<p>My son #2 wants to come to Penn badly. He doesn't know what major he likes yet. He has a leaning towards business but does not want to do business at undergrad level. He wants to get a wider scope education and explore his interests. So it is very likely he would have to go to grad school.
He is only good in math, i.e. manage to get A's in the regular to honors level math in a competitive hs but not as good as the engineer type.
My son #1 is at Penn bioengineering right now and he was very good in math and yet even h found math at Penn very challenging and only manage to get B's. From his comments, I gather Penn's grading is not like Harvard, Stanford and Brown, it is definitely not a GPA factory.
With these considerations, I would like your advise on 1. how dos Penn rate in placing students in high ranking grad programs? 2. How difficult is it to get good grades? 3. Is it smart for him to come to Penn? or Should he go to schools like Brown or Dartmouth ? 4. How is IR at Penn?
Thanks.</p>
<p>if you (or better yet, your son) call the career center, they can tell you how well penn places students in various fields. you do realize though, as a top school, penn is going to do remarkably well in grad school placement?</p>
<p>Some schools that have tough grading standards (Cornell for example) include class average information on transcripts so grad schools and employers can see what a student has really achieved. You might want to ask Penn if they do that.</p>