The Penn State Scandal

Applying to College
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<p>Just curious if any of you think the Penn State Scandal will significantly effect the number and quality of applicants to Penn State. As a junior in HS, it is enough to make me not want to apply there. The schools reputation is effectively ruined. If you were/are applying would it make you reconsider?</p>

<p>Here is the link to the grand jury report:
<a href="http://media2.myfoxla.com/photo/2011/11/08/Penn-State-Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Report.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://media2.myfoxla.com/photo/2011/11/08/Penn-State-Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think it is an interesting point. BUMP</p>

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<p>Coach Paterno will resigned at the end of the season? What if that child was a 10 year old girl? Would our reaction be any different?<br>
This Penn State support for Coach Paterno is blind!
What if that child was his grandson or granddaughter? Would he have reacted the same?
Coach Paterno should resign now!</p>

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<p>I agree with you completely. I am curious whether or no you would still apply to penn state after this.</p>

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<p><strong><em>bump</em></strong></p>

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<p>I read that he was actually fired, and that he wasn’t able to resign in time. ^^^</p>

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<p>Both Paterno and the President on PSU were fired effective immediately a short time ago. I don’t think there was any choice and I think it was the right thing to do. I don’t think it will have an much of an effect on the applicant pool. Sad to say, but in my mind there is no question that this same mindset of the “good old boys” club protecting each other exists at many schools where football is huge. My D is a Jr. at PSU, and everyone she knows supports the decision to fire everyone involved. I think everyone is shocked that this could go on right under everyone’s noses and no one had the courage to do something about it. So sad for those children and families affected!</p>

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<p>Yeah it is really sad, would it be enough to stop you from applying?</p>

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<p>The point of this thread is not to highlight wrongdoing, but to predict the PSU admissions in the future.</p>

<p>I highly doubt that instate quality will drop off because it’s a good school and an instate applicant would be hard-pressed to find a better value for their education. I’m sure that there will be a very slight drop off but nothing sizable, or enough to prevent a quality OOS candidate from matriculating.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your response P4L. My dad doesn’t want me to apply there anymore, and I am not sure if I want to. I may apply and if I don’t get into any of my mid-high choices I will take it, but their reputation is effectively ruined for the next several years.</p>

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<p>[Penn</a> State president removed, Paterno out immediately - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/11/09/pennsylvania.coach.abuse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1]Penn”>http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/11/09/pennsylvania.coach.abuse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)</p>

<p>See above</p>

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<p>I don’t see how it couldn’t affect admissions. The whole university structure is a mess right now. Penn State is getting trashed on every local and national news broadcast across the country. Students are disgracing themselves and their university in their comments and riots. This is what happens when you let your football program get bigger than the university itself. Who in their right mind would want to pay to be associated with that right now?</p>

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<p>I totally agree. I may apply but if I get into any other of my target schools Penn State is out.</p>

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<p>Well, it isn’t just affecting admissions anymore. It is affecting students there now. [The</a> letter linked here](<a href=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/11/14/Week10/1.html]The”>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/11/14/Week10/1.html) relates that four students have already lost their spring internships because of companies not wanting to be affiliated with PSU and corporate sponsors are pulling out of the student run pediatric cancer charity, THON. That is how bad it is.</p>

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<p>Yup, it is official, there is no prospect of me going there anymore.</p>

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<p>If you were to apply and accept, by the time you are a senior all the students who have been caught up personally and emotionally with the current events would have graduated. Your class will set the spiritual tone for the school.</p>

<p>In any event, what matters most in a university is the quality and depth of the education. The Penn State professors and lecturers have had nothing to do with the current scandal. They will be just as good next year as they are today.</p>

<p>So unless your main reason to go to Penn State is its athletic program, stay above the media frenzy and pick the school based on whether or not it’s best for you academically.</p>

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<p>Actually, the scandal of abuse coverup has [spread</a> into the faculty](<a href=“http://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-abuse-victim-tried-to-alert-penn-state-ten-years-ago-reports-national-center-for-victims-of-crime-2011-11-15]spread”>http://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-abuse-victim-tried-to-alert-penn-state-ten-years-ago-reports-national-center-for-victims-of-crime-2011-11-15).</p>

<p>I think it is the height of naivety to think this isn’t going to have a major impact for years and years at many different levels. As reported in their own student newspaper, there are concerns about [reduced</a> philanthropic donations to research](<a href=“http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/17/foley_worried_about_scholarships.aspx]reduced”>http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/17/foley_worried_about_scholarships.aspx), and there is already anecdotal evidence of its impact in the real world ([eg</a> here](<a href=“http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/15/i_will_never_hire_a_penn_stater.aspx]eg”>http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/15/i_will_never_hire_a_penn_stater.aspx)). Penn State has said employers [are</a> likely to ask question about this to interviewees](<a href=“http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/16/psu_students_must_battle_through_stereotype.aspx]are”>http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/16/psu_students_must_battle_through_stereotype.aspx)…why put up with that extra hurdle? </p>

<p>The question is what type of school is Penn State when report after report shows the priorities there center around a culture of football first, and apparently at unimaginable costs. If you aren’t a football fan, why would you go there at this point, with the current stigma, given other options? This will be in the news for years and written about for decades. It was once my top school. Not now, no way. I know I’m not going to (pay?) for that extra burden.</p>