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Title: Penn State University


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Penn State University
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Where is Penn State?
  • Penn State has 20 campuses all over Pennsylvania
  • 60 of students attend a smaller campus for two
    years and finish their degree at Penn State
    University Park campus
  • This is called the 22 Plan

3
Who Attends Penn State?
  • Campus enrollments range from 779 to 37,988
    undergraduate students
  • 81 of students are from Pennsylvania
  • All 50 states are represented
  • Students come from 130 different countries

4
Why Should I Go To Penn State?
  • Over 160 baccalaureate majors
  • 180 study abroad programs in 45 different
    questions
  • More than 1200 clubs and organizations
  • NCAA Division I and Division III Teams
  • Intramural Sports
  • Club Sports

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Do You Have Homecoming?
  • Build a float
  • March in the parade
  • Events every day the whole week of Homecoming
  • Vote for King and Queen
  • Visit with Alumni
  • Go to the Homecoming Game

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People are always talking about THON What is it?
  • 46 Hour Dance Marathon
  • Raises money to support families with children
    suffering from pediatric cancer
  • Plenty of ways to be involved raise money, be on
    a committee, dance in THON the possibilities are
    endless!
  • Last February, THON raised 7.5 million!!!!!
  • It is the largest student-run philanthropy in the
    world!

7
Penn State is Big and Small! How Will I Make
Friends?
  • Residence Hall activities for first-year
    students
  • Ice cream socials
  • Trips to the store
  • Eating together
  • JOIN CLUBS!!!!
  • Student Union events

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Speaking of the Dining Commons
  • Penn State dining commons food is so delicious!
  • Both buffet and a la carte options
  • Buy a Meal Plan (it is attached to your student
    ID)
  • Creamery ice cream at every dining hall
  • Seriously the food is really good ?

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OK So Thats How You Gain the Freshman 15
  • WE HAVE GYMS!
  • Every campus has fitness facilities!
  • Buy a fitness membership and it will give you
    access to all gyms (including an indoor pool) and
    all fitness classes
  • Bring your headphones and enjoy the newest
    equipment!

10
What do you do for Fun?
  • Go to Football Games!! Try to get season
    tickets- first come, first serve
  • Watch other sports basketball, volleyball,
    baseball (new stadium), soccer, gymnastics the
    list goes on forever
  • Join an organization! Be a part of a theatre
    group, dance club, choral group the
    possibilities are endless!
  • LATE NIGHT PENN STATE!

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Im Going to College to Learn Some Stuff What
About Academics?
  • Penn State has every major you could think of
  • There is even a major for people who are
    undecided (Division of Undergraduate Studies-
    DUS)
  • Some classes will be big but many of them will
    have less than 30 people
  • Professors have office hours each week and LOVE
    visitors!

13
Will I Just Study Classes that are for my Major?
  • Nope! Students have to take General Education
    Courses
  • Penn State wants students to graduate with a
    well-rounded education
  • 45 credits of general education courses- math,
    behavioral sciences, arts and humanities, health
    and physical activity, and natural sciences

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What about an Honors Program?
  • Schreyer Honors College
  • Some say its on par with Ivy League Schools
    (whoa!)
  • Scholars are at all campuses
  • Take a certain number of honors credits each year
  • Small scholarship
  • Maintain a 3.33 GPA

15
I Want to Know More!
  • Take a tour and see Penn State for yourself!
  • Log on to prospective student chat rooms and talk
    to real Penn State students (crazy, I know)
  • Email a current Penn Stater!

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OK I Really Want to go to Penn State How Do I
Apply?
  • www.admissions.psu.edu
  • Go to MyPennState!
  • Apply Online
  • Rolling Admission (that means youll find out as
    soon as they make a decision)
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