UPenn vs. UChicago vs. Brown

ilovebagels
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:33:06 +0000

Some random tangential replies:


Brown has ‘athletic school spirit feel’…huh? news to me
I echo what 45 percenter said about Penn being awesome as a whole
BIOPOND!!!
As an econ/polisci major, Penn’s One University policy would be a significant advantage for you, as it would give you access to Wharton and Penn Law classes, both of which have courses that are highly relevant–many College majors at Penn (such as my own IR major) accept wharton and law courses as part of their courselist!
Penn does NOT have a Core curriculum. A core curriculum is a list of courses that everyone must take. Penn has “distribution requirements” which require you to take a certain amount of courses in math, language, science, history, social studies.


A Core says “you will take THIS history course”
A distribution requirement says “you will take A history course”

This is for the end result of ensuring everyone has taken classes that might go outside their “comfort zone.” Having gone through it, I can say that I’m glad I did. There are courses that I never would have taken if I wasn’t forced to (including psychology, art history, molecular biology), and they have expanded my viewpoints.


Oh, and pick Penn! :)