<p>So I noticed that a lot of people on this board are choosing between Penn and other schools. I was in your position last year and I remember really wishing I had someone to talk to that would just give me honest advice.</p>
<p>I wanted stories, not facts about numbers of students or how many award-winning professors there were. </p>
<p>Anyway, just thought I'd put out an offer to talk. My AIM screen name is shoeflydbm87, or you can PM me. Hope to hear from some of you!!!!</p>
<p>If your interested..I'm in M&T (Wharton/Engineering), and last year some of the other schools I was choosing between were MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, and NYU. Not gonna lie, I think I'll always wonder "what if" but I can definitely say that I'm happy here. </p>
<p>lol that's PENN STATE. U Penn is an private school in the Ivy League, and its only campus is in Philadelphia. </p>
<p>Honestly.</p>
<p>:) sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine when people don't know the difference. Penn State is a good school, but confusing it with UPenn is just unthinkable!</p>
<p>How is the atmosphere? Intellectual? Accepting of differences? Ready to explore new ideas? I get the impression that students are sort of preprofessional and sophisticated there. Maybe I'm wrong. In the past, my three top choices were U Chicago, Barnard, and Penn, so I wonder. Ended up ED at Chicago.</p>