<p>There is a lot of room between “worshipping” a university and attacking it without substantiation. </p>
<p>If you simply said “PSU is in the middle of nowhere and in a very white state - it’s never going to be as diverse as some other universities” I would agree with you. When I went there it was blindingly white and it may be better now, but you can’t compare it with say, NYU, if you want a truly diverse student body.</p>
<p>But as others have said, attitudes and acceptance are as important as the % of students that are of different cultures, etc. When you assert that the town is “full of conservative racist hicks” that is out of left field and absurd. People here, who know the town, who have lived there, have disagreed with that assertion. Not the same thing as “worship” at all.</p>