PSU vs VT vs BU

kcs149
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:50:27 +0000

Despite what Pat2323 says, Penn State has a strong undergraduate math program. You should check out the MASS program:

Department of Mathematics | Eberly College of Science;

The social scene at Penn State is spectacular, whether you drink or not (I didn’t drink in college, and I still had a great time). If you want to study math in graduate school, prestige doesn’t matter; grad schools will only care about GPA, research, and subject GRE scores. If you do well at Penn State, you can get into any top graduate school (I majored in math and astronomy at Penn State and I got into a Ph.D. program at Stanford will full support). There are a lot of Penn State alumni in New York and Washington DC, so the Penn State name carries a lot of weight in those cities.

Anyway, the bottom line is that you should go where you’ll be the happiest. Academics will take care of themselves if you’re happy.