<p>So basically, my choices are coming down between either going to Penn and paying the whole tuition or going to WashU and only paying room and board with tuition covered. </p>
<p>I'm stuck between the two and cant decide. need opinions! thanks</p>
<p>What do you want to study in? Where do you live? Is the money going to put any strain on your parents? Personally, I think full tuition at Wash U sounds like an amazing opportunity and you should take advantage of it. Unless we’re talking Wharton.</p>
<p>wash u. I’m an accepted student visiting and I’m writing this from my host’s dorm room. I was worried about what the people would be like at wash u (nerdy and antisocial), but these guys completely dashed those thoughts. After only about five hours, my decision was solidified. I’m picking wash u over unc, emory, and others. It’s a cool place from what i’ve seen. And if you’re going to have to pay 40k a year extra or 160k total over four years just to go to an ivy, you’re insane. but if that’s really what you want, it’s what you want.</p>
<p>I was in the same boat as of monday, but after visiting washu last weekend and doing extensive research I decided that washu was right for me. I could get a more personal education in terms of advisors and such. I also don’t really want a school where partying is 24/7 I kinda like the option of having a movie night once in a while or something. Also I am going in as pre-med, and even though penn may be ranked higher according to the newly releases ranking I feel like one will be better off with the advising situation and smaller class sizes at washu. Really a couple numbers difference on a ranking system that one should by no means based their decisions on is nothing. I mean 87% of students applying to med school at washu get in, which is a pretty phenomenal number I feel.</p>
<p>The differences in these two schools are too small to pay the extra money.</p>
<p>This might just be the Wash U forum in general but I am so excited for my visit tomorrow. Whoo! I can’t wait to see everything. I don’t have to choose between Wash and Penn but I feel Wash U is close enough for less money, and in some respects, better than UPenn.</p>
<p>For me, it would be a close choice with no aid. In your situation, I would pick Wash U without hesitation.</p>
<p>If you are majoring in something that is predicted to make cash in the future, go to UPenn. </p>
<p>Like for example if you made Wharton and Olin, go to Wharton.</p>
<p>im olin for washU, and CAS for penn with a minor in wharton. because I want to get an economics major, which washU allows to double major, but penn offers their tradition econ in CAS.</p>
<p>Then go to Wash U. It makes better economic sense.</p>
<p>When you’re looking at schools at the level of Wash U and Penn… go where the money is. You can find similar opportunities and happiness at either. They’re similar in many ways. There’s not going to be a $40,000 x 4 = $160,000 difference in education/quality/life between the two. </p>
<p>I would say the same thing if Penn was giving you full tuition and Wash U was giving you nothing — and I am a relentless Wash U booster!!!</p>
<p>It means nothing when you say a minor in Wharton btw since any Penn student can do one of the minors that are remotely linked to Wharton, even though there is no actual “Wharton minor”.</p>
<p>Wash U!!! Neither school gave me money and I chose Wash U over Penn. I’ve visited both extensively, and I prefer Wash U because honestly the students are so much happier and more involved in their lives. I have a cousin at Penn and, though Wash U academics are equally prestigious, it seems that Penn has an atmosphere that is much more competitive and cut throat. </p>
<p>Social life wise… Philly is definitely cooler than St Louis, but when I talked to students at both schools, they all said that they rarely go into the city and instead stay on campus. I visited Wash U on a Thursday night as a prefrosh and still had a great time at a frat party until 2am. I do agree that there is more partying at Penn, but you can find a good time at Wash U too. Also, I think Penn has more kids who take it to the extreme and drink too much too often. </p>
<p>(don’t mean to offend any Penn students. I love it too, just not as much as Wash U!)</p>
<p>im going to washu:) where are u from?</p>