Academic Success & Resources
For a three-credit college class, this is the suggested range of hours you should spend studying each week.
What are 6 to 9 hours?
This library is "a stone's throw away" for many students, boasts a coffee cart, and is open 24 hours during finals week
What is Hillman Library?
Pitt students can ride Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) fare-free by using this
What is an active Pitt ID?
This is one possible punishment at the University of Pittsburgh for plagiarism, in addition to suspension or dismissal
What is failure in a course?
This Pitt Counseling Center's mission is to support the academic and personal development and psychological well-being of the diverse student body.
What is the University Counseling Center (UCC)?
This is the maximum time an average adult can successfully maintain focus, according to the Pomodoro Technique foundation.
What are 25 to 30 minutes?
This "best kept secret" study location features a beautifully redone ballroom and is open until midnight.
What is Alumni Hall?
This service provides complimentary, non-emergency transportation for Pitt students, faculty, and staff between 9:00 PM and 3:00 AM
What is SafeRider?
A student has plagiarized when they present the ideas, representations, or words of another person "without customary or proper" this.
What is acknowledgement of sources?
One benefit of going to a faculty member's office hours is that they can write these for you.
What are recommendations for internships/research/grad school?
This term refers to a critical analysis of how you think and learn, which the Learning Cycle encourages you to use to reflect on your study habits
What is metacognition?
This building’s Honors College on the 35th floor offers a casual study environment with couches and coffee.
What is the Cathedral of Learning?
Pitt students, faculty, and staff get free unlimited 30-minute rides on this bike-share system, including both pedal and electric-assist bikes.
What is POGOH?
Students in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences typically declare their major in this academic period.
What are sophomore or junior year (or as early as freshman year)?
Study Lab offers these two main resources
What are Academic Coaching and Tutoring?
The Study Lab offers drop-in tutoring at this campus location during the hours of 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. from Sunday to Wednesday.
What is Hillman Library?
The first floor of this hall is recommended if you "want to get away from everyone" and practice public speaking assignments in silence.
What is Posvar Hall?
You can track Pitt fixed-route shuttles in real-time using either the Pitt Shuttle Tracker for desktop or this mobile app
What is the TransLoc app?
Your enrollment date for classes is determined by this factor, which includes AP, IB, and dual enrollment credits.
What is the number of completed credits?
The eight Career Readiness Competencies at Pitt include: Communication, Teamwork, Technology, Leadership, Equity & Inclusion, Professionalism, Career & Self-Development, and this one.
What is Critical Thinking?
This Math Assistance Center (MAC) service offers more specific or advanced guidance to students in calculus and lower-level math courses.
What are TA office hours?
This public library, located across from Schenley Plaza, has ample seating and lighting but is only open until 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday
What is the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh?
Name 3 locations the Pitt Shuttle (Upper Campus) stops at
What are Cathedral of Learning, Bigelow and Lytton, Bigelow and Tennyson, Bigelow and Ruskin, Bayard and North Bellefield, Bayard and North Dithridge, 218 North Craig Street, Centre and North Bellefield, Residence Inn Bigelow, Centre and Bryn Mawr, Sutherland Hall, Trees Hall, Terrace and Lothrop, Lothrop and Fifth, Forbes and Halket, Forbes Hall, and Forbes and Oakland
The academic process where you can check what General Education courses you still need by using the "Course Attribute" search feature.
What is accessing your AAR (Academic Advisement Report)?
The CARE and Resource Support (CARS) Team accepts referrals for student behaviors or issues that cause concern for these three aspects of a student's safety.
What are health, welfare, and safety?