<p>hey, i haven’t been down to Penn to visit yet, but i will be going apr.10-12 for the scholars invite thingy. just wondering… what is the campus feel? I know its in the city, but is it like NYU (for those who have visited NYU), or does it have more of a campus feeling?</p>
<p>VERY different than NYU, actually, totally different. NYU doesn't really have a campus in the traditional way. If you like the city, but want a true campus setting/feel, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by Penn! It's beautiful!</p>
<p>it is very campussy lol... it's actually very cozy even tho it's a city, all in all penn maintains a very "town like" campus...</p>
<p>cool thats great! i'll be soo looking forward to visiting.. thanks!</p>
<p>unfortunately, NYU came directly after penn on my college tour. the lack of a campus feeling was very evident at NYU. penn seemed to have boundaries seperating itself from the nearby neighborhoods. all of the buildings were relatively together; not widespread like at NYU. i really like stern for its educational opportunities, but penn clearly won out when looking at the big picture.</p>
<p>I agree, Penn has a real campus in a way that NYU does not. Locust Walk is really lovely and has an old-school college feel to it that I like very much.</p>
<p>penn is beautiful. i love it here! i love walking down locust walk and down the college green, where i see classes taking place outside in the nice weather. i love seeing people playing frisbee, i love the campus feel, the fact that it feels like we're separated from the city yet we're so close, and i love the beautiful architecture. the campus is amazing. i'm sure you'll love it.</p>
<p>I consider most of the architecture to suck, because Penn had the misfortune of embarking on a massive expansion during the low point of American architechture (1950s-70s), which means we have a lot of ugly modern throughout the place.</p>
<p>But overall, I think Penn has the best balance of having access to a city and still feeling separate, and the campus itself has a marvellous feel to it in terms of how people and social forces move about on it. I personally love the existence of Locust Walk as a centralized artery of sorts. whereas other schools center around a field or large quadrangle, Penn has a corridor, which means you really do get it all, becxause the farthest someone could ever be from you is 20 feet.</p>