<p>I am just accepted to Penn State, University Park! Congrats for all of you who are also accpeted!! How’s academic at Penn State? Why DO you apply to Penn State?</p>
<p>I am just accepted to Syracuse (Liberal Arts Department and Art Department). I’m going for studio art and linguistics.
If you were to choose LAS between Penn State and Syracuse, which one would you choose? Responds to these questions would be a great help to me!
Thanks!!</p>
<p>I don’t really know a lot about the Liberal Arts department here, but I think Penn State is just an amazing fun school and you can’t beat the alumni network. Its there, no matter where you go in the US. So if the departments are comparable, I would choose PSU for that reason.</p>
<p>i really agree with you that Penn State has amazing alumni network. But I’m worried about its dorms… It has so many dorms and I overheard that there are 8 in one room without any furniture (i’m not sure about the furniture part…) Anyways… good to speak to you.</p>
<p>I know that if you apply for housing late, you may get placed in “supplemental housing”, which may mean that four students share a study lounge until actual rooms open up. Deposit early.</p>
<p>Yes, it is true that there has been a housing crunch lately. However, if you send in your housing deposit soon, you shouldn’t have a problem. Basically, don’t send it in on April 30. Supplemental is usually not that bad, and there is furniture. :)</p>
<p>Sorry I couldn’t answer department specific questions, but if you want to know anything else about PSU, let me know.</p>
<p>Can you tell me more about it? My son just sent in his desposit last week and when I called housing they said he most likely was in supplemental. Are the rooms big enough to hold 4-6 students and are they put with kids in their major? Any info would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I think the study lounges are pretty roomy, but students are not grouped by major. I know someone who stayed in a lounge with 3 other people. One of the questions I have about this arrangement is the resulting lack of availability of study lounges. Do the dorms maintain at least some of their study lounges for studying?</p>
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<p>Here is the main info on supplemental from PSU and check out the photos. That gives you a good idea of the size of the space they get. It does vary however because the supplemental rooms are in the study lounges which are different depending on the dorm you are in. Some study lounges connect two floors which is why you see the high ceilings in some.
Don’t know for sure about if they match with major; my son’s first year roommate was the same major as him but he did say that was not how it was with everyone.</p>
<p>my friend who is currently at Penn State UP as a freshman is in supplemental with 6 other girls, and she loves it. She could have moved out into a normal room but decided not to.</p>