<p>This is a really stupid question, but what are people referring to when they say the “Quad”?</p>
<p>[Virtual</a> Tour of Penn’s Campus: The Quadrangle](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/admissions/tour/tourstop.php?stop=20]Virtual”>http://www.upenn.edu/admissions/tour/tourstop.php?stop=20)</p>
<p>The only place to live, but only for freshman year.</p>
<p>Also see: [Maps</a> & Buildings @ Penn](<a href=“http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=10]Maps”>http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=10)</p>
<p>Note that, despite its name, the Quad isn’t a quadrangle. It’s two quadrangles (Riepe College House and Ware College House) and a parallelogram (Fisher Hassenfeld College House).</p>
<p>I always thought it was called a quadrangle because:
Lower quad forms a quad (4 sides)
And upper quad forms a 'rangle (part of a triangle)</p>
<p>^ Dude, did you skip basic geometry on your way to advanced calculus? :p</p>