PSU Berks vs UIC

College Search & Selection
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Which would be a better choice?
PSU Berks is pretty much a conditional accept because I can’t choose the PSU 2+2 program. (I remember choosing 2+2 as a first choice in the app but I guess I got rejected.) Berks was a second choice.
I had a fantasy of hiding which PSU campus I graduated in the job resume. I guess that won’t happen.
UIC would be better for a city kid like me.
Also the easy access to the O hare airport is great for the OOS student.
I don’t want to go to rural area unless the school’s prestige is worth it.

Let me tell you my high school life
I went to a boarding school in the rural New England. It was a total waste of money for me because the school pays more attention to the varsity athletes. I’m a twinkie Asian male which sucks more because I had to compete with FOB crazy Asian kids who takes AP STEM every year. Tbh many private schools hate twinkie Asian boys. The GPA in the public middle school I went was piece of cake because there are corruptions going on in the state government. Teachers are not motivated worse than DMV people. (You can guess which southern state I’m talking about).
Is there anything else I’m missing?

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Have you asked admissions about this to clarify?

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No, 2+2 isn’t conditional.
What’s instate for you?
Where else have you applied/ have you been admitted?

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Yes I was surprised how I got into Penn State with my profile until I found out about the deal. Ohh No 2+2 for me. Btw Berks was my second choice campus and they still rejected me from the 2+2 haha

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What deal?

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Other schools only admitted me as the pre-business majors(not a good idea for kids like me) so those two schools are what I have.

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What I’m asking is, did your acceptance letter explicitly say you are not allowed to do 2+2?

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My god No. But their email inquiry answer indicated that I have to be an extraordinary student in order to bounce out to the main campus after 2 years. I’m not stupid. (They didn’t say they will let me change). Moreover I heard from my GC said the transfer rate without the plan is pretty low.

“The current campus which you have been accepted to is PSU Berks. You will need to work with your academic advisor, once on campus, to make changes in your plan to stay or transition to another campus as part of the 2+2 program.”

Bruh that doesn’t sound easy.
It sounds like they admitted me because I will graduate from Berks.
I’m not going to play gamble because I don’t have time for this. I learned in the prep school that the outstanding GPA is nearly impossible.