Sporti2005-
Hey! I still exist and check the board every once in a while!
To answer your questions...
I'm really surprised that someone knew what the typical "PSU voice" was...because I didn't even know that there was a type! Haha. One of the greatest things about my training was the focus and attention paid on my belting AND broadening my soprano range. It doesn't matter what your strength is coming into the program, or even auditioning, because whatever your weakness is, they will strengthen right away. Therefore, everyone leaving the program is able to belt, have a wide soprano range, sing classically (we sing 2 classical pieces every semester in our Voice Juries), MT rep, Pop/Rock, etc. They don't accept JUST belters, or JUST sopranos...if you lean towards one area of your voice in your audition, they will typically work with you to see the potential. My class, for example, was split--half of us were primarily belters, and the other half sopranos. It was fun to see the amazing growth within the first semester after everyone started working on their weaknesses. Now, everyone is extremely versatile--the classically trained soprano can belt up a storm and the belters are considered soprano 1's! Aww, I'm proud of my class ;o)
To answer your second question...PSU is DEFINATELY an "all shapes and sizes school". If you came and observed the student body of the MT program, you'd see that we have a wide range of diversity and versatility amongst the students. In fact, not one girl in my class looks remotely alike...we all have our own uniqueness to us. Maybe they planned it this way, I don't know
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I hope this helped, please feel free to email me!