<p>And yet again someone makes a comment that could be misinterpreted as an insult towards PSU and the sheep come marching. </p>
<p>@maggiedog take a chill pill. There’s nothing wrong with the comment that XtremePower made. According to the statistics PSU accepts more in state students than out of state, i’m sure there are a variety of reasons why this is so but either way PSU does make it their job to educate in state residents just the same as they do out of state. </p>
<p>@phonedog : My advice to you is not to focus so much on rankings. Define your own goals and find the university that will best support those goals regardless of where they rank. There are people who graduated from top universities who can not find employment, there are also people who graduated from schools like PSU and Pitt who had great jobs right out of college. There isn’t any ranking that can accurately judge your own success so that’s up to you to define.</p>
<p>In terms of SAT averages, once again I would disregard those. There are a variety of reasons as to why there is a disparity between the averages of the two schools. As XtremePower mentioned there are more applicants at PSU than Pitt, PSU has a lot of branch campus’ which have lower admission requirements and those could be lumped into those stats or it could be exactly what you think, Pitt has higher standards. Until we can definitively conclude what the reasons are, once you’ve been accepted, I think its irrelevant. </p>
<p>Personally, I have not heard about PSU being the reject school anymore than I have heard about Pitt being the reject school by PSU students. In keeping with my advice regarding ranking I would suggest you dismiss this. Both schools have a lot to offer and unless you will feel like a reject at one vs the other it really doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Long story short choose the school that is the best fit for you and not based on rankings and reputation. Both are great options.</p>