Grad Student - Anonymous employee Penn State Employee Review

5.0
Jun 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

incredible town to live it, tons of fun. lots of bars, young people, entertainment. greats chool with good professional reputation and network as well

Cons

tons of work being a grad student. but thats expected if you go to grad school, wont change going somehwere else, unless you sacrifice competitivness of program perhaps

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Cons

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