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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's fine if that's where your kid gets in but I don't get the push for OOS kids from this area to go to PSU. I mean often the out of state push comes from parents who are PSU alums and OBSESSED with the school in ways that are really odd at age 40+, 50+ etc. I

t's fine for a state school with the same problems as many other state schools - switch majors too many times and you may not get your required classes done in time to graduate. It's a huge place - if you don't carve our your own social scene and also get to know profs etc. you'll be a number (assuming you need law school, med school etc recs). You are very much on your own - one pre med advisor has thousands of students, they aren't sitting with you and carving out your path to med school. No different than say a Rutgers or Maryland - in fact Rutgers and MD are a bit smaller class sizes.[/quote]

This describes life. No one will hold your hand. Not a big deal. The real world is the same way.

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YMMV but if I’m paying 40k/ye tuition for my 18-22 yr old and he has questions regarding how to make himself competitive for med school, I’d like someone who can answer those questions rather than shrug and say good luck with that. Yes people will do that in life but I won’t be paying those people yearly tuition for them to shrug.[/quote]

My friend attends a big state school for undergraduate and then for medical school. He now owns his own practice and makes mega bucks.

He didn’t need people to hold his hand. If you’re going to be a doctor, I sure hope you can figure things out.

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