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<p>Sorry, I can’t let this pass. Neither my ivy educated son nor any other ivy grad I know would make such a comment. Each student has a great deal of control over what they take away from their college experience. If your friends experienced their colleges as dark places filled with strange people, perhaps that is more of a comment on them than the institutions. </p>
<p>My son found a vibrant community filled with people who were engaged in many interests in addition to their academic studies. They danced, volunteered, were politically active, studied abroad. The resources of his school were beyond comparison and the students made good use of them.</p>
<p>PSU does a wonderful job fulfilling its mission as a land grant college. It is not necessary to belittle other institutions to prove that point.</p>