<p>Whistle Pig,</p>
<p>“No doubt your delusion provides great comfort.”</p>
<p>Hopefully my Penn State degree will one day take me to the enlightened point of pessimism as you have obviously been able to reach. There are many people that would agree with me that Penn State University Park is a prestigious school. It is ranked by Greene as a public ivy. I know many people that have done very well with their Penn State degree. I am sorry that you have not fully utilized the opportunities that the Penn State degree offers. </p>
<p>“Oh, btw, PSU has the biggest alumni association in higher ed. Now, tell us about how tough it is”</p>
<p>Interesting, I didn’t know that exlcusivity and the amount of students graduating had anything to do with the quality or difficulty of an education. Cornell has 13,500 undergrads while Duquesne University has a student body of around 5,000. By your logic, Duquesne has fewer alumni and must be more prestigious that Cornell. Does having the most largest student body at Cornell make it definitely the worst school in the Ivy league? Nope. The people that matter know the different between the branch campus students and the main campus, so the number of graduates that we are competing with is signficantly smaller than you are making it out to be. Stop preaching your ignorant nonsense.</p>
<p>Liangyishi, the rankings are combination of a lot of factors. The quality of an education is not based simply on the SAT score ranges. Penn State’s admission emphasizes gpa, which I think is good because a student is not simply defined by a two hour test. Penn State’s decision is 2/3 gpa, while only 1/3 SAT. I was fine on mine, but I have never understood how a student with a 3.1 gpa and an amazing SAT should get in over a 4.0 student that does not do well on the SAT. Obviously, the level of difficulty is different at every high school, but I you find the best students by focusing on gpa.</p>