<p>ahh, the classic ‘i will spew sanctimonious rhetoric and leave the thread so i can pretend like I had the last word’</p>
<p>The fact is, this is not a case where the ‘Penn’ nickname is ‘some people’s personal preference, and a few of those people are attempting to force others to use the name.’</p>
<p>The fact is, current students are attempting to educate high school students to the reality that should they ever be in the fortunate position to attend Penn, all of their peers/professors/official document letterheards/etc. will refer the the school as ‘Penn,’ and that a number of people explicitly dislike the ‘UPenn’ moniker because its primary use is to differentiate Penn from Penn State, and for its general lack of euphony.</p>
<p>Saying to all of these people who actually HAVE ties to the school that you will continue to refer to their school by whatever nickname you so choose is not only rude, but immensely arrogant, and I think if you paused to think about the situation for ten seconds, you would probably realize that. Most likely, you have already and are now simply continuing this argument in an attempt to ‘win’ the thread, which is just sad.</p>
<p>Maybe we should send the admissions office an email suggesting they reject anyone who applies and refers to the school as ‘UPenn’ in their essays in an attempt to weed these types of applicants out; clearly they did not do much research on the school before applying.</p>