<p>Any thoughts about this? Will admission competition for UD slots become more intense? A lot of students from PA do apply to UD.</p>
<p>I think its doubtful that the Penn State scandal will harm this years admissions pool, especially since most people who want to go to Penn State would already have their applications in by now. Based on the comments I’ve seen over on the Penn State board, students believe this does reflect badly on the school administration but not the entire Penn State experience.</p>
<p>Not to mention that for PA students, it’s in-state tuition.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Students may apply to both schools for a number of reasons (money and chance of acceptance) but I think most who choose go to UD either want a smaller school and atmosphere and/or are just as happy to forgo the big size and big time sports at Penn State.</p>
<p>If you mean that students who want those things will think less of Penn State and opt to go elsewhere, I highly doubt that most high school students will think it reflects on the school in a way that affects their decision. And if they did, I think most of those would be more likely to go to another B1G type school instead.</p>
<p>If you mean that with JoePa gone the football program will suffer and the school will be less appealing, from that perspective, that wouldn’t happen for a couple of years. And anyway, there are some excellent replacement choices available now. Getting him out will open the position for one of those coaches.</p>
<p>The State and Regents of PA will get on top and ahead of this scandal very quickly.</p>
<p>I think it’s possible that some of the top football prospects could be rethinking going to Penn State (I heard about one on the news), but they are not likely to choose UD instead :-(. And I think it is more likely that they won’t go to PS because Paterno isn’t going to be there, rather than because of the scandal.</p>