<p>I am considering applying ED to Penn…but I have not visited the campus.</p>
<p>Please answer my questions.</p>
<p>1) Compared to other ivy league schools, how would you rate the ease of getting admittied to Upenn? I was originally considering ED Columbia but I thought their Core Curriculum was more rigid than Upenn’s.
2) What is the typical workload like? Is it harder than the workloads at other ivy league schools or is it about the same as Columbia, Cornell, etc.?
3) Quality of housing and dining?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! I talked to a former Upenn student today and got a better idea of the school. He told me that the social life at Upenn was awesome but that he was at times stressed with the workload. He also said that Upenn’s housing and dining were better than Columbia’s. Any other things you’d like to add? I look forward to hearing from other Upenn students as well.</p>
<p>1) Wharton is about as selective as Harvard, Yale and Princeton. SAS is probably slightly easier than Columbia and slightly harder than Cornell. Engineering in selectivity is about the same as Columbia and Cornell engineering.</p>
<p>2) Depends on your major, etc. No one can really answer this question unless that person has been to multiple Ivys.</p>
<p>3) Housing is in shortage, but some of the dorms are pretty nice. Dining on-campus isn't as good as Cornell's.</p>
<p>So Penn only offers RD or ED but no EA. And non-SCEA and SAS (I am so confused right now!) mean just undergraduate regular Upenn? I am only concerned with undergraduate school at Upenn; no accelerated business (wharton) or other programs, just undegraduate school.</p>
<p>There are four undergraduate schools at Penn: The Wharton School, the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), and the School of Nursing. Each have their unique undergraduate programs, criteria for admissions, and you apply to them separately. </p>
<p>Penn only offers ED, no EA. However, if you apply ED, you're also allowed to apply EA to another school, as long as that other school's EA isn't single Choice EA (SCEA).</p>
<p>I think you could say that "at times" I'm stressed with the workload. There are times when it just seems to attack you from all sides. But most of the time it's manageable. And what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.</p>
<p>Penn's on-campus housing is hit-or miss, (collegepr0wler gives it a D and rightly so) but the off-campus housing is great (gets an A) and it is something that doesn't really exist at Columbia (NYC real estate and all...eek)</p>
<p>The off-campus houses means parties, woo! Columbia has some sort of party scene, but it sure isn't penn's</p>
<p>You can't apply to Penn ED even to non-SCEA schools or correct me if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>I was thinking of applying to Georgetown which is a non-SCEA along with Penn ED but the admissions officer at Georgetown said it wasn't possible. </p>
<p>Ahh.. thanks. I should probably get going on my RA school then. If I get accepted to my RA school before Penn ED (not like that will actually happen, but let's pretend for a second lol..), what do I do? Do I just not matriculate or do I have to do something elaborate? How long does it take to get a rejection/acceptance letter from a rolling admissions school? Thank!</p>
<p>usually they get them, process them in the order recieved, then send you their decision once they finish with it. right now, i'd expect a shorter than usual turnaround time. generally, they have a notification of attendance deadline, but sometimes pressure u into signing up faster by offering housing & such first come, first serve, which means that if you enroll sooner, you get better housing. this is based on the second most awesome school in the world, pitt :D, which i ASSUME is your RD school</p>