Are the PSU branches as challeging as University Park?

<p>Question above</p>

<p>To get accepted into? No. Curriculum wise? Not sure but my guess is yes.</p>

<p>To get into they are, because there is a greater demand from students to get to University Park but Curriculum wise there is no difference because although you are in a different campus you need to take the same courses, the teachers are as good as the ones in UP and finally don’t forget (you will probably know that)the Diploma you will get will say Penn State University and that means it will be the same with a Diploma from a student from UP.</p>

<p>^^^The above statements are from a high school senior who is applying to the UP campus. Although he sounds like an expert on the regional campuses, he likely knows no more about them than the initial poster. </p>

<p>Your diploma wil state that it is from PSU Harrisburg/Altoona etc. and will not be from Smeal, College of Engineering etc. or any of the UP colleges. Employers know the differences among the Penn State campuses.</p>

<p>TomSrofBoston. Can you give us a link to prove that info? I have never heard that and I believe you are incorrect.</p>

<p>Although I am High school senior as you say I am already accepted to Univeristy Park and to Schreyer Honors College… So there is no reason for me to be in favor for other campuses.</p>

<p>TomSrOfBoston, you are wrong. The diplomas are the same whether from UP or a branch campus.</p>

<p>@Jerseyman & sax thanks for the backup I was sure that I have read that somewhere!</p>

<p>It is easier to get accepted to a branch campus but the coursework can be just as challenging. The majority of students at the branch campuses will finish their degrees at University Park so it is essential that the classes at the branch campuses adequately prepare those students for upper level classes at University Park. I believe that fully a third of the juniors in the College of Engineering start their PSU careers at a branch campus.</p>

<p>I work at PSU and can say for sure that your degree does not say which campus you attended. We get asked that a lot regarding World Campus (the online degrees), and - as with any other graduate - their degree simply says Penn State University.</p>

<p>This is incorrect. Your diploma will say Penn State University if you do the 2 plus 2 plan. I was just informed this.</p>

<p>If you do 2+2 the diploma does not indicate you were at a branch campus in any way. Even the official transcript does not indicate which campus courses were taken at (only the online unofficial advising transcripts do so). Someone really familiar with a particular academic program at PSU may be able to deduce whether you spent all 4 years at UP from your transcript, but Penn State does a really good job of obscuring it (unfortunately).</p>