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Pennsylvania State University

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... State College is a great town - not a city - and, though sports-centered, there's a lot of pride in the university ...Read full comment
... Penn State football games are the hottest thing going during the fall semester ...Read full comment
... Care little of things other than football, binge drinking, and bragging about how many shots you can take ...Read full comment
... In my experience it was not all about football by any means; to some students perhaps this is the case but to me it was all about the academics, ...Read full comment
... The standard outfit here is: PENN STATE shirt, with basketball shorts, and sneakers ...Read full comment
... 17 gpa, 1980 SATs, 31 ACTS, not too many APs or extracurriculars ...Read full comment
... Care little of things other than football, binge drinking, and bragging about how many shots you can take ...Read full comment
... PROS: "Real College Experience" - Football games, greek life, parties parties parties Yes its true you get to go to awesome football games at t...Read full comment
... And you will miss it when you leave and be a crazy alum who comes back for football games, thon, and artsfest ...Read full comment
... Too much football so if ur not into it, its boaring ...Read full comment
... And I guess I have to mention football ...Read full comment
... There are SO many clubs to get involved with from club sports to THON (everbody get involved in thon it was my most amazing experience at penn s...Read full comment
... I made some good friends, did some partying, went to some exciting sporting events (not just football), graduated in four years, landed a good j...Read full comment
... Penn State football games have been the best times of my life ...Read full comment
... I would go to football games, gymnastic meets (guys won nationals ...Read full comment
... Furthermore, there is a clear blue-blood, white, upper class "penn state football rules" attitude which prevails in the personalities of a vast ...Read full comment
... and get used to the football talk ...Read full comment
... Care little of things other than football, binge drinking, and bragging about how many shots you can take ...Read full comment
... Football weekends are great, although our team sucks nuts, all the students support the team, people from around Pennsylvania drive over for a w...Read full comment
... And, of course, there is Penn State football ...Read full comment
... Majority of students are middle class white who played high school sports and enjoy a social life ...Read full comment
... penn state football rules ...Read full comment
... There isn't much to do but go to football games, get drunk (boo), or eat out ...Read full comment
... Join clubs, live on campus, do undergrad research, buy football season tickets, go to women's basketball games, play intramural sports, don't tr...Read full comment
... A big, sprawling diploma mill, with unbelievably large classes that revolves around 6 football weekends a year and a fraternity party scene ...Read full comment
... Care little of things other than football, binge drinking, and bragging about how many shots you can take ...Read full comment
... There's always something to do, if you keep your eyes open, from theatre, to music, to sports, to just hanging out ...Read full comment
... Penn State was a great choice for me because it had top notch engineering, great football, and lots to do outside of class ...Read full comment
... If you want the "college experience" of football and parties, then this place is for you ...Read full comment
... There is nothing in this cow town but cultists that live to worship a dead zombie football coach ...Read full comment
... The fall semester is much more fun than the spring however, because football season seems to make the campus electric ...Read full comment
... ) People here put pro sports wayyy over college sports and it gets annoying fast ...Read full comment
... Most of this gets overlooked by people who "bleed blue and white" because they love frats and football ...Read full comment
... Go to one penn state football game and you will see that penn state has more school spirit than any other school (can you say #1 student section ...Read full comment
... I liked attending a big university and experiencing the typical college lifestyle, such as the college town, football games, and the party scene ...Read full comment
... a) I love college football ...Read full comment
... Care little of things other than football, binge drinking, and bragging about how many shots you can take ...Read full comment
... If you enjoy sports this is the school for you ...Read full comment
... Football weekends were (and are) amazing times ...Read full comment
... Between sporting events, student and professional music/theater, and various other activities, there was always something to keep me entertained...Read full comment
... The football is like nothing else in the world ...Read full comment
... This school's biggest sell is partying, and football ...Read full comment
... Football is a big, big, deal ...Read full comment
... Best branch to start:PSU Altoona because it's close to main campus and many of the profs teach at both schools plus you get all the benefits of m...Read full comment
... During one of the football games, as I was coming out of the bathroom I saw a bunch of guys yelling at an Asian girl ...Read full comment
... Care little of things other than football, binge drinking, and bragging about how many shots you can take ...Read full comment
... Football games are outrageously fun ...Read full comment
... I hope people realize that Penn State is not just a football school ...Read full comment
... I would go to football games, gymnastic meets (guys won nationals ...Read full comment
... Football here is overrated ...Read full comment
... If you like sports, especially football this school is lots of fun ...Read full comment
... IM sports, club sports, anything ...Read full comment
... If you like sports, you'll find a lot of people who do (watching and playing) -Video games - way bigger than people think ...Read full comment
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