Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Top Questions

To be completely honest, the stereotype of students at our school could not be more incorrect. The student populations is not focused on partying, but rather academics, service, and good, healthy fun.

Penn State students are very proud of the university and much of campus life is focused on football and the spirit of the sport. However, I also believe that Penn State has so much more to offer than simply cheering for a football game. There are many other activities for students to occupy themselves with on campus that don't relate to athletics or football. Yet, it can still be said that no matter what activity a person is involved with, I would agree that most Penn State students love the university and are filled with its pride.

In many ways they are very accurate stereotypes. A majority of the student population likes to go out or drink at home on the weekends. Partying is a large party of the student culture on the University Park campus. Also, no one would argue that Penn State has some of the best football fans in the country. Penn State's football team usually is not the most talented college team, but that never seems to discourage the thousands of people that flock to Beaver Stadium every fall to watch their games.

The partying? Yeah, though we're nothing like WVU.

For the most part, these stereotypes are accuarate. The saying 'bleeding blue and white' is often used to show how dedicated students are to PSU. Football is taken very seriously at PSU, from season tickets being sold out in five minutes, to students camping outside Beaver Stadium for a week before a big game. Partying is pretty big at PSU and most people are out Thursday-Saturday nights. PSU does offer a lot of non-drinking activities, and if you don't drink, you will find a lot of people to hang out with who don't either, but for the most part, everyone drinks. Greek life does play a big role in the social scene, but if you're not greek, or frat parties aren't your thing, there are also tons of apartment parties to go to.

PSU students are heavy partiers, this one is quite accurate, yet if drinking isn't your cup of tea, there are so many other things to do, HUB Late Night shows some solid movies every week and have a bunch of fun activities. Frats and sororities have their stereotypes as well, however having the largest greek system in the world, there are enough options to avoid those stereotypes as well.

No, the town IS in the middle of a lot of farms and agriculture but Penn State itself is so busy and fun. There is so much to do and if you get involved, either in the social scene or extracurriculars, you will NEVER be bored.

I would say they are about 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} accurate, however its not good to get the wrong idea if someone is in the greek system, because there is about a 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} chance they are actually cool and not one of the stereotypes.

In general, yes.

No, THON is something that make PSU different then any other school. It shows how one school can come together for a cause like cancer. We do it because we want to and it means something to us. Those who have seen/been to THON know what I mean. We do love our Football. We have the best student section and biggest stadium in the country. We are not all Frat kids that get drunk and party way to much. We are much more.