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Facts

Best Things

  1. Academics balanced with partying
  2. Enormous school spirit
  3. Penn State football: “The Greatest Show in College Sports” – Sports Illustrated
  4. The beautiful central Pennsylvania surroundings
  5. THON
  6. Incredible professors and faculty
  7. Nationwide presence of alumni
  8. State-of-the-art technology and facilities
  9. State College nightlife
  10. Overall safe campus

Worst Things

  1. Isolated rural location
  2. Sparse, expensive, and difficult parking
  3. Frigid winters
  4. Lack of diversity
  5. Tough to develop relationship with teachers
  6. Most expensive public school in the country
  7. Alcohol-centered culture
  8. Uneasy, tenuous relationship between the students and the locals
  9. East Halls can be a tough place to live
  10. Sharing your campus with more than 40,000 other students

Most Recent Contributing Author

Name: James Bunting
Hometown: Whitehall, PA
Major: Journalism

James's favorite activity is traveling. He's been to Disney World three times and the Caribbean twice, and he spent three weeks in Europe.

Contributing Author Internship

College Prowler Internship

College Prowler is actively seeking talented students to be "Contributing Authors," and assist with updating the College Prowler guide to their school. This is a great opportunity for a student to gain internship experience, be a part of a nationally recognized company, gain tremendous exposure, utilize new media techniques, and share advice with high school students about what life is really like at your college. Read more about the internship.