Penn State University (2024-2025)

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Mb, penn state is #20 and Rutgers NB is #51 for undergrad

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Yeah Ik so what should I do

Rutgers is in state and closer

But Penn state better reputation

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rep wise, rutgers nb is obviously better as a school, but penn state ranks higher in engi

but look at this

penn state out of state is well over 60k a year

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Really ? I think Penn state is more prestigious rep wise

Could just bc I’m from
Jersey and ppl are ofc gonna talk down on our state school

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rutgers nb is 15-20k ish

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Ik it’s top 15 public university in the country

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as a university yes, way better. but for undergrad rutgers is better

but more people will know about penn state

but imo the cost difference is massive

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I’m honestly leaning more toward Rutgers then

Just makes more sense

I also got accepted in UMD

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lol

iirc its top 15 in engineering

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Yeah

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def a bit more worth it than penn state

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Enough to make the price difference compared to Rutgers ?

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im intl, paying 63k a year for penn state 💔

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honestly this is a matter between you and your parents

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I hate that New Jersey doesn’t have many in state options outside of Rutgers bc I wa never getting into Princeton

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well princeton is priv anyway so

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Yeah so

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if cost is NOT a matter AT ALL, then yes. 100% go umd

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I might go Rutgers bc the acceptance rate is 35% this year and is crawling up ranks year by year

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isn't it like 60%

i personally got accepted into both but went penn state instead

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Not anymore this year it was 35%

They get so many applicants I think is why

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I dont think so, this is the only source talking about it

and it's reddit.

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Might be idk the ins and outs

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I heavily doubt they'd drop their acceptance rate by almost half

umd is like 40% though, congrats

(i missed my deadline for umd)

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Yeah it was my top realistically I had four letters of recommendations

Rejected from other big 10 schools like UIUC and Wisconsin

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what were ur stats?

honestly u prob couldve gotten into uiuc if u got into umd

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3.5 gpa transfer student

From NJ

UIUC isn’t very transfer friendly or out of state friendly I think

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oh, makes sense

yeah then def congrats on umd

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Yeah not sure if I’m going to attend tho

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staying in nj?

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Yeah leaning toward that

I just think that makes the most sense for me

Engineering isn’t a occupation where schooling matters as much

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yeah, paying 2-3x for a negligible amount of prestige isn't worth it

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Yeah

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wish i could say the same for law firms 💔

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Plus Rutgers a good school

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Oh yeah definitely not

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they turned down the ivy league status

they're eligible to be an ivy league school btw

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Fr ?

New Brunswick ?

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yeah

ivy status is more about how old your school is

aaand then rutgers became public

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Their known more for like medical right ?

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def something healthcare related

only went penn state bc it's 27 in poli sci

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Cool school too

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yeah def, massive campus

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Only thing I don’t like is that it’s in the middle of nowhere

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my jaw dropped when i looked up the location

so isolated that they grow and farm their own cows for dairy related stuff on campus

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I might go tho bc it has the best Greek life out of anywhere I’ve been accepted and I’m gonna join that

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oh ya i heard abt the greek life thing

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Yeah biggest in the north east