<p>My hallmate chose Penn (SAS) over Harvard. So they do exist...just not in large numbers.</p>
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<p>according to this table, only 6% of harvard-penn common admits (who choose one or the other) choose penn. 11% of yale-penn admits choose penn. 16% of princeton-penn admits do so.</p>
<p>the only ivy penn beats head-to-head for common admits is cornell, by a 63-37 margin. (please note, i am not disparaging penn, only adding some hard numbers to this discussion of "choice.")</p>
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<li><p>out of HYP, Princeton is the worst (if one is to surmise that common admit decisions determined school quality)</p></li>
<li><p>cornell sucks</p></li>
<li><p>i was right when i said they existed but in small numbers, thus making me even more awesome than i was before.</p></li>
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<p>okay, well i just joined and i wanna put in my two cents.
first, it doesn't matter what school u end up at; i personally chose not to apply to a lot of schools.
i'm only applying to one ivy (PENN) and then i'm applying to emory and two state schools. it's not that i think i can't get into other schools (even though my stats are not amazing), i just don't think i need to waste my time and money applying to a place that i'm not gonna go to.
second, schools are not based on who goes there, but how well there curriculum is. so what if students from PENN chose not to pursue professional degrees. PENN (wharton at least) is proud that is students don't need graduate degrees to be successful, so if you don't need it, why waste your money? when you could be on your way to an exciting career.
also, i believe PENN has an awesome curriculum that works 4 me and that's why i applied there. and every school i applied to has meaning. i just didn't randomly choose schools because of prestige.
i really want to go to PENN and this is also why i couldnt see myself at any of the other ivies or schools like stanford. none seemed to amount to PENN. i probably won't get accepted, but at least i spent my precious time volunteering and working and having a social life, instead of applying to 10 schools. (of course, i'm not talking to those who had reasons to choose the schools they applied to - excluding just prestige- since i think it is worth it to apply to ten schools if you can see yourself at each and everyone; i'm talking to those who just wanna say they got into a good school and had too many to choose from)</p>
<p>some history: "the princetonian" was founded in 1876 and went "daily" in 1892 (becoming the second daily at an american college). the daily pennsylvanian, by contrast, was founded in 1885 and became a daily in 1894. neither's name is terribly original, but it's not like princeton's ripped off its name from penn's (if anything, it's the reverse). that said, the writing in the DP is at least as good as any in the prince, which despite its age is not one of the ivies' better papers.</p>
<p>I applied to both Princeton and Penn. If I get in both, I know it will be a very hard decision, I will definately have to visit both.</p>
<p>That survey seems very flawed, as I believe they only asked current students at high schools, not necessarily students who had to make that choice or even applied. All it really tells is name recognition.</p>
<p>IMO, Penn and Princeton are both very good schools. It is really which campus is better for the student and probably has a bit to do with money offered.</p>
<p>That survey seems very flawed, as I believe they only asked current students at high schools, not necessarily students who had to make that choice or even applied. All it really tells is name recognition.</p>
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<p>what survey, the revealed preferences survey used in the new york times article? that survey is based on the actual decisions of high school seniors, in the position to choose between schools.</p>