UMCP or Penn State?

bulletandpima
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:43 +0000

Being originally from NJ (exit 8A/9), I would say UMCP. The school is very high in rankings, If I am not mistaken London Times ranked it @37 in the world and in the top 10 (I think @6) in the nation

UMCP has a lot of people from NJ. Bullet went to UMCP before the influx of the NJ/NY people, but UMCP takes alot of OOS from this area…mainly because NJ is ranked very high in the nation for Public.

I knew several people who also went to PS and loved it, but in the end of the day, if you want to go into print than why go to PS? You have a better chance of getting an internship right down the road to the Washington Post, Washington Times, Washingtonian, etc, than if you went to Penn. UMCP is so close to DC, that every major new organization has an operating office, can you say that Penn can give you this opportunity 25-30 min away from the campus. You can also go north to Baltimore. If money isn’t an issue, hands down UMCP

You will easily meet people from your area, you are close to the action (esp. on a nat. level), the school is ranked as an ivy for journalism. The only thing that should stop you is if you feel you like Penn State Campus better.