<p>Any comments on this decision?</p>
<p>That’s hard. I faced a similar decision: Penn vs. Princeton (vs. Brown)</p>
<p>I chose Penn because of:
- the environment
- the pre-professional nature and preparation for profession</p>
<p>Yale is urban too but while West Philly is safe, the area of New Haven where Yale is, is not. That’s why I didn’t apply.</p>
<p>The other cool advantage to Penn is that if you become really advanced and excel in your field, you can begin grad/med/law school. You can start essentially embarking on your professional career- an opportunity that only Penn can offer you.</p>
<p>Well, Penn is in a major city…that’s why I applied. BUT here’s a side factor to consider that i just learned from my Yale friend: you don’t get pick which housing you get for four years and you’re automatically in a double or triple your freshman year…Penn has a lot of singles and has a lot of housing options. It might seem like a little thing now but that’s a big difference in terms of your actual day-to-life…</p>
<p>either is a great school, so I wouldn’t worry too much ha. I’m going to Penn '2013 (only applied to Penn and Columbia out of the ivies) so I’m biased</p>
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<p>Your friend doesn’t know what he/she is talking about; your information is 90% false. My freshmen dormitory was 60% singles, and my residential college is 75% singles (and we have less favorable housing than others). Morse and Stiles residential colleges are both 100% singles. ALL of Yale’s residential colleges have 60+% singles.</p>
<p>At Yale, the only year you don’t pick your housing and roommates is freshman year. And I suspect that’s the case at Penn as well. All other years at Yale, you choose your room based on a room draw, and you have full control of who you stay with. It’s true that you don’t get to choose your residential college, but you most certainly get to choose your suite and room (and you can transfer residential colleges if you so choose.)</p>
<p>And Yale housing is one of the phenomenal qualities of Yale. Just read up on our famed residential college system.</p>
<p>rd31: No. First year Penn students do pick their college houses, their roomates (if they want), and their apartment/dorm style. They can also pick residential programs which can sometimes give you credit, or just simply prepare you for an aspect of the field that you’re interested in. </p>
<p>Penn college houses are a unique experience in and of themselves. You have studies pretty much everywhere, the library, the computer lab and residential programs, so picking college houses is really important- it means knowing yourself and finding a house that matches you, not just looking for or being assigned to a dorm.</p>
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<p>Did you friend also tell you that most of Yale has suite style living? I don’t know ANYONE who share a literal bedroom with three people. I do however know people who live in SUITES with 3, 4, and even 12 people. Suites meaning there is a personal common room, bathrooms for each suite (multiple depending on how big it is), etc.</p>
<p>I also know plenty of people with singles (aka all of my friends who are FRESHMAN there this year).</p>
<p>At Penn, you can easily get singles in the quad your freshman year or you can live in a SUITE and that not only means you will have a bathroom, but also a kitchen and a living room. And then if you want even more options without having to leave your floor, there’s a study lounge on each floor.</p>
<p>SusiaBra… just to make myself clear. I never said that penn didn’t have those things… I was just saying that yale does.</p>
<p>80-90% of Yalies stay in on-campus housing all 4 years. Significantly less stay on Penn’s campus all 4 years (I believe juniors and seniors move off campus or into frats).</p>
<p>62% of all Penn undergrads live in campus housing (including virtually 100% of all freshmen):</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - University of Pennsylvania - Penn - Housing & Campus Life](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>The remaining undergrads live either in frats on or immediately off campus, or in housing within a few blocks of–including right across the street from–campus.</p>
<p>why in the world would you decide which college to go to on the basis of their housing situation? that’s ■■■■■■■■</p>
<p>At Penn, it’s not just housing: you can participate in extracurriculars through your house, get jobs through your house and can even get credit through your house’s programs.</p>
<p>Back to the question - </p>
<p>I chose Penn because I was really attracted to the cohesiveness of the campus - you can walk from one end to the other in less than ten minutes. Everything is at the tips of your fingers. I particularly loved the vibrancy and culture that Penn just seemed to emanate. It’s beautiful, tight-knit, and has so many options (which was important for me).</p>
<p>I know next to nothing about Yale, other than that it’s a phenomenal school. Congratulations on your acceptances to both!</p>
<p>So I just realized that you must have made your decision already - where did you choose?</p>
<p>Hard to turn down Yale, but I certainly hope it was Penn. Less “wow” but much more you can do while at the University as an undegrad.</p>
<p>philly > new haven!</p>
<p>well i chose penn over yale. hope that helps future applicants = )</p>
<p>I don’t know…In terms of future success and prestige, I would think Yale is the way to go. Of course, I hope I’m wrong considering I’m applying to and actually have a chance of getting into Penn whereas Yale is just out of my imagination even…</p>
<p>Good luck and WOW, congrats…</p>
<p>i would seriously reconsider your confidence about getting into penn if you don’t think you stand a shot at yale. there’s a lot of overlap and someone from my school turned down harvard for penn this year. at a certain level, people just choose the place they like the most. but i really never thought: “well i’m good so i can get into yale and then, of course, upenn (wharton)” because it doesn’t work that way.
if you stand no chance at yale, you might be in the same situation at penn.</p>
<p>Way to make the right choice nychica.</p>
<p>I would have done the same thing :D.</p>
<p>yikessss nychica made the wrong choice :(</p>