<p>Despite</a> Scandal, Applications to Penn State Rise - NYTimes.com</p>
<p><<that same="" increase="" in="" applications,="" ms.="" rohrbach="" said,="" has="" continued="" since="" the="" first="" week="" november,="" when="" jerry="" sandusky,="" a="" former="" defensive="" coordinator="" for="" universitys="" football="" program,="" was="" arrested="" on="" charges="" of="" sexually="" abusing="" eight="" boys,="" setting="" off="" cascade="" events="" that="" included="" firing="" its="" iconic="" head="" coach,="" joe="" paterno,="" and="" university="" president.="" then,="" park="" received="" 12,344="" she="" compared="" to="" 12,311="" during="" comparable="" period="" last="" year.="">></that></p>
<p>Small increase, but not going down.</p>
<p>I heard that so many people who didn’t think they could get in before think that now they have better chances after the scandal so they’re all applying. Which would explain the increase.</p>
<p>The PSU students are very concerned about their future and the scandal at PSU. Many students and faculty attended a town forum yesterday with the President of PSU and addressed the damage to PSU’s reputation due to the sex abuse scandal and their concern about getting jobs when they graduate. The President said that we must move on…You can read about this on any of the NEPA news channels…it’s been on the news since this morning.</p>
<p>Many students that considered Penn State (University Park) a “reach” school now feel that the scandal will keep higher qualified students away from attending, thus giving them a greater chance of getting accepted - while this likely will not be the case, it’s probably a large factor as to why there’s an increase in applications.</p>
<p>That is conjecture only.</p>
<p>Why would a higher stat applicant be less likely than a lower stat applicant to not attend or apply to PSU because of the scandle? What am I missing?</p>
<p>the difference is that higher stat applicants have more good choices available to them than lower stat applicants</p>
<p>I believe that the Penn State scandal ultimately will affect applicants decisions whether to attend Penn State- and the applicants who have a choice to make will have to weigh the real or perceived downsides of the scandal against the other qualities of the school- and for an applicant for whom Penn State is one of several choices (ie not a strong first choice) the scandal could definitely tip the scales in the direction of choosing another school. </p>
<p>For applicants without other comparable choices, or in-state applicants who don’t want to attend Pitt or Temple, it may not make a difference.</p>