could upenn be the best ivy?

dancingdoctor
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:52:42 +0000

of course I am biased because it is the only ivy I applied and was accepted to…but does anyone else agree that Upenn is the best, or at least a really really amazing school?

it just feels like there is no better place for me…it has the ivy name, but at my preview weekend, absolutely no one seemed stuck up and too smart to function, in fact, greek life is a hugee thing on campus

in addition, the academics and opportunities seem limitless. i can do several minors, study abroad, submatriculate into other schools at Penn, find jobs, internships, externships, so soso many things that are nearly readily available at penn

the reason why i believe it could be the best ivy, or at least the best ivy for me, is because i wanted to be at a school that it very renown and has premier academics, but simultaneously, somewhere where i can meet nice, normal, well-rounded people who maintain a “work hard, play hard” mentality. phildadelphia, while it is not the absolute greatest city, appears to be a multifaceted city where penn students have fun and take advantage of the job offerings around them.

penn doesn’t have its nose up in the air as much as harvard, princeton, and yale…cornell is too severe and too cold, dartmouth is too liberal artsy and too small, columbia is in a terrible area and too boring.

am my ideas correct? of course most of them are based on my impressions and things i’ve been told for years, but please, anyone who agrees with me, feel free to gloat about penn!