<p>Maserrano said: “No, no, no. Money isn’t an object for students here. It rarely comes up in conversation.”</p>
<p>This is quite the opposite of my experience at Penn. How can this be? Because Penn is a big, varied school, and one’s experiences can differ much more so than at a smaller school. Maserrano, perhaps for you these issues never came up, but for others, it may be more prominent.</p>
<p>Additionally, I think the “money as an object is bad” view is overly simplistic. One of the aspects of Penn I actually enjoyed was the fact that many students were ambitious, practical, and had set goals - they wanted to work on Wall Street, they wanted a certain type of lifestyle, etc… and they were really open about this. These students had clear expectations and they worked to meet them.</p>
<p>Again, I liked that aspect of being on campus, but maybe that’s just me.</p>