<p>If you're in Penn's College (CAS), you can still enroll in Wharton classes (as well as Engineering if you're a masochist and Nursing if you are desperate for contact with women). Some Wharton classes can even count towards your major depending on what it is.</p>
<p>In (mild) defense of US News, Penn has done a lot to improve itself in the last decade--many more endowed professorships, massive gentrification efforts in the surrounding area, and hundreds of millions of dollars (if not more than a billion) poured into construction of new buildings and renovation of old ones. Penn hasn't gone up for no reason.</p>
<p>They're really going to be pretty similar in terms of prestige...they are the Ivy League below HYP. You should pick based on aspects aside from prestige...do you want Penn's solidly urban environment with access to an amazing American city, or do you want Brown's serene and cozy 'college-town-y' environment?</p>
<p>Do you want Brown's left-liberal environment or Penn's center/center-left environment?</p>
<p>To me, the Penn community and lifestyle are preferable. I think it's great--but it is certainly not for everyone.</p>
<p>And regardless of differences, I am sure both Brown and Penn students can agree that we are both better than Cornell :D</p>