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Well that, and you couldn't get accepted.
Considering I'm a transfer from BU, I think I could've... Contrary to popular belief, many people here do in fact get into Penn State and better. There are a few people here who transferred from Carnegie Mellon for our ActSci program, my friend got into PSU, Rochester, UNC and a few other schools, but wanted to go to Temple, a kid I went to HS with, who was top 5% of his class, 33 ACTs knew this is where he wanted to be, and didn't apply anywhere else, etc. If you'd like to keep believing we're all a bunch of **** who didn't get in anywhere better, that's your prerogative, but you'd be wrong.
No, the safety issue is a complete joke. As long as you're street smart and walk with friends (not that I don't walk alone at times), you won't have a problem. Not to mention the security is fantastic, and police are available at all times. I've yet to feel unsafe.
The student body is great, and very down to earth, very diverse economically and geographically. Coming from an extremely pretentious, wealthy and all around snobby school, Temple has been really refreshing.
Why are they morons? Because they either didn't like where they were or wanted to go to Temple instead? Education is what you make of it, not what stupid rankings say, and what peoples' perceptions are.
Again, who said I wouldnt've gotten into UP? I didn't apply. I had no interest, but how do you know? And even so, I hate Boston College and Notre Dame. Would I have gotten into either? No. So what?
You can say it's one of the best college towns in the country, but frankly, it's a dump. Enjoy your farms, corn, and terrible roads.
Again, I have every right to dislike Penn State. Whether I got in/could've gotten in/couldnt've gotten in is entirely irrelevant.
Oh, and for what it's worth, I know plenty of people at Penn State (including my cousin). Mostly everyone I know there is nice, so it has nothing to do with the students (except for your jerk football fans)
UW-Madison > Univ. Comm. > Photo Library
THANK YOU.
If education is all about rankings, explain to me how so many people (myself included) are ecstatic to be going to State Universities.
If education is all about rankings, explain to me how so many people (myself included) are ecstatic to be going to State Universities."
You just aren't intelligent enough to know any better. That's the reason.
As for the temple student, we will keep our picturesque campus and quintessential college town. You can keep your unsafe, ugly, and ghetto school. Sounds pretty fair.
You can't be serious.
Sounds good to me (although the school is most certainly not unsafe, ugly or ghetto).
For the Glory.
i really think you're the one making people look down on penn state right now-
coming from someone who is completely neutral towards the school.
Just my brother from applying to Schreyer. Other than that, people can go wherever they want. I really don't care.
Pretty said that as an alumnus you resort to attacking other schools.
Oh and as far as I can remember, all I said about PSU here is that I'd never go there, didn't like it, and it's in the middle of nowhere. If there's something wrong with that, then you've got issues. I have no problem with the school itself, just the attitudes of superiority and egocentricity displayed by the students and football fans. That, and you think anyone who doesn't go to PSU is **** and couldn't get in (especially in regards to Temple).
Newsflash, PSU students aren't special.