<p>All right, I guess I can understand how denial can sort of be used as a way to help you cope with def/rejection from Penn, but I think it's the worst way to help you rebound.</p>
<p>I mean, if your boy/girlfriend just dumped you, I doubt that the first thing you would do would be to curse her for being a liar/cheater/"prostitute" or things that aren't just true. No, you would just forget about her and move on.</p>
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<p>well if you get into penn, i personally know of one violist who will be worse than you! lol</p>
<p>well....about the bf/gf scenario...it depends why you broke up. if it was because s/he cheated on you, well then yea, a little bad talk is probably unavoidable lol. otherwise...iono, i'll tell you wen i figure it out ^_^ haha</p>
<p>hahah, thanx, cujoe, i think (?) lol ^_^</p>
<p>lol, it's a compliment... of sorts</p>
<p>I think Penn is a prostitute :) Well, BF was pretty promiscuous, or so I have heard.</p>
<p>Nah, seriously, this thread is depressing...let's save this until after decisions so that Penn has more defenders and less depressed "I don't think I'm getting in" peeps. Either way, I know what side I'm already on, so that's why I posted my little comment about Penn :)</p>
<p>randomness: anyone ever done/been the recipient of the thing like: well, A told B who told C who told...who told ME that such-n-such happened?? lol, just all this talk of gf/bf reminded me of this stuff haha</p>
<p>Hahaha, I don't think its possible to go to my high school and not be a recipient of that sort of scuttlebutt.</p>
<p>mm, i've only been the recipient of it once or twice, and i have to admit i've done it myself once or twice just to see how long i could make the list lol</p>
<p>Hahaha, one of my friends started a rumor that he only bathed once a month and used patchouli oil to cover the stench. The whole school heard it in like a week.</p>
<p>This is really sad...but your rumor story reminded me of AP Calc test problems (where you have to model and analyze the graph of how a rumor spreads, etc.)</p>
<p>Ya, I hate the rumor train. People are always talking about me, and the ones that do are the ones I don't even know, or see.</p>
<p>I know I'll be crushed if I get rejected from Penn</p>
<p>BUT.. i refuse to say anything bad about such a saintly school (wink wink)</p>
<p>thedude - i hate rumors too, and i hate it when people talk about me behind my back. i'd rather a girl come up to me and call me a b**ch in my face than behind my back like a coward. at least that way i get to laugh at her idiocy lol :D</p>
<p>The weather......</p>
<p>Penn has either rain.... cold rain.... or cold.</p>
<p>Actually, Philadelphia has four roughly equal seasons. It happens to be very warm and nice today. going back to the original post: the crime on campus is negligible. You should look up the crime statistics for the area around Temple (my bargain basement safety school). That neighborhood, North Philadelphia/Nicetown, is quite hardcore. University city is completely gentrified, youd have to be a good quarter mile away from campus at night to be in any sort of trouble. Even so, just buy a hoodie (no, not with a huge penn logo. maybe some thrift store 76'ers type of thing), dont shave, and act drunk- nobody will bother you.</p>
<p>or you could just put a plastic "gat" in your belt</p>
<p>About the debate of crime in Philadelphia, I personally would say Penn is not the safest of all worlds, but it is a bit safer than Drexel...</p>
<p>Then again I have been both mugged and carjacked so I'm probably tainted.</p>
<p>I disagree...I've eaten at several colleges, and when I visit my brother who attends Penn, I must say it's rather good. It's not stellar, but you cant complain.</p>