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Penn State University Park Visit Report by SrMoment

Visit to Penn State University Park in November 2006 by SrMoment
(Parent of Student, HS Class of 2007)
(Member since July 26 2006 with 48 posts)
 
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Visit Activities:


Information Session: Yes - The head of the Theatre Dept., Cary Libkin, hosted a Q & A session with prospective students and their parents. Two current students in the BFA Musical Theatre program also participated and fielded questions from attendees.

Classroom Visit: Yes - We visited 3 classes in the Musical Theatre program. The quality of the facilities, the caliber of the instructors/instruction, and the attentiveness, dedication and talent of the students were all readily apparent and extremely impressive.

Campus:


Friendliness/Courtesy of Students:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Current Penn State Musical Theatre students intermingled with the visitors, introduced themselves, and offered to answer any questions about the program. Extremely impressed with the maturity, articulation and helpfulness of this group of kids.


Friendliness/Courtesy of Staff:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Very impressed that the head of the department would sit down with prospective students and their parents to candidly discuss his program and answer all questions. Mr. Libkin was amiable and down to earth with his guests. And he was very forthright with h


Appearance of Campus:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
The campus was beautiful. The buildings were much newer and far more contemporary design than I had expected from an older institution. The campus also seems very compact for such a large school making most destinations easily within walking distance.


Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Immaculate comes to mind.


Security/Safety:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Didn't seem to be an issue. We walked to Playhouse Theatre after dark on Sat. night, and we met both young families and older couples out enjoying the beautiful autumn weather.


Overall Campus Impression:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Excellent.......nuf sed.

Off-Campus:


Area Immediately Around Campus:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Looked clean and inviting. Far more wholesome then that of another "large university" with which we're very familiar.


City/Town/Community:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
I'd say that State College is relatively rural for a college town, but it seems to contain all the amenities. From what we saw it appears to be a clean, thriving and respectful community.

Campus Visit Notes for Penn State University Park


Visit Description:

My daughter and I were at Penn State for its Musical Theatre Orientation Day and for my daughter's audition into their BFA Musical Theatre program. So our exposure was mainly to this program. We both enjoyed our visit immensely and were extremely impressed with the University and the Musical Theatre program.