"From excellence to eminence [...]"

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
21

<p>^What? How so… </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/569540-usnwr-2009-looking-top-strata-vi-alumni-giving.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/569540-usnwr-2009-looking-top-strata-vi-alumni-giving.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

22

<p>^ That is a ranking of the PERCENTAGE of alumni donors, not the NUMBER (to which ilovebagels referred). Remember that Penn has a significantly larger number of undergrads–and undergrad alumni–than any of the schools above it on that list.</p>

23

<p>I believe ilovebagels was alluding to the school spirit expressed by the home-field boosters in this football game, I mean, posters on this thread.</p>

24

<p>^ I skimmed his post and the following post so quickly that I misread his–and completely overlooked his biting wit. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>I should have known better. :)</p>

25

<p>^No worries. It’s not who wins the game, it’s how the game is played!</p>

26

<p>

</p>

<p>Ha, this cracked me up.</p>

<p>Cue7 - argh. I share your conservative instincts, BUT I think that the last 100 years were far more strongly shaped by the old-boys club of “higher education” than the next 30 will be. I suppose there’s no more point in arguing about it anymore, though.</p>

<p>And I agree: Penn’s endowment, despite finally pulling ahead of Columbia, is still a bit shy of where it should be. If the endowment managers produce the returns that HYP saw in the last decade, however, it could close the gap a little more. The recession afforded them an excellent opportunity.</p>

27

<p>In 1990 Penn was even poorer than Cornell.</p>

<p>That has nothing to do with anything btw. Just wanted to throw that out there :)</p>

28

<p>great response Pea</p>