<p>Mercymom, you have to click on the “rankings” button on the top right to see the rankings. There are really a ton of things to do in University Park. Perhaps she should take a visit on the weekend. I have been to Pitt and the nightlife at Penn State University Park seems much more suited for college students. Tennesse, the usnews rankings are important. That is why so many people on here use them as a tool to narrow down their college choices. Without the rankings, there would be people from Temple arguing that they had the upper hand academically on U Penn. Usnews provides an unbiased opinion on the strengths and weaknesses of schools and gives an overall ranking of the quality of academics you will receive. You may want to live more by it, rather than ignore it and end up somewhere with a terrible rep. DportIA, texas is an amazing school. Penn State University Park was the #2 party school in the country, but Texas was #1. They work hard and play hard there. My friends that go there LOVE it. Plus, they have that great hand hook em thing. I don’t know much about Minnesota, but they are in the big ten so they can’t be all bad.</p>