The summer/fall 2017 application is finally available, and the time has officially come to submit your application to quite possibly the greatest school in the world (I’ll admit it, I’m biased…it’s hard to not love this place). As you’re checking off the boxes and answering the open-ended responses telling the admissions team why you should be a […]
Why Special Living Options at Penn State are awesome!
To make your transition to living in campus dorms easier, Penn State offers first year students the option to participate in Special Living Options (SLO). While I did not do SLO myself, I wish I would have known more about SLOs when I put in my housing contract. Like many other students, I was misguided […]
Freshman 15 (tips to surviving your first year)
You thought I meant gaining the Freshman 15, didn’t you? For those of you that do not know what the Freshman 15 is, it’s a commonly used term to describe the act of incoming freshmen to college gaining 15 pounds when they begin their college journey. However, this is a list of things to keep […]
Transition into the College of Communications at University Park
This past summer I made the decision to change major from Criminology & Sociology to Journalism. This meant a change from the college of Liberal Arts to the College of Communications. At first I was a bit nervous and scared to fall behind, but I soon discovered that the College of Communications had all the […]
Commonwealth campus spotlight: Mont Alto
Penn State is one university geographically dispersed throughout the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There are a total of twenty-four Penn State campuses; twenty of them are commonwealth campuses, while the remaining four are special unit campuses. The four unit campuses are Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Penn State Hershey Medicine, Penn State Great Valley School […]
A tale of DUS
Undecided? No problem! Coming into college not knowing what you want to do once you graduate does not mean that you will never know, it just means you’re not sure right now. Do not feel discouraged if you find yourself being a part of the Division of Undergraduate Studies or better known by students here […]
A is for Adviser
Leaving home to attend college after high school can be hard on anyone, especially if you’re hours away from home and away from your family for the first time. Although I was lucky enough to only be two hours away from home, making that transition from high school to college was difficult. To make things more […]
Why should you do summer session?
For everyone that has ever gone to college the time before you leave home is pretty bittersweet. It is hard to imagine that you will be leaving your family and friends in just a short amount of time. So why would you want to cut that time short and go to summer session? Before I […]
P.S. (wants to connect) U.
Apple released the first ever IPhone in 2007, which was the same year members of the next Penn State college freshman class were 8 years old. Fast-forward to today and 70% of college students use their phones to help them stay productive everyday, according to a survey on mobile device usage. Keeping up with which […]
2+2=The best 4 years of your life
Did you know that Penn State has 20 undergraduate campuses spread throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? Penn State has a 2+2 system where students may begin their college careers at any Penn State campus for two years and then either finish it at the same campus or any other Penn State campus. Some students choose […]