<p>Where are the classes usually located? (Physics, math, etc)</p>
<p>david rittenhouse laboratory</p>
<p>DRL labs house astronomy, math, and physics.</p>
<p>I think you misspelled the actual name of DRL… I believe it is spelled “GOD FORSAKEN HELL HOLE,” not “David Riittenhouse Laboratories”</p>
<p>Seriously, though, most physics classes are in DRL, some are in Towne, others in Moore… basically the east end of campus, specifically between 33rd and 34th Streets, Walnut to Spruce.</p>
<p>I got a chance to look at the campus and I thought they don’t care much about the physics and math people cuz the difference between the Huntsman hall and the DRL seemed like the difference between heaven and hell. DRL just looked really damn old…</p>
<p>I think the the DRL building is actually decent, it’s just that most buildings on campus look fairly shabby compared to Huntsman</p>
<p>Huntsman is very new… it opened in 2002, so naturally it looks gorgeous. DRL is on the older side. Yes it is old and inside it is possible to get lost (I consistently get lost in that building… unbelievable how confusing it is), but the facilities are just as functional; it has the same technological capabilities (except I don’t think there are cameras in all lecture halls for recording lectures). Don’t let the outside look fool you.</p>
<p>true story:</p>
<p>I went into DRL bathroom. There was a HUGE roach dead-center of the room. The urinal was broken and someone ****ed in it. And, ofc, characteristically of DRL, the whole thing looked like the setting for a SAW movie.</p>
<p>I ended up holding it in =)</p>
<p>But ofc Engineering facilities won’t be as nice as Wharton’s facilities. Wharton needs a lot fewer toys so is correspondingly less expensive. And, Wharton hordes all their endowment money.</p>
<p>skirkanich is nicer in some respects than huntsman, and def nicer than steiny-d</p>
<p>I actually don’t mind the DRL lecture halls, so long as the A/C is broken and rumbling like a hurricane. I agree with the crazy layout though, and how it’s relatively far away. I’ve also had a bad bathroom experience in there. So much blood.</p>
<p>steiny-d’s white and black marble main lobby is kinda nice. The layout is completely schizophrenic though.</p>
<p>So Penn doesn’t care much about CAS Math, Physics, Astronomy students?</p>
<p>No, DRL was made for those 3 things back, I believe sometime in the 50s. Anyway, it’s not that bad of a walk if you’re in Hill, and when you’re an upperclassman, it takes only about 7 minutes to get there from the High Rises if you’re a fast walker.</p>
<p>Anyways, DRL is by a wide margin my favorite building at Penn, though that may just be because I had the best teacher at the school there (Professor Terry H Fortune), and I am actually really enjoy the fact that some places on the third floor are only accessible from like, the fourth floor 
.</p>
<p>Oh, and Penn definitely cares about it’s undergrad physics and math majors. They have a thing in Engineering where you can get a double major in math and engineering, without doing the CAS core (but not a dual-degree in math and engineering). Also, it’s really easy to get a 4 year math masters, and they even this cool thing called the Masters of Philosophy in Mathematics, and you can get a masters with a concentration in computational mathematics.</p>
<p>And one more thing, the UA is currently working on getting maps put up at the exit from each staircase a map of that level, so hopefully it will be more easy to navigate in future years.</p>
<p>do you guys know if they’re planning to build another building for pure sciences people?</p>
<p>they just finished the lynch labs for bio, probably not going to build another anytime real soon (not according to the penn connects plan anyhow)</p>
<p>The thing is that, like others have said, the science buildings are far more expensive than liberal arts, social science or business buildings. That contributes to not building newer ones. Also don’t forget that the facilities are still cutting edge, so there is no need to construct something new. At Penn all of the labs are state of the art, the equipment terrific and the research ahead of its peer institutions’ research. As a research university, Penn cares about its hard sciences very much, and the Engineering school treats its students exceptionally well.</p>