Pennsylvania State University

If you want the "college experience" of football and parties, then this place is for you. If you are looking for more intellectually stimulating people then go somewhere else. I'm transferring because I'm no longer into football and partying. Penn state pride is terrifying btw.

1st Year Male -- Class 2019

Campus Aesthetics: A, Individual Value: D

If you are from a state other than PA, don't bother coming here.
It begins before freshman year even starts.
The dorms allows in state students to drop off their belongings and thusly claim the best part of the room for themselves while out of state students are given the left overs. These students drop off and then leave to go home.

Sure, out of state students can do the same thing but who can afford to drive up from Virginia, just to drop off a few measly belongings? All of this is done to screw your new roommate and this information is well known among in state students.

The out of state experience continues throughout your years here too. Many PA students come with a preset number of friends and exclude the out of state kids. It is worse than high school with the cliques. As an outgoing guy, I usually find it easy to make friends but too many PA residents make it very difficult to be included.

The academics are okay but non-native teachers are sometimes too difficult to understand. They become aggregated with constant requests to repeat what they are saying. I feel as if I am missing out on part of my education.

I feel that there are better schools that are equally fair to ALL students so I woulnt recommend it to anyone coming from a different state. I'm paying a higher rate to be given less as an out of state student.

1st Year Male -- Class 2019

Campus Aesthetics: A+, Individual Value: F

The Good: High quality professors and students within the Smeal College of businessThe Bad: The high percentage of professors who fail to grasp the english language and the amount of professors who are at the university strictly for research and have absolutely no business teaching.

3rd Year Male -- Class 2012

Faculty Accessibility: A+, Individual Value: F