<p>Eh, there is no wrong choice here. They both are too good to have made a poor choice. eating food, what is right for you may not be right for someone else. As someone who is smart enough to go to Yale, you should know that</p>
<p>ummmmmmm i was kidding?</p>
<p>I also chose Penn over Yale…although I would have chosen Princeton over Penn but I was waitlisted =(</p>
<p>Awped: Seriously?!? I got into Princeton and turned it down. I think it was harder for me to turn down Brown. At Princeton, grade deflation is real. Only 35% of a class can get A’s, and that makes a competitive environment and hurts your grad school chances even though your transcript is sent with a letter explaining the policy of grade deflation. You have to take 2 labs and tons of useless requirements. You also have senior exams for your major, which are very difficult.
I was waitlisted to Yale, Harvard and Stanford and accepted to Penn, Princeton, Brown, Wellesley, Dartmouth, Cornell. Stayed on the waitlist for Stanford and Harvard. Got off the waitlist for Stanford. Stayed with Penn because of its incredible opportunities and because of Stanford’s annoying requirements. After I decided not to pick Stanford, I knew that Penn was the only right place for me and removed my name from the Harvard waitlist. It’s truly unique that Penn allows undergraduates to enter any of its 12 schools, via its “one campus” policy. I love how we have the benefits of the city but yet are in our own “bubble” that allows us to walk from one end of the campus to the other within 10 minutes.
That said, everyone’s different. There are people who choose Brown over Penn or any other ivies (ie. Emma Watson) because of the ultra academic freedom. Penn was for me. It’s a personal decision, but I think we’ve all made the right one. I hope we all use the amazing opportunity before us well.</p>
<p>I honestly hate these threads. At this point who cares? You’re at an Ivy league either way and will be fine</p>