Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Top Questions

i think that iup has a group/organization for everyone. just walk around campus and you can see the diversity.

Very good experience. I cant find a kind of person who would feel out of place here. Pretty much anything casual. Yes. Maybe a caucasian couple, a group of african americans, mostly white students. Surrounding areas. Middle class. Yes. No idea. No.

I have interviewed certain people in different groups on campus for articles in my journalism classes or The Penn, and I know of some people in some religious groups. I also have some friends in sororeities and fraternaties. But I have not ever attended any meetings or been a part of any. Mostly, you can see some of the groups with tables set up around the Oak Grove during certain weather conditions and times promoting either their group or a charity event or something the group represents. I don't see how any student would feel out of place at IUP because I believe everyone has their own group of friends they hang out with. Friends are made within your major or through organizations and groups on campus. If you put yourself out there, you are bound to make friends. In every college setting it is always intimidating to meet new people, not only IUP. However, those coming in from other countries would have the most difficulty in any campus in the United States. Moving from a different country is like going to a completely different planet; everything is new, not just the education. But IUP has organizations and groups for those from other countries as well so that they can become comfortable with being so far away from home. Most IUP students are from Pennsylvania. Most people from other states rarely ever hear of IUP, unless it is a business of some kind that an IUP student has interned or previously worked. You still meet several people from other states, though, and most of those states are neighbors to Pennsylvania.

Above all else, most IUP students come to class dressed in sweats, and even pajamas. It’s easy to pick out the freshmen, who can be caught wearing miniskirts and high heels to their 8:30 a.m. classes. A lot of students are from Western Pennsylvania, but there are also a lot of people from the Philadelphia area. Surprisingly, many of my friends are from out of state: New Jersey, Maryland and Washington. I would say that most students come from lower, working and middle class families. It would be rare to run into a wealthy student, most wealthy people would choose to get their education at a school other than one of the cheapest state schools in Pa. People do talk about how much they will earn, but this has developed in conjunction with growing up. Freshmen year, we weren't really concerned about that. But now that graduation is within sight for me and many of my friends, our thoughts have turned to the future and possible incomes we may be facing.