<p>Hey guys, great forum. I am in a (good) dilemma; I was accepted to both Dartmouth and UPenn. I am interested in doing chemical engineering because I know that it will give me a great foundation. I don’t think that I want to become an engineer eventually though. I was thinking of doing a couple courses at Wharton, but Darthmouth’s business school, Tuck, is also pretty great.
I would really like some input from Penn students.
Thanks a lot</p>
<p>we have electricity, which is a nice plus</p>
<p>dartmouth has no undergrad business program, and both engineering programs have approximately the same prestige</p>
<p>I'm at Penn, in the College, and I take a bunch of Wharton courses. Tuck is not an undergraduate school--and it's certainly no wharton! ;-)</p>
<p>Penn is a great place for engineering students who dont want to be engineers. You'll be in good company.</p>
<p>"Penn is a great place for engineering students who dont want to be engineers. You'll be in good company."</p>
<p>I was considering SEAS, but that statement kind of scares me. Can you elaborate more?</p>
<p>^Basically, the engineering school is so bad that no one choses to really study engineering.</p>
<p>^ Is it really THAT bad???</p>
<p>i'm a student at SEAS and I am the weird type who want to study pure engineering and not going for finance/business/IB stuff. I personally don't think penn SEAS is the "right" program for me because.... well some "things" are lacking, but I won't divulge it here (because some people might flame me to death) suffice to say it's THAT bad.</p>
<p>hey Pearlygate.... can you PM(private message) me??? thanks</p>
<p>to johnnyk: hey im goin to be a "college" student next year so is it true that you can really take some b courses at wharton too?</p>
<p>Yes it is true. I've taken Wharton courses. In fact I am doing homework for one as I type this.</p>
<p>And brownman what i mean by saying it's engineering for those who don't want to be engineers, I mean it is because they want to combine an education with something else: 'interdisciplinary' is the name of the game at Penn. So they'll take engineering skills and combine them with business, or biology, or economics, or sociology, or whatever else you can think of! :)</p>
<p>Penn engineering blows away Dartmouth engineering. I don't even know how the earlier poster says that they are on the same level. Specifically, chemical engineering at Penn is one of the stronger departments and is of top 20 quality.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has engineering?</p>
<p>Yeah, they have the Thayer School of Engineering.
It seems that although both are good options, UPenn seems to be better off- academically and location-wise.
I haven't made my final decision yet, though, but I'll let you guys know what I choose.
Anyone else's insight is most welcome.</p>
<p>Don't forget awesomeness-wise.</p>
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<p>That statement is not true at all.</p>