<p>that i’m kosher and, thus, i can’t have cheesesteaks!</p>
<p>Oh you know there’s no real dairy in the cheez wiz ;-)</p>
<p>Umm I think we covered all the potentially bad things about Penn (and they really depend on your perspective).</p>
<p>Overall, I can’t imagine myself happier at any other school in America (with the possible exception of Yale, to which I never actually applied).</p>
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<p>Interesting… what makes you say that? :)</p>
<p>Ionno, just a gut feeling, really. I still <3 Penn</p>
<p>That’s what should make you go to a school. That little tugging in your heart that says, “I belong here.” Not what USNews tells you is best, but what the little feeling of bliss and comfort tells you.</p>
<p>After all, it’s four years of YOUR life, not your parents or the editors of USNews.</p>
<p>Exactly. Attending schools of that calibre will not hurt you in any way.</p>
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<p>Word, word, word. Everybody should get the chance to experience that feeling!</p>
<p>I find it funny that in large part it’s the older students that seem to understand it. Maybe it’s the time away from the peer/parent pressure of going to the highest ranked school? At any rate, I think most of the 20-somethings seem to agree with me here.</p>
<p>At 29, Hanna, I’m sure you can agree that it starts to matter less and less where you went to school, no?</p>
<p>For most people, yes, it certainly does matter way less at 30 than it did at 21. (It’s less true in my life because I’m in the obsessively hierarchical field of law, where it takes a lot longer than it does in the rest of the business world for people to outlive their school reps. But law is a special case.)</p>
<p>stonedpandas… you can just get a cheesesteak without cheese. They do exist (but i havent had one). Good bread, good meat, then put some fried onions and hot peppers on there. Yummy. no cheese needed.</p>
<p>Well, I am going back to complete the last two years of my Economics degree at Penn (if Brown and Yale both reject me). I am 32 years old and going to a prestigious school means more to me now than it ever did before in my life. Maybe because I have had a career in the real world since graduating high school (14 years ago - ouch!), I see that it DOES MATTER where you go to school. Talking with companies and having many clients that work for big investment firms, I see where going to a very competitive/top-tiered school can open a lot of doors that maybe lowered-tiered schools can’t. But, it also depends on what your career path will be. I want to work for an investment firm, but I also want to go on to law school as soon as I finish my undergrad in two years. So for me, it is very important I attend the very best school that I can.</p>
<p>how is it a cheesesteak if it doesn’t have cheese?</p>
<p>also the meat would have to be kosher, but it’s all good. i can dreammm</p>
<p>robyrm - I think it’s safe to say that being here has given me more insight into other people than I ever expected - I even learned a new language that three years ago I wasn’t sure really existed.</p>
<p>TheStonedPandas - you can always get a vegan cheesesteak - you’ll fit right in w/ all the West Philly crusties.</p>
<p>Penn tugs at my heart. The size and shape of the campus, the not-too-small (new haven) but not-too-big (NYC) size of Philly, the attitude of (most) students that fits with my own, and the go-go workhardplayhard spirit.</p>
<p>awww pandy dont worry…we can just get the…um…grilled cheese?</p>
<p>Bad thing about penn:</p>
<p>Fascination and obsession about investment banking and the like. Too pre-professional - fueled by Wharton kids.</p>
<p>I AGREE</p>
<p>whenever penn people brag about their school, always the first thing they bring up is wharton</p>
<p>wharton this and wharton that, is there anything else to penn?</p>
<p>I’ve never bragged about Wharton.</p>
<p>SPRING FLING</p>
<p>it sounds familiar, what is that?</p>
<p>What is what? Fling?</p>
<p>Fling is a massive, non-ending, campus-wide party that’s usually held around the weekend before the last week of classes. The majority of the students are drunk pretty much all weekend. </p>
<p>Besides off-campus parties and events hosted by students, there is a concert put on with bands of varying fame (I’ve liked one since I’ve been here, but the ones from the years before me were awesome- Since I’ve been here we’ve had Reel Big Fish & Wyclef, Busta Rhymes, and Sonic Youth)…</p>
<p>And a Friday/Saturday carnival in the Quad with various smaller bands, student groups, greasy delicious food, fried oreos, moon bounce style-attractions (jousting, velcro wall, etc).</p>
<p>I suppose it can be a negative for some people who don’t drink, although you certainly don’t NEED to drink to have a good time. I’ve just found that the problem with a lot of people who don’t drink is that being around drinking makes them feel socially awkward, regardless of anyone even offering them anything. Which IMO is their problem.</p>
<p>Being in band has given me a chance to see how the other Ivies live. Penn definitely deserves its reputation as a “social ivy”. We study hard (some of us) but we also know how to have a good time. </p>
<p>What other plusses about penn… Small class size- this isn’t a state U with 400 ppl classes. I think the most I’ve had was about 150 in Intro Poli Sci. Professors who know your name if you put it out there for them. Classes taught by Professors instead of Graduate Students.</p>
<p>The name PENN. No, your teachers and friends have NO clue where you’re going. Potential employers will. </p>
<p>And NO college student will ever brag about Penn using wharton. Wharton sucks.</p>