Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Top Questions

One stereotype about IUP is that it is a party school.

A lot of people think IUP is a party school, and that most of the students are just here to drink.

They are heavy drinkers. Any one can get into the school.

Many people look at IUP students are only there because thier partiers. IUP for a long time has been known as a party school.

A lot of people before and after I have decided to come up to iup say that it is a huge party school. In my own experience, this only happens if you want to make it happen. You can easily avoid big parties if you want to. I didn't go to any during my freshman year (maybe a little section hang out once) but I still had the time of my life that year. If you want to drink, you'll be able to find it probably, but if you want to stay away from that sort of thing, it's very easily done. There are also a lot of diverse groups of people on campus. This comes as a plus in order to see the different types of personalities flow through campus.

Party School, No fun activities

They party a lot

The parents are all former coal-miners. Small town with small mindedness.

That we party too much.

I am unsure if there are any particular stereotypes specifically about IUP or IUP students. People may assume that an IUP degree is not as good as a PSU degree or a University of Pittsburgh degree; however, I feel that they are wrong. I think that it all depends on each individual student and how motivated they are once they graduate-- regardless of where a students earns their degree from.