<p>I love Penn's campus and the access to the surrounding city. I am looking for a college where there is a distinct campus, but you can step foot off of it and you're either in the city or just a few minutes away. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Georgetown? Macalester? Fordham?</p>
<p>WUSTL
Northeastern
Syracuse
Columbia
Harvard
Pratt Institute
Brown
U of Chicago
CCNY
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western</p>
<p>There are hundreds… you need to be a bit more specific…such as how big a city you are talking about.</p>
<p>WUSTL
Northeastern
Syracuse
Columbia
Harvard
Pratt Institute
Brown
U of Chicago
CCNY
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western</p>
<p>There are hundreds… you need to be a bit more specific…such as how big a city you are talking about.</p>
<p>…University of Washington, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, maybe Berkeley…</p>
<p>Is Penn within reach for you academically,or are you looking for someplace with similar surroundings but where you have a better chance for admission?</p>
<p>Michigan, tufts, Nyu, ucla, USC, UPitt, BU, Emerson, Fordham, Barnard, hunter, new school, Drexel, jhu, goucher, American, GW, catholic U, Georgetown, Emory, Rhodes, Vanderbilt, rice </p>
<p>Columbia, Barnard, Fordham, Georgetown, </p>
<p>I am applying to Penn ED and location/campus (amongst many other things) contribute to my absolute love of it. However, though I don’t think Penn is out of my realm of possibility, I need a larger list of colleges I would be content attending and am more likely to be admitted to so I’m looking for some similar to Penn and I have found location is one of the biggest draws for me. I want a big city with an easily accessible public transportation system or pedestrian friendly.
I don’t want a “strip mall” campus though. When I’m on campus, I want to know that I’m on campus and be surrounded by other students. I’m not big on Emory because it’s a bit to suburban for me, but I don’t like the way NYU is scattered about.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help so far!</p>
<p>All the ones listed above. And then I’d toss Ga Tech into the mix…it was a true surprise to us when we tourned back in March. Campuses that my D and I expected to like but didn’t were BU and GW…along with NYU…none of them had a true campus…</p>
<p>Southern Cal is such a campus. University of Denver. </p>
<p>BU isn’t geographically spread out if thats what you mean. There is a street that runs in the middle of it but it is continuous with all university buildings plus restaurants and everyone you see on that part of Comm Ave is a student.</p>
<p>My son and I visited a number of campuses, and the campus both of us thought was most like Penn is Northwestern. The only locational difference is that NU is in a nicer suburb, but the L stops right next to campus and goes into downtown Chicago. USC is similar to Penn, but in a much worse neighborhood IMO.</p>
<p>If you want/need merit aid and are in range for Penn then I’d look into Fordham. Very similar to Penn in that it is a beautiful campus on the outskirts of the city with midtown easily accessible. Arthur Avenue, which has great food, bars etc. is adjacent to the Rose Hill campus. And I’d certainly look into Barnard as well - a great school but a bit less selective than the Ivies.</p>
<p>^^To me, Northwestern’s campus is nothing like Penn’s. UP is in the city whereas Northwestern is in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. Similarly, someone previously mentioned Michigan and Ann Arbor is hardly a city (although it is a really nice suburb of Detroit).</p>
<p>Temple as a safety; American - nice, green campus, within DC; Pitt (low-match/safe?); University of Chicago is almost as selective as Penn, but with a similar urban campus. Same with McGill. If you want another safety, DePaul lacks the architectural appeal, but has a great location in Chicago.</p>
<p>Thank you all! Very informative answers. Penn is definitely my first choice, but as we all know Ivy admissions are a bit unpredictable. Not to mention the fact there are thousands of other kids just as qualified as me.</p>
<p>@CHD – notice I said campus, not location. The campuses are really similar – buildings, housing arrangement, etc. I agree with you that the surrounding areas are pretty different. In fact, my son loved the NU location and campus. He like the Penn campus, but the location was a non-starter for him (I thought it was fine …).</p>
<p>NorthEASTern.</p>
<p>NorthWESTern. I have never been to Northeastern</p>