<p>haha stonedpandas i prefer "left of center"</p>
<p>i think corporations = great </p>
<p>when they actually fulfill their social responsibility </p>
<p>(hence my deep, seething hatred for walmart and others like it)</p>
<p>but hey, i LOVE goldman sachs lol</p>
<p>I said something about the invention of sliced bread. Or was it hot cakes? I don't remember what I put but they're both pretty revolutionary if things are now being denoted as "the best thing since sliced bread" or "they're selling like hotcakes!" which implies that both items have to be pretty darn revolutionary and therefore important in American history. I hope Penn doesn't think I'm just screwing off, it was my honest response! Food does have a pretty big impact on how our culture functions, no?</p>
<p>yep .</p>
<p>i discussed emperor Nero's(roman), decision to bring ice from the mountains and mix it with fruit toppings,which eventually lead to what we now know as ice cream.</p>
<p>( As a precursor, I'm not sme religious fanatic, I'm actually not even Christian) but I put the Birth of Jesus Christ-because Christianity has affected history more than practically anything. Besides the obvious creation of christianity, also influenced the formation of governments and nations and etc.</p>
<p>Nikola Tesla's inventions...</p>
<p>discovery of double helix DNA</p>
<p>popularize of electricity</p>
<p>the invention of eyeglasses. an allusion to ben franklin, good guy</p>
<p>I put the Russians throwing back the Wermacht at the Battle of Stalingrad turning the tide of the war and allowing for the setting up of the new world order.</p>
<p>are these significant at all in the admissions process?</p>
<p>It's an unusual question to me. I am not sure what they may be after but I tried to be humorous, I guess, yet still honest.</p>
<p>i put german unification, which caused wwi which cause wwii. sorta.
talked about how the whole concept of causing a WORLD WAR means something huge for the progress of nationalistic societies in an international community....</p>
<p>my birthday.</p>
<p>THE DAY I FOUND OUT THAT WHARTON EXISTED. okay i'm not a senior and i haven't technically applied to penn yet.</p>
<p>invention of the printing press by gutenberg...i think its just a lighter side of the app. whre they just wanna see wht u come up with creatively.</p>
<p>start of the renaissance: encourages independent thinking, social change, and advancement in science and arts.</p>
<p>We realized the Earth revolves around the Sun, instead of the other way around.</p>
<p>what are you talking about. i thought the world revolved around me...</p>
<p>joke. :-D</p>
<p>I put the discovery of the New World,coz of all the new food items that became available and have become indispensable to any world cuisine.(Imagine life without tomatoes,potatoes and tobacco)</p>