If you’re happy at UCLA, you really should stay there. Penn has many huge lecture classes at the intro level. The weather might be a shock to you. If you’re in-state, Penn will cost you about 3x as much as UCLA. I think you’re just enticed by the fact that your parents went to Penn, some kind of romantic, idealized version of it as a promised land. Sure, it’s a great school, but under the circumstances, even had your vaccine refusal not been an issue, UCLA was the far better value for you. Also, you’ll have a harder time meeting people there, since you’re not starting there as a freshman. Just be happy at UCLA.
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