<p>I am a huge Vanderbilt fan and my daughter will be starting grad school there in the fall. My son took summer courses at Vanderbilt last year and is a Penn student. His girlfriend transferred from Vandy to Penn after her freshman year (before she met him). He thinks the classes at Penn are harder, although I don’t think you can really judge from summer school. However, she had a whole year at Vanderbilt and thinks the Penn classes are a lot harder and the students are a little stronger academically. If it were me, I would weigh a lot of other factors in such as quality of campus life and sports and the nod would go to Vanderbilt. I think the academics are great and the people are nicer!</p>