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PSU has "enrollment controls" which restrict students enrollQuite BrightAccounting
PSU has "enrollment controls" which restrict students enrolling in certain majors. Students are accepted into certain colleges, (college of engineering, etc), but they are not guaranteed admittance into that college. Various students were initially admitted into PSU but were later told their high school GPAs or SATs were too low for "success". (Although the same scores were high enough to initially admit them!) I would never recommend Penn State.
3rd Year Female -- Class 2005
Campus Aesthetics: A+, Education Quality: D
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It's called Penis State for a reason, one of the major centers for the pedophiles.
1st Year Female -- Class 2019
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Do not come here if you expect to be treated as an individual student. In the Eberly College of Science, you are treated as a number. The majority of professors (but not all) do not care about teaching students or their learning. Many of the professors I've had are nothing but arrogant and incompetent at teaching. They either do not know how to get their message across to undergraduates or simply do not care. Research is the thing at this college, not education of undergraduates. Just because you have a Ph.D does not mean you can teach. The majority of classes are based on exams and that's it (no papers, presentations, etc.)Exams are fine but not the only way (and most efficient way) to gauge your learning. Avoid this school. It is not worth the money, especially when your tuition is part of the salaries of professors that do not care. The College of Science prides itself on being "one of the best in the nation." MY ASS. You can present all the numbers you want, it doesn't reflect the sad and inadequate reality of the Eberly College of Science.
4th Year Male -- Class 2014
Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Education Quality: F
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