<p>What do you like most about Penn? What don't you like about it? How is it different from all the other crazy good schools out there?</p>
<p>(I'm a rising senior, and I really don't know anything about individual colleges except that some are really prestigious and that some cost a billion dolllars a year. Any info I can get will help out a lot.)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>also- are there african food stores/restaurants in philly?</p>
<p>what i like most about penn: campus in the city vibe, reputation</p>
<p>what i don't like about it: west philly</p>
<p>how is it different: being in the ivy league narrows it down, and we're not as stuck up as HYP</p>
<p>and to racnna, there are plenty of african food stores/restaurants in philly.</p>
<p>Like:</p>
<p>-The breadth of classes that come with 4 undergrad schools
-the fun social scene
-Locust walk
-The grassy campus plopped into the middle of an urban grid
-the variety of residential options available (dorms, apartments, houses, frats, homeless)
-my professors
-food carts
-relative lack of far-left moonbats
-the palpable sense of progress the university is making in becoming the bestest university ever
-BIOPOND
-Penn traditions (Hey Day, Econ Scream, Feb Club, Walnut Walk, Spring Fling...)
-That our campus has not one but TWO Starbucks (with a possible 3rd on the way in the new DOMUS building)
-FroGro, the 24-7 supermarket
-Amy Gutmann fundraising</p>
<p>Dislike:
-Amy Gutmann public speaking
-West Philadelphians
-Princeton ;)
-on-campus housing is an embarrassment, save for the Quad
-people who think it's Penn State or otherwise not awesome
-people who think Wharton is heads and shoulders above the rest of the university
-sororities, and St. A's</p>
<p>The good outweigh the bad by far...so very far</p>
<p>the beautiful girls...HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH</p>
<p>man, upenn sounds so kickass. i have a couple friends there right now at pre-college and they are raving about it. too bad i won't get in for undergrad lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's pretty kickass</p>
<p>I'm here for my second summer as pre-college. It's a nice place to live - it's pretty hot during the summer, but every building you walk in is freezing (not that thats a bad thing). </p>
<p>The thing I dont like about "Pre college" which regular college students may not have a problem with, is that they give you 3 meals a day, 2 on sunday.. so you dont really get a chance to eat out much - and UPenn is surrounded by hundreds of awesome-looknig restaurants - but of course us pre-colelge kids are discouraged from eating there becuase we get free meals from the cafeteria - which doesn't have bad food, and there is a nice variety, but it would be nice if they could encourage us to branch out more and explore philly.</p>
<p>awesome looking restaurants.. i am doomed so is my wallet..
haha</p>
<p>asians and your food-obsession</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>awesome looking restaurants on campus? not really...</p>
<p>I like:
- Locust walk, unless I'm late for class
- Philadelphia's restaurants, so many good ones!
- food carts - cheap and delicious
- most of my classes
- interdisciplinary academic culture
- fun, down-to-earth people
- balanced social scene (work hard, play hard :) )
- I'm going to sound like a complete dork, but there are some really awesome places to study on-campus.
- the fact that GAP and Anne Taylor Loft are literally on my way to and from classes
- the highrises and the fact that they're being renovated!
- incredibly active student body</p>
<p>I dislike:
- the chaotic and inefficient bureaucracy
- knee-deep puddles near the 38th street bridge
- Actually the bridge itself is kind of a pain
- trudging through rain, snow or any other form of precipitation espeicially if it accumulates on the ground
- the highrise elevators
- the wind tunnels near the highrises and elsewhere
- ABP in Huntsman at lunchtime.
- the Huntsman computers...slow and just generally obnoxious
- mandatory freshman meal plans, though the dining hall food is not terrible, it just gets old and boring rather quickly</p>
<p>puddles suck</p>
<p>When I wrote for the DP, I had an interview with Penn's head of facilities. I asked him about the 38th st bridge puddle.</p>
<p>Him:"Yeah, it's a design flaw. the drainage system is too narrow and always gets clogged."</p>
<p>Me: "So are you ever going to...you know...fix it?"</p>
<p>Him: "No"</p>
<p>^Fabulous.</p>