<p>Penn State is not an ugly campus. Where did you visit? Did you go to the main campus? The campus is huge so maybe you limited your stay to East Halls where many of the freshmen are housed. Those buildings are admittedly ugly but many students forms life-long friendships in their years living in East Halls. There is definitely much partying amongst the students that live in East Halls. </p>
<p>My favorite dorms are West Halls in the center of campus. The original part of campus is beautiful with lots of open space for students to relax on the Old Main lawn or the HUB lawn. West Halls are beautiful. There are definitely some ugly buildings — the Hammond building for Engineers. During the week it is a pedestrian only campus …no cars permitted. </p>
<p>There are so many tulip and daffodil bulbs planted that the beauty of the campus really comes to life in the Spring. I’ve been on a bunch of college visits with my daughter this year and we’ve seen some not so attractive campuses…I always base my comparisons to the beautiful University Park campus.</p>
<p>[Campus</a> Map - Thompson Hall](<a href=“http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/thompson.shtml]Campus”>http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/thompson.shtml) - Dorm in West Halls
[Campus</a> Map - Old Main](<a href=“http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/oldmain.shtml]Campus”>http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/oldmain.shtml) - Main Building
[Campus</a> Map - Jordan Hall](<a href=“http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/jordan.shtml]Campus”>http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/jordan.shtml) - Dorm
[Campus</a> Map - Information Sciences and Technology Building](<a href=“http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/ist.shtml]Campus”>http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/buildings/ist.shtml) - Very new building</p>