<p>So I'm not going to do a Pros and Cons for this one I'm just going to let you guys tell me which one you think is better. Note I'm going in for business at both schools.</p>
<p>They are both excellent schools. </p>
<p>The only negatives I will say about Penn State involve the trustees and the governing of the university from a policy level - for the students it is fine. </p>
<p>The only negatives I will say about Ohio State involve either their own management or else the inexplicable way they say “THE Ohio State University”, like this is a matter of great significance over which there might be some confusion. The first is again not a problem for the students, but the second is a bit of a turn off.</p>
<p>So I give it to PSU on the tie-breaker.</p>
<p>And how about Engineering at both schools ?
I got into both :D</p>
<p>eh…honestly I think they’re about equal…OSU is marginally more difficult to get into, average SAT score is like 60 points higher or something. If you’re stuck between the two, I would visit both and see which you like being on campus more, you’ll get the smaller college town feel at PSU, and the large city feel at OSU.</p>
<p>Yes, OSU is more selective if that’s what you want (2012). This year the number of application increased by 25% at OSU whereas at Penn State the number of applications decreased by 9%. OSU got even more selective. </p>
<p>Even though OSU is located in a big city, it has a separate campus just like PSU. The dorm rooms for freshman at OSU are very small, pretty similar to east halls at Penn State. </p>
<p>Penn State: 8556 acres with 38k undergrads
Ohio State: 3469 acres with 43k undergrads</p>
<p>Both are extremely big. For Business and engineering, they are on the same level. Which one do you like urban or rural ? That’s the one of the better ways to decide…</p>
<p>Urban thanks!</p>
<p>If you like urban then OSU is the logical choice - PSU is in a smallish town in the middle of farm country. In State College you are a good 2 hours from Pittsburgh, 3 from Philly, and 4 from Baltimore or NYC. In Columbus you are in Columbus a city a good 6-7x the size of State College.</p>