I loved Pittsburgh. I thought the city was beautiful, and the people seemed nice. They have ART MUSEUMS in the multiple sense, and you can get in free with a Pitt ID. It was cold, but the days were nice except for the really windy one; however, I imagine I'll get used to it if I go there.
On to the visit -- the people in the department were awesome. I met with 7 different professors and plenty of graduate students. I loved the members of my prospective lab. I was treated amazingly well (so well, in fact, that I've gained 3 pounds since last week! It's time to get back to the gym). I received some wonderful compliments about my writing and about my excellent letters of recommendation (woot!).
I still don't know what my chances are (okay, yes I do -- they're 1 in 3, more or less). There were 3 people there to visit my potential lab, and the other two people were pretty awesome. In specific, there was this one girl visiting who is really into parasitology, and she was totally on the ball (and said the same thing about me!). I'm hoping that they decide to put two new members in the lab, because I would love to work with Ms. Parasitologist. However, if they only need one, I think it will come down to her or me (altho I didn't get to know girl #3 too well, so who knows). So, it's still a big tossup, and I'm hoping it comes down to me.
I also had a good time visiting my friend Joe in Pittsburgh. I've know him since 7th grade, and we were on math team together. Mostly, we went out for Chinese, played a lot of video games (we beat Donkey Kong Country in one night!), and had bagels for breakfast. He also gallantly let me sleep in his bed while he took the floor. What a pal :-)
So, my fingers are crossed. We'll see what happens. And I'm going to visit Michigan in a few weeks, so we'll have to see how that visit goes too.