<p>PennDude, was referring to the oft-disputed USNWR rankings which place Penn in the top five national universities, TIED WITH Stanford and MIT. In the world university rankings, reported by USNWR, Penn is indeed ranked one of the world’s top ten universities. Actually, it is you who is uninformed. Not a Penn “■■■■■,” my degrees are from UChicago and Harvard.</p>
<p>Just want to say, from the perspective of someone who has graduated from a school you desire to attend: your assertion that Penn does not place its grads in top Ph.D programs is totally wrong. If that is your real reason for wanting to transfer – and my guess is that it is – you are wrong! UPenn grads do get into top Ph.D. programs. Seems to me your real issue is “prestige.” And that is an insufficiently compelling reason to initate a successful transfer. The schools WILL see this, unless you have something else real compelling on the table.</p>
<p>But hey, GOOD LUCK!</p>