Hard decision to make!

sacchi
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:54:44 +0000

For an international student, I would lean towards Berkeley. It has a much stronger international reputation. It probably has a much larger population of international students, and more students from other US states, and a generally more diverse population. Penn State is probably mostly students from PA, with some students from neighboring states - NJ, NY, etc. I’m in NJ, and the kids I know who go to Penn State tend to be ones who want to go to a school with a big sports culture, where football game day is very important. You don’t describe what type of campus culture you are looking for, so I don’t know if that culture is a good or bad thing for you.

You will pay out-of-state tuition either place presumably. What country are you coming from?