What schools did you choose UPenn over?

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Legendofmax, what schools, specifically, did you decline in favor of Penn?</p>

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<p>Wow… I guess I wasnt the only one that chose Penn over CMU SCS… I thought I was crazy for a little while, lol</p>

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<p>I chose Penn over UNC-Chapel Hill (Full Ride), Syracuse (Newhouse School, real hard to get into), and University of CT Honor Program with a pretty nice scholarship. </p>

<p>While a full ride is nice, I’ll probably only do undergrad (small chance of attending graduate school, but that wouldn’t be until later in life) so I decided that Penn would give me a better overall experience and it’s in Philly, my second home, lol.</p>

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<p>I turned down Penn for Cornell…</p>

<p>But it was twenty years ago!</p>

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<p>For what its worth… I’d do it again today… but hey, that’s me…</p>

<p>Good luck all you Quakers! We’ll see you at the Penn / Cornell game…</p>

<p>(4th most played rivalry in college foorball)</p>

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<p>Heh i think i’m reaaaallly crazy cause im def gonna turn down a full scholarship to CMU SCS… but probably not for Penn - i’m probably going to Columbia SEAS. </p>

<p>Anyone have any reasons why i should attend Penn SEAS instead? Sorry for hijacking…</p>

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<p>Wharf, you are not a student at cornell anymore???</p>

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<p>Penn over JHU BME and CMU SCS</p>

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<p>no… its even worse than that… my daughter will be a freshman at Cornell next year… I’m old!</p>

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<p>Wharf could not take it, so many Cornell admits doing Penn. So old dog barking. u are toothless oldman. no bite.</p>

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<p>Duke, Johns Hopkins (w/ 10k research fellowship), Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, Chicago, Brandeis, NYU, UF Honors College (nearly full ride)</p>

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<p>His name is August West, and he loves his Pearly Baker best, more than his wine! Fool! Heheheh.</p>

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<p>I chose Penn (Wharton) over Yale.</p>

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<p><em>sigh of relief</em></p>

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<p>kiddly,</p>

<p>you’ve got it figured out…does this date mean anything? 5/8/77…</p>

<p>not yet toothless…but more than a touch of grey… </p>

<p>you all will have a great time at Penn…great school…</p>

<p>GO QUAKERS!</p>

<p>But just cause I can’t resist… I’ll close with this classic:</p>

<p>"Harvard’s run by Vassar, Vassar’s run by Yale.
Yale’s run by Wellesley, Wellesley’s run by tail.
Princeton’s for the pretty boys and drunkards go to Penn,
But far above Cayuga’s a race of hairy men.</p>

<p>"Oh we are the race of hairy chested men, hairy chested men, hairy chested men.
Oh we are the race of hairy chested men, and we are from Cornell.
We are from Cornell, we are from Cornell (Cornell!)
Oh we are the race of hairy chested men and we are from Cornell.</p>

<p>"Don’t send my son to Harvard, the dying mother said.
Don’t send my son to Yale, I’d rather see him dead.
Send him off to Darmouth, or better yet, Cornell.
And as for Pennsylvania, I’ll see him first in hell!</p>

<p>"To hell, to hell with Pennsylvania,
To hell, to hell with Pennsylvania.
To hell, to hell with Pennsylvania.
To hell with U of P-- P-U!</p>

<p>“We were only, only, foolin’,
We were only, only, foolin’,
We were only, only, foolin’–
The hell we were! P-U! P-U!”</p>

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<p>That was just cold…</p>

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<p>At least there’s no Penn State in Penn. ;)</p>

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<p>4 shows in Philly 1979, I caught 2 of them while a Penn student…</p>

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<p>dadaist, i was wondering if i was the only one who chose penn over duke!</p>

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<p>My D chose Penn over duke too!</p>