Penn's History Department

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<p>Hey Everybody,</p>

<p>I was just accepted as a junior transfer to Penn, and I was wondering if anybody could provide some insight into the undergraduate history program. I'm a history major from Boston University, and one of the main motivations behind my application was Penn's reputation for a strong history program (and a strong reputation in general). Any comments on courses, professors, the department in general, or anything else would be greatly appreciated, and would help immensely as I choose whether to attend Penn or Georgetown next year.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Penn’s history department is one of America’s (and therefore the world’s) finest. Charles Kors in particular is a gem if you’re looking for an avatar of true Western liberalism, not the sad leftist caricature of it that most university faculty are…</p>

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<p>Ha, Kors is a bada$$. I mean that in the most academic and intellectual sense. Are dollar signs declasse?</p>

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<p>Kors was a popular professor even when I was at Penn, and that was when people still had personal recollections of Ben Franklin. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>[Alan</a> Charles Kors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Charles_Kors]Alan”>Alan Charles Kors - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>How can he possibly still be teaching? One of his kids is my age, and he wasn’t young when we were.</p>

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<p>How can one of his kids be your (our) age? He received his undergrad degree from Princeton in 1964 and, assuming he was 21-22 at that time, he would have been 13-14 when he fathered that kid. :)</p>

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<p>I do hope Kors has a hand in selecting his replacement when he finally does retire…such enormous shoes to fill…</p>