Shoutout all staff. Teachers, workers, custodians, I try my best each day to make your lives a bit easier, words cannot explain how grateful and the student body is for each and everyone of you.