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18 Reviews Found
Likes
- Campus is pretty
- Faculty ads staff in Chem Department are very helpful
- We get a state of the art infrastructure and instruments
Dislikes
- Settling in US was too hectic. In the first few months you have get SSN, open bank account and other official things along with the culture shock
- You are too far from your family. Round trip to India is costly.
- Public transportation to bigger cities is not that great
- So for PhDs, accommodation and food are the only expenses. I live in a 2-bedroom apartment and I share it with one of my friends. We pay a rent of $1250 (including all the amenities), so per head it's around $625.
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Likes
- Great Alumni community
- Great social environment
- Great amenities
Dislikes
- There is a 50% chance that any one of your professors this semester could be terrible
- Some departments are not run well due to bad faculty
- The Computer Science Curriculum is quite outdated
- I have not lived off campus yet. Details about on-campus accommodations can be found on the university's website.
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Likes
- It has one of the biggest Alumni system in the entire US
- There so many resources for your specific needs
- It is easy to get jobs on-campus
Dislikes
- The food is not that great on-campus
- Housing can be expensive, even though it is a college town.
- The gyms and libraries are not 24/7
- There was a housing fair where estate agents came to show their housing accommodations during the first year. That is where I found my accommodation
- My the monthly rent is 820 dollars, including water, gas and other utilities. There was a TV, fridge, microwave, washing machine and dryer included in my house when I rented it.
- I did not find it hard to secure accommodation. However, some people could find it hard to get roommates to move in with.
- I would suggest the State College Collective, The Pointe, and The Valley. It is a 12-minute bus ride from my college campus. Most Indians stay at the Pointe
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Likes
- Large, lively, and friendly campus life and community that always makes students feel a part of the college
- Beautiful Campus and locations with the arboretum, wintery landscapes, line shrine, secret pond, etc.
- Rich Culture, College traditions, and Unique History such as THON, State Pattys, etc.
Dislikes
- Extremely high winds at times, making it very difficult to walk at times
- Getting the exact class you want may be difficult due to the massive student class size
- Expensive tuition and living costs, especially for off-campus
- First years are required to use On-campus housing. The rent comes to $4000 per semester as I live in East Halls, which is renovated with a kitchenette, AC, and multiple study spaces.
- There is wifi in each room with private bathrooms on each floor. The commons is less than a minute walk away with a computer lab, gaming room, market, and several dining options.
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Likes
- On campus opportunities are good so you don't have to work in mess or do labor intensive jobs
- The campus is really big and it's very clean and beautiful
- The football team of Penn State is amazing thus good football matches
Dislikes
- They don't teach any industry related technologies and only focus on Machine Learning and computer fundaments
- The course requires a lot of your time thus you can't really focus on jobs search
- State College city is really cold and the weather is really harsh
- You can go with university accommodation but it is a bit expensive, around 900–1100 dollars per month but off-campus is a bit cheap, 450–1200 dollars.
- One can easily get off-campus accommodation by searching online. Too much paper work is required for leasing. One of the cheapest options can be Alight State College and the expensive ones can be The Point.
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Likes
- It has a well renowned CS department.
- The department is selective with a limited number of students.
- Getting a student job is easy as compared to different universitites
Dislikes
- Recently the federal funding has been paused for the university.
- The city has nothing much to do other than the campus.
- It gets super cold in the winters
- You can look for apartments via Google or university living; the rent here is not high. You will find that mostly all Indians prefer to stay at Alight State College, so here you can build a strong community.
- The rent here is 549$ per month plus you have to pay for utilities, which would range from 40$ in the summers to 100$ in the winters. I would recommend booking apartments as soon as you finalize the college as the rent goes up later.
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Likes
- The campus is really beautiful.
- The college town is very safe.
- The college is well renowned for no issues in visa interview/ immigration.
Dislikes
- The fees are still high even though it is a state university.
- The selection of courses are a bit limited.
- The college being in college town gets ghosted in the winter and summer breaks.
- I found the accommodation online with the help of my seniors. My monthly rent is 600 dollars. The included facilities are wifi, bus pass, electricity. Recommendations for future students is to start finding places as soon as you get the admit.
- The good places tend to run out. So be proactive, connect with people and get your living situation sorted out with the help of current/ existing students.
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Likes
- The Size of the campus 19051$
- The diversity across the campus you have people from all around world
- The various options for extra curriculars
Dislikes
- Sizes of class for some courses exceed 500-600 students per class
- Some classes are very poorly structured
- Main campus has very little to do like places to visit or hangout we only have clubs, lasertag and bowling
- I live on campus and there is a website where you need to apply for living on campus. You don't have a monthly rent for on campus, you pay it semester wise and i have already listed that before.
- The challenges were not getting the roommate I wanted and also not getting the building I wanted but later I could exchange for the room in a different building so it wasn't a problem.
- Make sure to know which side of the campus you wanna live on this is the only advice i'll give because some dorms might be further for engineering students and closer for different majors so. I live on campus so all of my classes are a max of 10 minutes walk from my dorm and the indian students are split equally between on campus and off campus.
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Likes
- Flexibility in choosing courses.
- Ability to try out whatever courses I wanted for the first week, without them affecting my grades or billing.
- Huge push towards research, leading to collaboration with professors and fellow students.
Dislikes
- Slightly on the costlier side.
- Lack of RA opportunities.
- Too many research oriented and too few industry oriented courses when it comes to HCI.
- Got in touch with my current flatmates just a week after getting the admit. They introduced me to our current place.
- Monthly rent is 610. The flat is fully furnished and contains washer, drier, oven, microwave, fridge, dishwasher. Facilities include gym, clubhouse, swimming pool, free bus pass.
- My application got stuck as I had to get my guarantors changed. The rent charged is a lot less if you guarantor lives in the states. So make sure to give a US residing contact's name for guarantor.
- Its a 5 minute drive away from the campus. Lots of Indian. students in this housing.
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Likes
- The campus is enormous. It is about 8000 acres, with its own golf course and a commercial airport. I love the greenery on campus and how there's a spot for everyone. It shares a boundary with downtown State College as well, so there's enough places to hang out off campus too- that's if the ones on campus aren't enough. Food options on campus are plenty, covering pretty much all cuisines in different halls- including Indian cuisine at "Choolah" too.
- With such a big campus, there is an individual building for basically everything. Be it mental health counseling or just an office for inclusivity, they've got you covered! I believe there is a separate building just for yoga and meditation. There is all the types of counseling you'll ever need for every subject, classes or career resources. In fact, it is sometimes overwhelming navigating through so many different places and websites. The Pattee and Paterno Library (a top 10 research library in North America) is humongous, and it is so well equipped for all your study needs that I come to this place just to hang out sometimes (I am writing this review from the library).
- Penn State has the largest living alumni network, closing in on around 800,000 this year. This is definitely an advantage to find commonalities between you and the employers, as I have already found so many people willing to help their fellow Penn State alumnus.
Dislikes
- Being a Mumbaiker, where the minimum temperature rarely touches 18°C at nights in peak winter, sending me to a place where the maximum temperature in summer is 20°C wasn't perhaps the best idea. Currently, I am locked indoors with temperatures touching -12°C. Remember folks, it's not the temperature that kills, it's always the wind. They say next week the temperatures are gonna touch -22°C for a day or two. Good luck to me.
- Okay, I get it, I had just praised how good and big and beautiful the campus is. But sometimes, it's just a pain to walk this much. They do have buses for free which cover the majority of the campus, but there are parts which aren't covered and even if they do, the buses are often overcrowded OR you have a problem with the timings. I was forced into buying an electric standing scooter to save time, set me back around $400.
- Considering how good the courses and professors are, and how good the alumni is doing, it always confuses me why the ranking isn't better. It is very good on a global standard, but I just feel that it deserves to be better. It isn't exactly something to do with the college, but perhaps the people who set the rankings.
- I am staying in campus accommodation, hence finding it wasn't a problem. I am paying for accommodation on a semester-wise basis, hence $4,512 per semester. The only challenge was the small room size, as already mentioned.
- I would recommend all students live on campus for at least a year, as it's a really nice experience and you'll make good connections. Indian students are scattered all over the campus so there is no particular place with a lot of them. However, since East Halls are the biggest, my bet would be that's where most Indians stay. My dorm is fairly close to all my classes.
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