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Thoughts... interviewed at both. Seemed very very similar. Both are huge programs.

From what I gather, Indiana has a better reputation. However, Pitt seems to be a better city.

Pitt cons: hospitals all over the place and driving in all that traffic seems like a big hassle
Indy cons: much smaller city
 
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Not really a whole lot of difference regarding reputation or training level. It is all about which city you'de like to live.
If everything equal, I will choose Indiana over UPMC because of its marginal better reputation at least from what I have heard.
 
Personally felt UPMC was way better, better location and program.
 
awesome hospitals in crappy cities. Indianapolis is probably a slightly cooler city, and closer to chicago.
 
They're both barely cities. Pittsburgh has a population of 300k, which is barely more than a lot of midwest college towns. Indianapolis has 3 times the population, but is much more spread out. Both have good sports cultures, and decent nightlife scenes. But not much else
 
cowme said:
They're both barely cities. Pittsburgh has a population of 300k, which is barely more than a lot of midwest college towns. Indianapolis has 3 times the population, but is much more spread out. Both have good sports cultures, and decent nightlife scenes. But not much else
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Take the metro area into account. 2.3 mil for Pitt vs. 1.7 mil for Indy. Neither is that small.
 
They are both fine cities and if a person can't find stuff to do in either, I question them and their extreme neediness over the cities.

I didn't interview at Indiana, but am familiar with Indianapolis. I think Pittsburgh is really quite beautiful (which I don't think one would have muttered even 20 years ago.) The hospitals aren't as far as it seems. I spent a few days there not too long ago and could get across the city in around 30 minutes. I did find driving a little stressful compared to most cities.

I've never met an unhappy resident at/from the Indiana program. Indianapolis is a great city, especially if you stick around the younger areas and is very affordable with access to pro sports, a great children's museum, an ok art museum and one of the best Shakespeare (and other shows) theaters in the country....seriously. Pretty much all big music acts come to Indy or near there. There is a fairly large community of young professionals there, solid informatics program and low cost of living.

Both are great programs and I think any reputation difference is almost trivial between the two. You can't go wrong with either one.
 
MossPoh said:
They are both fine cities and if a person can't find stuff to do in either, I question them and their extreme neediness over the cities.

I didn't interview at Indiana, but am familiar with Indianapolis. I think Pittsburgh is really quite beautiful (which I don't think one would have muttered even 20 years ago.) The hospitals aren't as far as it seems. I spent a few days there not too long ago and could get across the city in around 30 minutes. I did find driving a little stressful compared to most cities.

I've never met an unhappy resident at/from the Indiana program. Indianapolis is a great city, especially if you stick around the younger areas and is very affordable with access to pro sports, a great children's museum, an ok art museum and one of the best Shakespeare (and other shows) theaters in the country....seriously. Pretty much all big music acts come to Indy or near there. There is a fairly large community of young professionals there, solid informatics program and low cost of living.

Both are great programs and I think any reputation difference is almost trivial between the two. You can't go wrong with either one.
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I have to agree with this post 100%. The amount of posts on these forums now saying "such and such is just not a very happening city" are getting ridiculous. It feels like everyone on this forum now must be from Chicago, New York, LA or an equivalent. Indianapolis is a great city with access to most all of the essentials you could ever want. It has a good population, affordability, pro sports, good music, good restaurants, zoos, parks, theaters, museums, and large social events such as marathons. I don't really understand how much constant stimulation one needs to be happy if this isn't enough. And hell Chicago is a short 3 hour drive away if you are that bored that you just have to get a fix.

The Auntminnie crowd has pretty much taken over this forum. It's NY, Chicago, LA or bust it seems anymore.
 
Rivewin86 said:
I have to agree with this post 100%. The amount of posts on these forums now saying "such and such is just not a very happening city" are getting ridiculous. It feels like everyone on this forum now must be from Chicago, New York, LA or an equivalent. Indianapolis is a great city with access to most all of the essentials you could ever want. It has a good population, affordability, pro sports, good music, good restaurants, zoos, parks, theaters, museums, and large social events such as marathons. I don't really understand how much constant stimulation one needs to be happy if this isn't enough. And hell Chicago is a short 3 hour drive away if you are that bored that you just have to get a fix.

The Auntminnie crowd has pretty much taken over this forum. It's NY, Chicago, LA or bust it seems anymore.
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Funny how those are the 3 top cities I have the least desire to ever move to. I agree, the messageboards seem to have a push for those markets as if they're the end-all, be-all. Whatever floats your boat...
 
I second these last two posts! Chicago, NYC and LA don't seem that attractive to me as I am not one for traffic, huge crowds, and the "city mentality" - i.e. hustle and bustle and get outta my way a-hole. Awesome places to visit, but dang would these places get old, at least to this humble country bumpkin.
 
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