<p>PSU is in the top 50 universities in the nation according to the US News Rankings, and a member of the American Association of Universities, along with 61 other leading research universities. Really, I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the schools in that group. They’re all well respected, productive, and on the leading edge of research in one area of another. Their company includes the Ivy Leagues as well as Berkley and Michigan, which you pointed out. All the schools on your list are great, but if you have an opportunity for such a discount at Penn State, it might be wise to go there. Make sure you’re okay with going to a huge school though, but I have feeling you are since you applied to a lot of big schools.</p>
<p>Though, if you’re going to Pennsylvania anyway, I’d go with the cream of the public school crop in the state and go to U Pitt muahahah.</p>