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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Penn State, University Park(main campus) will not be an option. And, as a poster mentioned, all branch campuses are 2 years minimum. Some campuses provide 4 year degrees depending on the major.

- PA resident[/quote]

2 year branch campuses can be really great experience.  Much more of a stepping stone.  They seem to attract good faculty and small class sizes and the students bond much more.  My sister did this and the connections she made with professors far exceeded mine (same degree but at the main college) and her subsequent recommendation letters got her into Ivy law school.  Im not sure why more people don’t see these as an asset. [/quote]

+1. People get caught up in prestige. But statistically, a very good student at a school with lots of mediocre ones does better than if he'd gone somewhere he was average or below, and part of it is because the faculty are going to notice him. And those faculty are quite possibly going to be more drawn towards teaching than research, since the latter is usually what gets you the attention from schools with higher rankings.[/quote]

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