PR hogwash or accurate?

<p>Princeton Review gives Penn a 75* for the quality of life of the students. This ranking is based on how happy students are with their lives outside of the classroom, on a scale of 80-99. Factors included sutdents overall happiness, beauty, safety, location, dorms, food, transportation, administration, friendliness, and diversity.</p>

<p>A 75 is actually quite low according to PR’s rating system, and is much lower than all of the other ivies.(most ivies have a QOL rating of 95+). Being such a low number as it is, can this rating be dismissed as an inaccurate representation of the real students happiness with penn, or is penn truly middle of the road for the quality of life of its students? </p>

<p>From what I saw of penn during my half a dozen visits, I thought most students were happy, excited, and this reflected my overall impression of the school. Should I let this simple number dissuade me at all from my love of penn? </p>

<p>Anyone who can shed some light on thesee questions will be helpful, and any current penn students that could truly give a quality of life rating would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>I wonder if the reason for the low score has to do with Penn's city location, which may hurt it in the safety category. How did Columbia or other urban schools score?</p>

<p>columbia was like a 98, cornell was the only other low ivy league score, with an 85, which debunks the method of safety, since we all know cornell is in the ghetto of no where :D. </p>

<p>I'm seriously beginning to believe that the sample PR took from PENN is biased, because the students quotes and descriptions of the school do not seem very accurate, and do not coincide with other rankings and lists.</p>