Indiana University of Pennsylvania - 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Attending

http://www.gobeyondthebrochure.com/5-... - Indiana University of Pennsylvania was an educational experience that I would never go back on, even in the face of potential “better” opportunities in hindsight. One of the reasons I loved IUP is also one of the things I wish I had known going into my college years the evolution of my student life allowed me to work with some of the best professors who challenged my everyday lack of self start and inspired me to achieve something in the Journalism and Philosophy departments. They gave me the opportunity to actually delve into their lives as human beings an opportunity I’m not sure you’d find at every campus. Of course, there were some sub par experiences that made life difficult, but que sera, am I right? For one, I wish I would have known that Western PA considers IUP commensurate with the stereotype Eastern PA ers sometimes use refer to Kutztown, Shippensburg or West Chester: “13th Grade.” This tends to be because everyone from our area seems to go there and fraternize with the same friends from grade school. In that scenario, there’s not much focus on branching out and making new friends. On some occasions, this made making personal connections more challenging because many arrived to college with pre existing close friends/roommates.