Why is Penn so staggeringly bad at marketing itself to applicants?

IBkid2011
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:56:03 +0000

Honestly…Most of the undergrad programs in the Ivies are overhyped in my opininon…not claiming to be an expert. the best undergrad Ivy programs are definitely Princeton, Columbia, and UPenn. But most people only want to go to UPenn for Wharton. I have super smart friends with perfect GPAs and 34 ACTs who wont touch Harvard and Yale unless its for law school or medical school…And this pseudo-Ivy thing is laughable. Penn and Cornell are fine institutions, but is not their fault they don’t have commercial appeal like HYP. My first cousin goes to Cornell, and he gets tired of explaining to people the prestige of the school…So I’d appreciate it…If everyone…would just… SHUT UP. lol.