What is Penn like?

collegebound2009
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:44:03 +0000

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I kind of disagree about their prestige. Cornell is often considered the “worst” ivy, partly due to its acceptance rate being higher than the other ivys (which is a rediculous justification) but for other more important factors as well. though i believe that distinction of the worst belongs to brown, lol. but penn is usually placed along with columbia the top out of the ivys excluding the top tier(HYP).

im glad you notice that going bc of prestige is a bad thing. especially when its by the name of the school. sure, people may get confused with penn state, and might not even think its an ivy, but they aren’t the ones who will be seeing your job application and college stats.

but anyway, back to the OP - Penn is the obvious choice if you just care about reputation in the eyes of academia (doesn’t mean newsweek - but its still holds true for that). but for other things you might feel important like location take your call. but you might not have a choice if you don’t get into one, or if not both. yes, that is possible. admission is NOT guaranteed to any ivy league school.