upenn college experience vs, LAC's

<p>how is the college exp. at upenn ? is it better than a lac ? what are your comments ?</p>

<p>Most students at Penn enjoy the undergraduate experience. It’s one of the better crossroads between a top Ivy school academically and actually having a social atmosphere. Penn vs LAC is too subjective because it really depends on what you want out of college. At Penn you can have classes of 15 students starting freshman year. Most intro courses (econ 1, chem 101, etc.) are going to be between 75 students (smaller side) and 200 students in a lecture. From talking to my friend at Swarthmore, he made it seem like most intro courses were about 30 students, but taught in similar fashions. Some professors made the 100+ person lectures really interactive while others lost me in 15 person classes.
Personally, I prefer not knowing everyone on campus. I’d feel kindof suffocated if I knew all 1000 students on some rural campus. Then again, some students prefer to be on a smaller campus. You really just need to visit a small LAC, mid size school like Penn, and a state school to see which you like most.</p>

<p>thanks venkat…that helped.the problem is that im in india and visiting the campus isnt an option for me.
i also wanted to know if its true that in penn u have TAs teaching rather than professors and im really interested in business so is there a better pl;ce to be than wharton ? is the econ mngmnt degree from a lac a better broader option ? im really confused</p>

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<li><p>TAs do not teach courses at Penn. All professors must teach undergrad courses. There are recitation sections for large lectures where a TA goes over homework and stuff for an hour a week. Grad students do teach courses, but they are usually finishing up their PhDs and they are smaller courses like a writing seminar.</p></li>
<li><p>There is no better place to be for business than Wharton. Harvard and Princeton are probably just as good, but no place is better. The best way to compare an econ management degree from another school to a Wharton degree is to compare the courses you need to take to graduate from both. If you want a broad liberal arts undergrad you can get that at Wharotn (though most Wharton students don’t want it). If you want to do econ as an undergrad with liberal arts background you can go to Penn’s Arts and Sciences and major in economics. If you want something closer to a LAC but with Penn’s advantages look at Williams, Amherst, Dartmouth, and Brown.</p></li>
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<p>I need cities. I can’t stand non-urban schools (which most LACs seem to be). Right now I’m in Nashik (3 hours train from Bombay) and bored to tears.</p>