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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No very large school can be cliquyey.  It is just impossible[/quote]

It is if you don't belong to the Greek system.  That is the main venue for socializing b/c there are no other outlets.  It's very isolated.  It's not like University of Michigan.  [/quote]

+1. I don't get the PPs who are telling OP that a school of PSU's size can't possibly have an in crowd. It most certainly can - often dominated by Greeks or whatever college activity is cool - for PSU that's football. I'm not suggesting that all the students not involved with those things are miserable and will drop out, but just this weekend Onward State had an article about why students choose NOT to participate in THON - the huge fundraiser for pediatric cancer. There were numerous students who told the reporters than they didn't feel part of the in crowd -- the charitable event which should be open to all is dominated by Greeks; if you're not Greek you have to go through a whole interview process to be able to participate and some students even said that once they jumped through hoops and got on committees, they were made to feel unwelcome by the Greeks who view it as their event. So yeah - I think if you don't look the part and act the part, there's a chance that at schools like psu you won't get to,do what you want to do -- even if that's merely taking part in planning a service activity.[/quote]

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