<p>I am applying for junior-year transfer this Fall to Penn from Williams. I think I have a reasonable chance of getting in, but it is super-competitive, so I can’t be sure.
Anyway, assuming I do get in, I have a question for anyone at Penn who transferred there, preferably those who entered as juniors. Did you find it easy to fit in to the social life and such, starting off two years behind? I mean, I hate it here at Williams, but at least I have friends here, and I would go into Penn not knowing anyone.
Also, how does housing work for transfers (I suppose I can ask admissions about that one)?</p>
<p>I transferred in this year; I'm a junior in the College.
It's extremely easy to connect into the social life here. By the end of transfer orientation alone, I felt like I had been friends with some of these people for months, even though just a week had passed. 100% positive that there's absolutely nothing to worry about in terms of having a social life here. I'm from Texas and I had zero connections outside of Texas before coming to Penn, btw. So if I can do it, anyone can.
Housing for transfers, as I discovered, is limited and on a first come, first served basis. I turned in the housing form really late and was number 60-something on the housing waiting list. I did end up getting campus housing just a few weeks it was time to come up here, but we were sweating for a while. Moral of the story: turn in the housing form as soon as possible, and you shouldn't have a problem.</p>
<p>awesome. There's a chance that I might apply for junior transfer next year to Penn for various reasons(besides the fact that i love everything about it,lol). So, the thing that I was wondering about is what's it like so far, after your first semester and a half? What's it like as a junior transfer, especially when you only have two years at Penn? How's campus life, facilities, dorms, etc.? Any help is appreciated, i LOVE Penn so much I'm trying to do everything I can to get in next year, even though I LOVE my current school.</p>
<p>Wow that's a lot of love going on there.</p>
<p>Campus life is spectacular. Philly is big enough and interesting enough so there is stuff to do (unlike, say, Yale's city), but not big enough to as to siphon away much of the undergraduate life (poor Columbia). It definitely feels like a community. Though it is intense. Very much a "work hard, play hard" mentality.</p>
<p>Facilities are great...dorms not so great. But there are a lot of great off-campus houses. Spend your first year in a campus house to get to meet some people, and then head off campus for some sweet accomodations.</p>