Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

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Pennsylvania State University’s flagship campus at University Park is a premier public research university renowned for its high-ranking academic programs in the Smeal College of Business, the College of Engineering, and the atmospheric sciences. Set in a quintessential college town, the campus culture is defined by boundless school spirit, an active social scene, and passionate support for Big Ten athletics at Beaver Stadium. Penn State is uniquely distinguished by its massive and fiercely loyal global alumni network, as well as its hosting of THON, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy benefiting pediatric cancer research.

Wikipedia:The Pennsylvania State University is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later. Its primary campus, known as Penn State University Park, is located in State College and College Township in Centre County.

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Essay prompts

• Identify an important global or local issue that you believe does not receive sufficient attention. Why is this issue often overlooked or under-addressed? Analyze possible paths forward and propose a realistic strategy to raise awareness and advance solutions. Finally, evaluate your proposal's potential to create meaningful change, considering its feasibility, limitations, trade-offs, implementation challenges, and possible unintended consequences.

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• One of the Schreyer Honors College values is Empowered Growth. What values, beliefs or experiences have empowered you to grow intellectually and/or personally?

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• If you were able to go anywhere in the world, outside of the country you currently reside in, where would you go and why?

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• Tell us about your most significant leadership experience and why leadership is important to you. This could include community roles, family contributions, research, clubs and organizations, etc. Describe challenges you've faced and successes you've had in these roles.

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• Reflecting on the recognitions listed above, which one stands out as having an impact on your outlook and why?

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• Tell us about a book or other media that has made you think about something in a new way.

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups, including shared geography, faith, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities or groups to which you belong and describe how it has influenced your life over the last four years.

  Schreyer Honors College applicants

• Please use this space to share information you would like us to consider that has not been discussed elsewhere in your application (this is optional).

  Optional · Schreyer Honors College applicants

Quoted from Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus's own page; answered in the MyPennState or Common App. The application itself is the final word.

The personal essay is separate: see the Common App essay prompts.

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Varsity sports

• Baseball
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• Basketball
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• Fencing
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• Field Hockey
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• Football
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• Golf
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• Gymnastics
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• Ice Hockey
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• Lacrosse
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• Soccer
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• Softball
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• Swimming and Diving (combined)
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• Tennis
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• Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
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• Volleyball
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• Wrestling
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