The Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Date: Aug 02 2010
Major: Finance (This Major's Salary over time)
College, anywhere, is what you make of it. I've taken a spin around the community college scene prior to my three years at IUP, and I find that some students take great advantage of everything that is offered them, while others sit back and complain. If you're willing to come to IUP with a plan to put a little work into the major you choose, you're going to get along fine.

Kids come to IUP to get a solid education without spending the rest of their life in debt. If a student takes advantage of what IUP has to offer, that decision can lead to a great bang for their buck.

The faculty here are phenomenally helpful. There's at least one star in every department who will go out of their way to help you. All you need to do is ask for a little guidance. The particularly smart professors here come to teach and help students—not to make grad students do their work for them.

Student life isn't bad either. There's a huge mix of students from all backgrounds and walks of life, a decent population of international students, plenty of opportunities to easily join clubs on campus, and a number of club sports and intramurals. The kids who complain are the ones who never consider playing a little frisbee instead of partying every night.

I don't want to sugarcoat it, though. The weather in Western Pennsylvania gets a little rainy and cold over spring semester. But the campus is pretty in Autumn and as long as your not looking for Florida weather, the rain's really not all that bad.