penn and scholarships

[mikemads2]

<p>How is UPenn with scholarships and grants? Also, how is the Anthropology department?</p>

[DSI]

<p>My understanding is that Penn is not too big with scholarships awarded purely based on academic merit (at the undergraduate level anyway). However, Penn does not hesitate to award grants to those who need financial assistance.</p>

<p>I cannot answer your second question.</p>

[Epaminondas]

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My understanding is that Penn is not too big with scholarships awarded purely based on academic merit (at the undergraduate level anyway). However, Penn does not hesitate to award grants to those who need financial assistance.

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<p>Penn, along with the other 7 Ivies, only award need-based financial aid in the forms of grants. There are no merit scholarships. I’m not sure if Penn’s one of those schools that eliminated loans altogether.</p>

[45_Percenter]

<p>Penn has, indeed, eliminated all loans from its financial aid packages.</p>

<p>Penn’s Anthropology department is generally ranked among the top 10 in the country. Incidentally, Penn’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropolgy is world-class:</p>

<p>[Penn</a> Museum](<a href=“http://www.museum.upenn.edu/]Penn”>http://www.museum.upenn.edu/)</p>

[Archaeologist]

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Penn’s Anthropology department is generally ranked among the top 10 in the country. Incidentally, Penn’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropolgy is world-class

I would go further and say that anthro at Penn is a solid top 5 program. Only Michigan, Chicago, Berkeley, and Arizona are at the same level.</p>

<p>Penn’s Museum is indeed excellent, although the elimination of MASCA was an extremely poor decision and will heavily impact the research going on there.</p>

[45_Percenter]

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@Archaeologist

Penn’s Museum is indeed excellent, although the elimination of MASCA was an extremely poor decision and will heavily impact the research going on there.

Have you heard the latest? Apparently, it might not be as bad as it first seemed to be:</p>

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**News in Brief
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Published: 2009-07-02</p>

<p>Eleven Penn Museum researchers get new jobs**</p>

<p>Eleven of 18 researchers whose positions were cut have been given new jobs at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
The new positions are “more aligned with the museum’s long-term goals,” officials said in a statement. Those include a renewed focus on collections, exhibitions, and field research at the 122-year-old institution.</p>

<p>The 18 were told in November that they could be out of work May 31 due to tight finances at the museum. Among the 11 who will stay are Patrick McGovern, a chemist who has international acclaim for his studies of ancient wine and beer. The 11 will be paid from “non-operating” funds - external sources or the endowment.</p>

<p>Five others have been named unsalaried consulting scholars, though some may be paid on a project basis or as adjunct faculty at Penn, museum officials said. The remaining two have left the museum; museum officials declined to comment on any individual’s job status. - Tom Avril

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[Archaeologist]

<p>45 Percenter, I had not heard that. I have a couple colleagues there; it is very good news.</p>