Does Penn State really deserve to be in the Ivy League?

A2A. I don't see what difference deserving to be in the Ivy League would make for Penn State. The Ivy League is a football league made up of 8 colleges. Penn State is not one of them, and I can't see an argument for why it should be. read more

Penn State is not in the Ivy League. If your question is does Penn (The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is in the Ivy League) deserve to be in the IL, then I have no idea, since I went to PSU and know very little about Penn. If you are asking about Penn Stare (at State College, PA) I think they could handle the IL if they wanted to. read more

Penn State is a public Ivy, meaning it compares on the same caliber of a traditional Ivy League in regards to academics. However, it is a public school and not a private school like the other 9 (Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, etc). read more