Educational Planning Survey: 2005 Results
| This list is arranged in the order in which the items appeared on Part II of the Educational Planning Survey. These are the full questions exactly as they were asked on the EPS. |
- Parents' level of education
- How many hours per week (average) did you study outside of class during your last year of high school? (0 to 99)
- How did you react to these subjects in high school?
- English
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Biology
- History
- Social Studies
- Foreign Language
- Music
- Art
- Computer Studies
- Listed below are some of the reasons students give for attending college. Choose the ONE reason from this list that is most important as it pertains to your personal goals.
- Estimate your grade average after one year at Penn State.
- About how many hours per week do you think you will have to study outside of class to earn the grade average you estimate for your first year of college? (0 to 99)
- Top 10 majors
- How certain are you of your first preference of major?
- How long ago did you decide on your major field?
- Who would you say has influenced you the most in your consideration of major?
- How much do you think you know about the major you are considering?
- Before coming to college, how much time have you spent in activities related to the major you are considering (e.g., attending lectures, reading books, etc.)?
- How does your family (parents, guardians, spouse) feel about the major you are presently considering?
- Estimate the chances that before graduating you will transfer to a totally different kind of major than the one you are presently considering?
- Listed below are 19 reasons that students frequently give for attending Penn State. Select up to THREE (3) that are most important to you.
Contact: Division of Undergraduate Studies (dus@psu.edu)