Do Penn State grads/current students carry a stigma?
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Anonymous
| Checking as there is some interest from our end. |
Anonymous
| Not a good look to only have a bachelors from PSU, unless you're a 10/10 beautiful girl who can marry up. It's largely a party school. Only the top 10% will make something of themselves. |
Anonymous
| No. The football scandal was a long time ago and all grad schools and almost all hiring managers realize that a regular student has zero to do with football operations. Sure every once in a while you'll get a dick-ish hiring manager making comments about it but 99% of people realize that the sophomore in business or engineering has no control over the oversight/lack of oversight in the football coaching area. |
Anonymous
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alum here - don't go. i regret going. it's a terrible school except for those in state (and even then, pitt offers a better experience for the same cost).
23:27 is right. the funny thing is there are barely any 10/10 girls their either. the 'hot' ones are the type to age really poorly. |
Anonymous
| Meh - good engineering school. Who cares. |
Anonymous
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I don't think there is a stigma unless you go out of your way to tell everyone how much you support Joe Paterno. That would be unwise.
The engineering school is strong and the business school has solid placements. That said, I probably wouldn't go there out of state. It's not worth the tuition difference over UMD or Va Tech. -PSU grad with many PSU grad family members |
Anonymous
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No.
Everyone knows it is a good enough school, and the kids who go there from out of state were solid but not stellar students in high school. Pretty much like every other state flagship. Engineering is quite good. |
Anonymous
| I live in the philly area and there are tons of penn state alumni in my neighborhood. None of them seem bothered by it at all. |
Anonymous
| Prett much screams, hey, I couldn't get in anywhere better. |
Anonymous
Too dumb to care. |
Anonymous
| Honestly I think there may be some residual stigma. Obviously the students had nothing to do with the scandal but the culture of obstinate denial reflected extremely poorly on the school and everybody associated with it. I always figured happy valley was an isolated, insular place and the scandal confirmed this belief. |
Anonymous
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I always think about the scandal when I think about Penn State. I wouldn't hold it against a particular grad, but it's not a great association.
Listen to the old This American Life episodes about the drinking culture at Penn State (Happy Valley?). They're insane. I had HS friends who went to Penn State and had a lot of substance abuse issues. I know it can happen anywhere, but... |
Anonymous
| This forum cracks me up, seriously?? There are some really bitter folks out there! I am a Pennsylvania native and PSU alum. There may be some residual stigma, however, most people have realized that the scandal had nothing to do with the students. I have never had an issue professionally prior to or following the scandal. |
Anonymous
| Only if your last name is Paterno or Sandusky. |
Anonymous
+1 Get your heads out of your asses. What about schools with mass shootings, like Va Tech? Do you think there's a stigma there? Come on. I'm a grad and so is my spouse. We've done very well professionally as have some of my friends from there. I won't say everyone who graduated is a success because of course that cannot be said about any school. But a stigma? Hell no. You've fallen down the DCUM rabbit hole. |