<p>My d has enrolled in UNC-CH for Fall 2007, and she's waitlisted at U Penn. She's interested in communications, but a U Penn is a great degree to have... If she gets accepted at U Penn (by July 1st), should she go there instead?
Any advice?</p>
<p>I'd say that she should wait until she gets an actual decision from UPenn first. It's my understanding that it's very difficult to get in off the waitlist, and it might be a bad idea for her to get her hopes up.</p>
<p>Yeah, we know chances are practically non-existent... although someone from waitlist will be admitted... The reason I ask is because she mentioned to me that she was thinking of not going to U Penn even if by some miracle she's accepted... I really don't know if that would be a good decision...</p>
<p>I simply don't think an undergraduate Ivy League education is worth the money compared to an excellent state school education, where the student makes the most of his or her opportunities, ESPECIALLY if one's considering grad school or anything like that. So much of the Ivy reputation is steam up you-know-where. I'm not saying this because I was rejected from any Ivy, but because I have the personal experience of at least three family members on my side that I can think of off hand. It is just. Not. Worth. The Money.</p>
<p>If money isn't that big of a deal, I'd go to Penn for communications. Their Annenberg school is one of the very best in the country for communications, plus you'd have the added Ivy prestige factor.</p>
<p>I've mentioned this before in another thread but my S's best HS friend is at Penn (Wharton in fact), Penn is a very fine school and a degree from Wharton will serve him well. Freshman year they were both taking the same advanced calculus class both having scored a 5 on the AP BC exam.</p>
<p>My S's class at UNC had 55 students (capped) was taught by a full professor who was English speaking as well. His friend at Penn was one of about 300 in his class, taught by a grad student who barely spoke English. Based on that one experience, it would be hard to see the difference in educational quality or justify the price differential.</p>
<p>Wharton is one thing but there are numerous OOS students who have been accepted to the College at UPenn and rejected by UNC. Just my opinion.</p>