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Deminpenn

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5. That was the norm

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #4)

Fri May 23, 2025, 01:45 PM

May 23

when I applied in the 70s. Most kids started at a branch, spent their first 2 years there, then went to Main Campus. It was more likely than not that students applying for admission to University Park as their first choice were rejected and assigned to their second choice of a branch campus.

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Branch campuses used to just be 2 year pit stops Deminpenn May 23 #3

Two of my siblings did exactly that back in the 1980's FakeNoose May 23 #4

That was the norm Deminpenn May 23 #5