<p>Certainly, University of Pennsylvania doesn’t sound like an elite private school. I learned that UPenn was a private school when one of Penn students told me so. Public recognition and ranking are important, but there are so many, more important things than what OTHERS think about your school. Your school is as good as what you think of your school. If you think it’s not as good as Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, or Cornell, then Penn is the worst ivy. On the contrary, if you think it’s as good as HYPSM, then it’s as good as Harvad. I don’t mean that pride is the most important thing here. What I’m trying to say is that those who think Penn is the best already found out the strength of Penn and likely to take advantage of it. Those who are obsessed by OTHERS’ recognition is likely to end up not knowing well or taking advantage of what Penn offers you.</p>
<p>In my opinion, it is not that Penn is not famous, but that people are near sighted. They don’t care and therefore don’t know about people and towns far away from their lives. People who need to know know that Penn is a good school, and what counts is these people’s opinion.</p>