Need Information on Penn State

AimlessTom
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:41:34 +0000

So in a matter of months I will have to go through the college application process.
And I was hoping to find some more information.
Here are my questions

1) What is Penn State? Is it just another state public school program like SUNYs?(I live in NYC btw)

2) If the answer is yes to the above question then it means like University Park is a separate school than the other schools in the system right? Like for example Binghamton University vs Stony Brook University

3) Why is it that Penn State gets a bad rep?
My friends keep saying things like “O you are thinking about applying to Penn State? I thought that was a bad school” Is it that the other schools in the Penn State system are bad and that University Park is the only good one. or does it have to do with something about this football scandal i keep hearing about. Isn’t the engineering program really good there.

4) I have a 3.5+ GPA(not sure how to exactly sure yet…but somewhere in the higher range of that) and I have a 1910 SAT . I’m trying to get a better score with the ACT. I don’t have a whole ton of extra activities…I only have Quiz Bowl Team…Chess Club…Film Club…and that’s it…Will I have a good shot at the school?

Thanks for your time to read and answer. I greatly appreciate it