<p>Cayuga - I actually just thought OP was asking for information she might not have been in possession of that might cause her to consider any the three schools posters are warning her against (Harvard, Dartmouth, Penn). 45 Percenter gave her (and perhaps other posters) some useful information and probably new information about Penn. I attempted to give her similar information about Dartmouth and I would bet someone could steer her toward helpful Harvard links. Truth is, all these schools have funds to devote to, and an investment in, service and humnitarianism - but OP might be surprised, when she starts digging, at how pervasive it is at one campus relative to another, how much more, or not, egalitarian one student body is relative to another.</p>