<p>There are actually a lot of big shots who come to Penn. We have our share of nobel prize winners, etc. But yes, Harvard and Yale do tend to steal the attention.</p>
<p>I would say that the resources at Penn are absolutely comparable to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, as are MIT, stanford, columbia, dartmouth, duke… I’m not sure about HU, but Duke, Rice, and UVA are all great schools. If I were to rank which schools had the most resources, however, then Penn and Duke would definitely top that list. If you did get into Penn and the other schools you mentioned, go to Penn or Duke. Personally, I picked Penn over Duke, but they’re both great universities.</p>
<p>Really though, whether you go to Penn, Harvard, or Duke, you’re going to get a top-notch education and will have more resources than you can imagine at all three.</p>