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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The [b]caliber of students[/b], on average, and the cachet of a degree and the network made. [/quote]

It’s this. Your child is already.ready in the US system, just look at the top 3 kids in the grade. Compare them to the below median kids in the same grade. That’s the difference between Princeton and Penn State. [/quote]

https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.psu.edu/dist/d/114442/files/2025/04/CDS_2024_2025_Erie1.pdf

Penn State

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
23%

Percent in top quarter
46%

Percent in top half
78%

There are more raw number of people in top 10% of high school class at Penn State than at Harvard.

https://www.psu.edu/resources/first-year-students/eligibility

Penn State main campus has 75%ile SAT of 1480, 
From 35% of studsents

So about 9% of the class has SAT 1480+. The class itelf is as big has 5.5 Princetons, giving half a Princeton's worth of 1480+ SAT at Penn State main campus.

The existence of nearby other students with lower academic achievement doesn't make the opportunity for higher achieving students lower.
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Not all schools are created equal. Penn State has the mission of providing an education even to students from schools where the 90th percentile SAT score is 1300. Harvard has more students in the nationwide 99.99th percentile in something than PSU. And density does matter - after all, New York City has more smart you g people than NYU, yet you're more likely to meet peers at NYU than on the subway. It doesn't matter how many smart people are at PSU, what matters is how your classmates, roommates, club members, etc are, and those groups not really correlated with intelligence.l or accomplishment.[/quote]

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