<p>Does anyone go to Penn State, or visited, or know Penn State well??
I am really considering going, but I want to know what the students think?? I got into the Dubois campus...
so how are parties, clubs, sports, classses, professors, students, jobs, finances? I need help with it all!!! Please help :)</p>
<p>I’m a current senior at Penn State (main campus, though, not branch) and I hate this school so much that I withdrew and attempted to transfer with only 1 year left to go. Turns out I would’ve lost to many credits, so I had to come back.</p>
<p>I could literally write an entire book about why PSU is one of the wort places that you could possibly spend your college years, but for the sake of brevity I’ll just throw-out a few key points:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Don’t expect to expand your social circle. Everyone here hangs out with the same people that they went to high school with. They date people who went to their high school or the next town over. They don’t have any interest in forming real relationships outside of that bubble.</p></li>
<li><p>I hope you like overt xenophobia, homophobia and racism. Because we’ve got that in droves here in Happy Valley. The 2008 election really brought it out to the fullest. I can’t believe how many acquaintances at the time I heard saying things like “no way am I voting for that n****<em>”. This past year, at least one of the PSU fraternities celebrated Martin Luther King day by holding an all-day malt liquor, fried chicken and watermelon party. I have known NUMEROUS people here at PSU who refer to homosexuals exclusively as “f</em>gs”</p></li>
</ol>
<p>(I’m white and straight btw, so I’m more disgusted than offended)</p>
<ol>
<li>Despite anything that they might tell you during campus tours, you ARE just a number at PSU. Do not expect to be treated as if this is not the case.</li>
</ol>
<p>Listen to this: [396:</a> #1 Party School | This American Life](<a href=“http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/all/play_music/play_full.php?play=396]396:”>http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/all/play_music/play_full.php?play=396)</p>
<p>It’s an episode of “This American Life” that centers around the insane party atmosphere in Penn State. It’ll give you a really good understanding about life in University Park. Very informative, and I recommend it if you’re interested in Penn State.</p>
<p>I dunno know Dubois but I went to main for a semester (fall2010) but disliked it so I came home to my comm college</p>
<p>Why don’t you post over on the Penn State forum and/or read some of the current threads. The vast majority of PSU students are very happy with their college choice.</p>
<p>lol @ IH8PSU </p>
<p>Just because you’re socially awkward doesn’t mean everyone else will have the same experience as you.</p>