My son will most likely go to Penn State UP (his top choice) for Engineering. My DD is a senior at UMass Amherst, a larger school and also requires students to advocate for themselves and get things done as required (e.g. meet with advisers, go to small study class sessions, etc.) as the school is not there to hand hold. This is part of the students growth and becoming a independent adult professional; so not a specific thing to Penn State UP. Good luck to all. All of our kids will be successful in there own way even if the fall along the way.
My son and I went to the Penn State Summer day and we did go to the specific Engineering school discussion (Aerospace) which was nice. Will be attending the Engineering accepted students visit in March where we hope to get feel for life while Fall/Spring students are there and get into more dorms and hopefully see more classrooms as well as off campus places/areas as discussed above. Hope to finalize this is his spot for future studies. Also waiting for other Regular Decisions (Ohio State, Michigan) and awaiting the scholarship/money feedback as that is another piece of the big puzzle.