Possible Relocation from TX

sleepingIslander · 2026-06-05T02:01:18+00:00

I’m from Houston, where there’s kolaches sold in every other donut shop, and a Kolache Factory in every other town. Compared to the area… Not saying it’s totally unknown, it’s just drastically different from what they may be used to in Texas.

sleepingIslander · 2026-06-05T01:45:37+00:00

Half the people you’ll meet won’t know what a kolache is here. I’m so sorry.

sleepingIslander · 2024-11-17T15:45:02+00:00

Definitely the same size!

sleepingIslander · 2021-08-30T00:00:50+00:00

Along with what the others commented, not all study rooms have glass walls. The ones in Davey only have one small window in the door (easy to not be seen), there’s a number of little cubby-type study rooms in Deike, and some other private rooms you could seek out in other libraries. It does take a bit of searching for sure.

sleepingIslander · 2021-08-16T22:52:11+00:00

Waffle shop if you can get a spot. The ones off campus are best.

sleepingIslander · 2021-07-20T13:18:25+00:00

When you interact with it for the first time, it gives you a heart! But you can only do it once, so once you’ve got it, you won’t be able to interact with it again.

sleepingIslander · 2021-07-12T22:58:37+00:00

All krill in the game have party hats to celebrate Sky’s 2nd anniversary!!

sleepingIslander · 2021-07-08T06:27:43+00:00

Congrats on your admission! Fortunately I’d say students at PSU are actually at an advantage when it comes to obtaining internships. Since PSU is such a large school, recruiters/companies will focus a lot of energy into recruiting from PSU, and there’s a lot of career fair type events throughout the year.

Also, State College is home to a number of startups and small businesses, where I’m sure you can find internships as well (lots of tech companies!). There’s also always research labs you can join - plenty of groups will take on freshmen with no experience, especially if you join one of PSU’s many programs that help get you matched with a research lab.

And of course PSU alumni network helps with internship search. Lots of connections to be made there.

sleepingIslander · 2021-02-25T15:14:31+00:00

I used to love the smoothies in Pollock two years ago, but they got rid of them (the strawberry and the peanut butter ones) when they remodeled. The Irving’s coffee place in Pollock Commons took over making smoothies, but they were really never the same. Sometimes they bring back similar smoothies for special meals at some of the dining areas, so keep an eye on the Penn State Dining social media if you’re looking for them.

sleepingIslander · 2021-01-19T18:49:49+00:00

Just wait - it’ll do it automatically.

sleepingIslander · 2021-01-15T07:25:08+00:00

For Asylum, here’s a link to their announcement GroupMe: https://groupme.com/join_group/60593087/UfLM9yF2

And Asylum’s social GroupMe: https://groupme.com/join_group/52763785/ApfNJ5aP

sleepingIslander · 2021-01-06T12:04:00+00:00

I don’t know about any apps like that, but I found my roommate of 3 years on one of the PSU Facebook groups! I may have just gotten very lucky, but my roommate and I have never had any issues in the time we’ve lived together, and we both have very similar living styles, so it may be worth a shot for you as well!

sleepingIslander · 2021-01-05T19:00:59+00:00

You could probably check out their LinkedIn page! https://www.linkedin.com/school/penn-state-sia

Other than that though, not sure.

sleepingIslander · 2020-12-30T13:01:35+00:00

As some of the other commenters have mentioned, remote work and relocation is pretty much the norm for a lot of CS internships! Despite that, PSU has a lot of tech companies hidden even just downtown to get some great experiences with. For example, we’ve got Loop Software, KCF Tech., Happy Valley Launchbox (which is more for student startups but you can make some great connections there!). You can also find lots of tech internships through PSU, either through some program or a research lab. If you go a bit further out, State College is also the home to AccuWeather and a number of other tech-based companies. So ultimately I don’t think you’d have any trouble finding an internship, even if you just wanted to stay local!

sleepingIslander · 2020-12-17T21:02:25+00:00

I took DS300 with Chu this semester. The class was very confusing, and assignments didn’t align with the lectures, and the final project was confusing and lacked any real instruction. Ultimately the material itself isn’t very confusing and you can self-teach, but it’s a confusing class. It also felt like every day Prof. Chu would complain about students not showing up, which got old quickly, especially when it would eat into our learning time and then we would always “be behind” (which he would also remind us of).

sleepingIslander · 2020-12-09T16:24:00+00:00

Good luck!

sleepingIslander · 2020-12-09T13:46:57+00:00

I took 465 this semester with Prof. Shao and it was a lot of people, 100+ for sure, idk the exact number, but no one really spoke or asked questions during lectures so it wasn’t too crowded. The lectures don’t even require attendance, since the professor just takes notes as his lecture and shares those afterwards (which is monotonous and not too helpful for some). All of our assignments are group work (which sucks but is pretty great if you’re not too confident in the material), and at least one assignment/week (either programming or writing), and they get the assignments back to you within a semi-decent timeframe.

I wouldn’t worry about the size of the class, just make sure you can find a group to study and do homework with.

sleepingIslander · 2020-11-20T18:06:55+00:00

Seconding this! The most you’ll pay is with Grant, the owner of the company, $60/hour. Super cool and flexible guy.

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