Indiana Bloomington vs Penn State UP

chi777
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:31:16 +0000

MomofWildChild, haha true, average IU students are probably not as hip as NYU students, but somehow the weekend visit shortly before “Little 500” left us the impression of IU as “the attractive students’ school”. The magically gorgeous spring at Bloomington did something to us I think. On the other hand, our first visit at Penn State during winter did opposite to us (we basically saw students under 10 layers of clothing…). Happy Valley’s winter left the impression that “there would be more challenges beside being a totally new kid on the block” on my D. We should have gone in spring or fall.
Direct admission to Kelly will be great idea for later admission sounds like harder. The thing is, my D wants to explore and have fun during her freshman year. Kelly is an excellent business school and thus tough – some of her friends stressed out and had to give up parties during their freshman year – worthwhile IMO.

mom2collegekid, my D really wants to go to the large state school for some reasons. We even visited beautiful LACs in CA. Private schools tuition such as Tulane and American (my D applied to them) will be additional $20,000, and that beyond our financial capability unless she get scholarships (most unlikely she will get them).

Thanks again for your opinions!