is it bad to refuse UPenn for Columbia?

<p>And JHS, thanks for the clarification vis-a-vis the Philadelphia school system and Penn admissions.</p>

<p>It’s certainly true that Philadelphia-regional admissions are slightly more lax with qualified applicants, but isn’t that only true of the city limits? I know kids from the 'burbs who claimed that at their high schools, Penn remained extremely competitive. Students from that magnet high school - Central, is it? - come in droves, however. Well, relatively. They’re all still very smart.</p>