<p>The previous poster was through and is (very) accurate imo. Penn is known as the social ivy (“study hard, play hard”) and Chicago is known as the place where “fun goes to die.” I love Penn (Penn’15!), but it is very different than Chicago. Chicago is more like Columbia, just for reference, so check out Columbia, maybe. It, too, has a core, major city, intellectualism and marginalized party feel.</p>