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150 Penn State Icks That Scare People Away

If you want to fall in love at Penn State, it’s harder than you think. Most people at Penn State are honestly “yucky.”

If you’re looking for love, maybe avoid doing some of these things that are destined to keep you single, but sometimes it’s difficult to know what might ick someone out. So, here’s a list of 150 Penn State icks that might scare people away from you.

  1. Riding an electric scooter.
  2. Wearing an athletic book bag when you’re in the Blue Band.
  3. Walking slow.
  4. Playing the piano in the library.
  5. Preaching religion like Willard Preacher, but you get with different people every night.
  6. Thinking you’re better than others because of your sorority/fraternity ranking.
  7. Only being involved with Greek life (find a hobby).
  8. Using your meal plan on condoms.
  9. Thinking you’re better than others because you play a sport.
  10. Studying in the stacks (you freak).
  11. Having a significant other but still talking about your past Penn State relationships.
  12. Being more passed around than a Penn State hockey puck.
  13. Not doing the Line Dance at THON.
  14. Having $0 in your donor drive.
  15. Men following so many girls on Instagram that it looks like they’re rushing in the spring.
  16. Ordering a hotdog at Doggies.
  17. Not cheering in the student section.
  18. Having Snapchat when you’re older than 21.
  19. Going to 18+ nights at Stage West when you’re 21+.
  20. Blasting music from your dorm pretending to be a DJ.
  21. Using dating apps as a source of networking (no hate, I do it too).
  22. Thinking that going to the dining hall for dinner is a date.
  23. People who rebound worse than Penn State basketball.
  24. Going to Yallah Taco for chicken and fries.
  25. Posting on the Penn State snap story.
  26. Living in Pollock.
  27. Living in dorms junior year.
  28. Holding giant Greek letters at THON.
  29. Not going to THON.
  30. Going to frat parties when you’re old enough to go to bars.
  31. Ordering Peachy Paterno at the Creamery.
  32. Getting avocado toast at the gym.
  33. Taking photos of your reflection in the gym windows.
  34. Having your ankles show when wearing sweatpants.
  35. Talking about your high school sports.
  36. Not standing up for yourself when you’re getting hazed.
  37. Complaining about our football team when you’ve never touched a football.
  38. Eating at the East Dining Hall buffet.
  39. Going to The Basement.
  40. Living in a frat house.
  41. Wearing other college merch while at Penn State.
  42. Still wearing your high school merch.
  43. Not holding the door open for others.
  44. Being loud in the Pollock Testing Center.
  45. Chasing the squirrels.
  46. Chasing down the Whoop (it’s not going to stop).
  47. Sitting on a bench waiting for the CATA bus.
  48. Using a CATA bus that costs money.
  49. Ubering everywhere.
  50. Riding the bus to all your class.
  51. Rock climbing in the IM.
  52. Not supporting Penn State women’s sports.
  53. Saying you want the “college experience.”
  54. Having to get free Plan B from Bouke all the time like it’s candy.
  55. Shopping at CVS.
  56. Packing up while the professor is still teaching.
  57. Packback.
  58. Going to a branch campus (other than Altoona or Behrend).
  59. Thinking your major makes you better than other people.
  60. Getting football student section tickets when you don’t go to University Park.
  61. Reselling your student tickets for a crazy amount.
  62. Talking about your ex when they don’t even go to Penn State.
  63. Hating on lower-ranked fraternities.
  64. Not being able to pronounce “Primanti Bros.”
  65. Saying you’re from Pittsburgh when you’re 40 minutes away.
  66. Having a Penn State tattoo.
  67. Being able to buy student section hockey tickets with your body count.
  68. Wrestling.
  69. Watching TikTok with your phone volume up in the library.
  70. Coughing without covering your mouth.
  71. Throwing up in the CATA bus.
  72. Trying to ride the Spin bikes while drunk.
  73. Being a pledge.
  74. Not having a mattress topper.
  75. Leaving your laundry in the washing machine or dryer too long.
  76. All-white outfits when it’s not a White Out.
  77. Living in State College when you don’t go to Penn State or don’t work for Penn State.
  78. Flirting with Uber drivers.
  79. Only going to Penn State for the football team.
  80. “What’s Onward State?” (do you live under a rock?)
  81. Following the Collegian on Instagram.
  82. Spending all their money on Uber Eats.
  83. Body shaming.
  84. Having their whole personality be about their internship.
  85. Acting rude towards college tours (you were on the tour once too).
  86. Textbooks.
  87. Going to other colleges to party on the weekends.
  88. People walking into each other because they’re distracted by their phones.
  89. “I’m technically a freshman, but I have enough credits to be a sophomore.”
  90. Only being here for the social life aspect.
  91. Flexing how many credits you’re taking.
  92. Complaining about how hard their major is.
  93. Couples that are always on and off.
  94. “I’m not looking for a relationship right now.”
  95. Kinesiology major.
  96. Not helping with group projects.
  97. Professors that expect you at office hours.
  98. Always complaining about being on dry (if you can’t go a week, you might want to get checked out).
  99. Always talking about summer session.
  100. Campus celebs.
  101. Goes out even if they have the flu (just stay home).
  102. Not involved at all with any clubs or organizations.
  103. Going through many roommates but still thinking they’re not the problem.
  104. Getting black-out drunk all the time.
  105. Using so much perfume or cologne that it gives people headaches.
  106. Having a significant other but still participating in…interesting fraternity mixers.
  107. Driving around the campus during class hours.
  108. Only going to the Arboretum at night to smoke.
  109. Being mean to your friends.
  110. Taste testing at the Berkey Creamery.
  111. Only wanting to date someone in Greek life.
  112. Being on your phone the whole time while at the gym.
  113. Roommates who never leave the room.
  114. Going to the Den when you can legally drink.
  115. Going to Cane’s every time you’re drunk.
  116. Lines at DP Dough.
  117. Trying to pronounce Neeli Bendapudi.
  118. Sitting at THON.
  119. Posting on YikYak.
  120. Greek life and athlete egos.
  121. Trying to sing the Penn State song at a sporting event but not knowing the words.
  122. Being in the student section but not knowing the cheers.
  123. Not having a reusable water bottle.
  124. Making your whole life about Penn State.
  125. Only getting into a sorority or fraternity because of a family relative.
  126. Eating Big Dean’s Hot Chicken.
  127. Having your lips dyed red from jungle juice.
  128. Being obsessed with your sibling.
  129. Being too friendly to everyone.
  130. Using the spinning door at the library.
  131. Sitting on the high school musical steps.
  132. Sleeping in the library.
  133. Playing ping pong in the basement of the IM.
  134. Stealing flowers from the Arboretum.
  135. Frat bathrooms.
  136. Getting Giuseppe’s pizza over Doggies pizza.
  137. Not trusting your significant other (if you can’t trust them, break up?)
  138. People who miss downtown McDonald’s.
  139. Eating at the Corner Room.
  140. The prices at El Jefe’s.
  141. When the CATA bus is full and they continue to yell at you to move back.
  142. Drunk people on the CATA bus.
  143. Uber drivers not leaving without getting the pin number.
  144. Collegian newspapers (killing trees for no reason is embarrassing).
  145. Having an 8 a.m.
  146. Running into all your opps at the IM or White Building.
  147. Using the tanning beds at Planet Fitness.
  148. Posting about THON when they complained the whole time being there.
  149. Riding the elevator when you’re on floor two.
  150. Not being proud of going to Penn State.

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Tia Kaschauer

Tia is a freshman from Pittsburgh, PA majoring in photojournalism! She's a big fan of sports, loud music, and lemonade. To see some of her cool photos, Instagram: @TK_Media412, to get in touch, email: [email protected].

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