The Pennsylvania College of Technology

Date: Nov 08 2007
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
This review is long so bare with me as I try to convey to you what I have learned about this school while I was here for their IT security program. I am writing this review specifically for people looking into the Computer Science majors at this school. Do not come here for a serious education, you will not get what you are expecting. If youre the type of person who is just looking for an easy degree, then this is the place for you. Simply put in your time here and you will easily get a diploma; however, you wont learn anything while youre here. God help you if youre required to demonstrate to a potential employer what you know, or should know. The teachers here are awful; like the blind leading the blind. Many appear to know absolutely nothing about IT, and the ones that do have no idea how to teach it. This alone should be enough to keep anyone away but there is more. I am not even going to get into the horrible gender ratio and nightlife here because most of the other posts covered this well enough. Ill just say that when you have a 66% male population the girls can afford to be as stuck up as they please, no matter what they look like. I also want to assure you that I am not some person with an academic grudge against the college, as I have a 3.6 GPA. If you are wondering why I stayed so long, its because I was deceived by the fact that the school has the Penn State name on it. I came here with no knowledge of the situation, so I stayed semester after semester by talking myself into the idea that it would get better as I got into more core classes in later semesters. By the time I realized how bad the situation really was I had too much money invested to simply leave. I am now in my eighth and last semester and it is not any different from my first. My advice would be to attend University Park instead; I wish I had as I was accepted there anyway. I need a time machine.