(Penn State/PSU) I regret going to Penn State

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	F	Faculty Accessibility	B+
Useful Schoolwork	B+	Excess Competition	B+
Academic Success	C+	Creativity/ Innovation	B+
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	D
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+	Friendliness	B-
Campus Maintenance	A-	Social Life	B+
Surrounding City	B+	Extra Curriculars	A-
Safety	B

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful

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Lowest Rating Educational Quality	F

Highest Rating Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A+

He cares more about Educational Quality than the average student.

Date: May 09 2012
Major: Psychology (This Major's Salary over time)
I regret going to Penn State. I've had nothing but problems with this school since I had started going here. I've attended three of their campuses including University Park and can say that If I could do it all over again I would have avoided this school.

The first Penn state campus that I attended was in Altoona. This was probably the worst campus for student life and quality of education. The town is depressed and the locals do not appreciate the fact that the students are the only thing that keeps their sad little economy alive. The police harass and abuse the students, both verbally and even physically on a few occasions that I've personally witnessed. There is nothing to do in Altoona and the campus doesn't offer much. The facilities and classrooms are old and could use some updates. The professors weren't very good at teaching and I felt like I was in high school again. I decided to stay here for a third year instead of transferring to the main campus so that I could work as an RA and save money. The police still disrespected me even when I tried to help them as an RA, so I decided to leave this campus for good.

I decided to transfer to Penn State Abington, which was close to my home. My adviser in Altoona told me that I could transfer to the Abington campus and finish my degree there which is what I had planned to do. But, after I transferred and met with an adviser at Abington I was told that I could NOT finish my degree at that campus! They don't even offer the same classes or degree program, but the adviser from Altoona told me that I could finish my degree here. I wasted one semester at the Abington campus, and decided to transfer to the main campus. There I would be able to finish my original degree that I had started instead of starting a new one at Abington.

I transferred to Penn State University Park and thought that my troubles were finally over. I was wrong. Apparently, they have a

competency requirement

where you are required to take 24 credits worth of classes at the campus that you plan to graduate from. I only needed 12 credits to finish my degree, but they won't let me graduate until I take an extra 12 credits to fulfill this requirement. At this point I just wanted my degree, so I agreed and didn't argue with them. I got through one semester, but during the second (extra) semester numerous problems in my personal life all hit me at once.

I had to go home and deal with these problems. I saw that they have an online course system called "World Campus" which is supposed to allow people to take classes on their computers from home. I looked at their web site and was excited to see that they offered the exact same degree programs that the main campus did! I called my adviser and asked if I could finish my last few classes online because they have the exact same degree program and classes as University Park.

She said that I would have to start the competency requirement all over again since it's a "different" campus! Unbelievable! I called the department office to ask them to make an exception because my my situation. They said they would call me back with an answer the next day. A week went by and I called again, only to reach an answering machine. I spent several weeks trying to reach them again but I always got either an answering machine or a secretary that said they were not in and would give them my message.

After ignoring me for several weeks, they finally decided to let me finish my last few classes online. I transferred to World Campus, and was greeted with an email from them saying that I have to take extra classes to fulfill the 24 credit competency requirement…

IN SUMMARY:

I'm sick of playing this game. If all of these campuses are Penn State then why can't I just get my degree from any of them? Why is the head of the department avoiding me? Because all they care about is money, not the students. They will do anything to keep you from graduating and make you go for another semester.

Save yourself the headaches and go somewhere else!

Responses

Obviously the education you were provided didn't include reading. As a student, YOU have a resposnsibility just as the university does. And your responsibility is to read the college catalog and educate yourself on what is and isn't offered, etc. Maybe if you had done so, you could have asked that advisor some eductaed questions and could have avoided just about every problem you encountered. Sounds more like you played the dumb puppy and expected everyone to lead your sorry butt wherever they wanted you to go. My advice: grow up.

I'll admit that I should have done more research about transferring initially, but the fact that the adviser gave me false information is just unacceptable. I asked educated questions to which I was given uneducated responses. I did glance through the college catalog, but I didn't read the thing from cover to cover because it is very long and I didn't have the time for that. The section about

competency requirements

is very small and easy to miss. I find it irritating that I wasn't warned about this rule before I had transferred especially if it's so strictly enforced. I can only conclude from your defensive attitude and personal attacks that you are a member of the University staff trying to portray me as a moron to save the school's reputation.
You also spelled "eductaed" incorrectly which is kind of ironic and sort of invalidates your accusations against me.

Sorry, but typos don't invalidate arguments. It was a human error. Give the guy a break and calm yourself.

I'm currently attending Penn State, and I understand your unfortunate series of events. It's not your fault why you were misled by your advisor who gets paid to do what the moron above said you should do yourself. I admit that policy is crappy and I think the University needs to work on it. It's an embarrassment and the whole world deserves to know what could potentially happen to them if they enroll here.

You "glanced" through the College Catalog? Nuff said.

If all of these campuses are Penn State then why can't I just get my degree from any of them?

It's because each of the different campuses go through their own accreditation process, and not every campus meets all of the requirements to offer EVERYTHING no matter where you go. If PSU did that system-wide, it would get even more expensive.

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