<p>Whistle Pig: </p>
<p>You’re incorrect that anyone can be admitted to PSU. I don’t know about the other schools, but you’ll see that students with 3.8 GPA + and impressive SATs were rejected from PSU University Park – verifiable by looking at the Discussion Board relating to last year’s admissions. Admittedly, these were late applicants in a rolling admission process but our GCs advise students they need to be top 20% and have better than a 3.7 to be accepted, with the honors college taking only Ivy-candidates. </p>
<p>Its sports teams are another story…but it’s to be hoped that most students don’t actually pick a college based on an NCAA record. Even with a kid at PSU University Park, I concur with your assessments of PSU’s current sports situation.</p>