<p>Just out of curiosity… this has come to my attention lately.</p>
<p>When people ask you what school do you go to/will be attending, how do you respond?</p>
<p>I’ve noticed that I myself reply by saying “I’m going to Wharton”</p>
<p>and if they ask for clarification, I explain it’s a school within “UPenn”</p>
<p>I say the Wharton School of Business at UPenn.</p>
<p>That way, it eliminates the question of what I'm going to study and whether I mean Penn State =]</p>
<p>I wish you good luck at the Penn.</p>
<p>Btw, I have a question: Do you guys know whether it's easy to transfer from the UPenn College of Arts and Sciences to Wharton?</p>
<p>Best Wishes,</p>
<p>Brit</p>
<p>except... the "of business" is not and never has been part of the wharton name...</p>
<p>it's just "the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania"</p>
<p>concerning interschool transfer:</p>
<p>Don't call the school UPenn as it is frowned upon. It is to be called Penn per the director of admissions. When people ask me where my D goes to school I say the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The in Philadelphia part helps to prevent (or perhaps causes more lol) confusion with Penn State.</p>
<p>You are so right...........help to confuse. Most people couldn't tell you who was in the Ancient Eight/IVY nor can they tell you where PennState is versus University of Pennsylvania. Well put.</p>
<p>Well I say "of business" so I can avoid the question of "really, what are you going to study?"</p>
<p>u guys are complete snobs for even worrying about this, be proud u go to an ivy legaue, why does it matter what joe smo in mcdonals thinks?</p>
<p>this has been constantly been brought up</p>
<p>bball, i don't think we're snobs, i just thought it'd be a fun topic to discuss "Wharton" or "UPenn"</p>
<p>I personally don't care that much bout the Penn State vs the UPenn thing... one of my teachers even thinks that UPenn is a "public ivy" whatever the hell that is... i told her it's private and she said "no, you're wrong, I'm positive it's a public ivy"</p>
<p>Life goes on. The Wharton thing is probably just due to WHARTON pride and the whole competition between Wharton and CAS kids haha</p>
<p>If I were going to CAS rather than Wharton, for example, I would say "I'm going to study [insert major here] at UPenn in Philadelphia." I don't think it's a snobby thing. I happen to get annoyed when people constantly ask me questions about college, so I try to answer as many questions possible in the fewest number of words.</p>
<p>It's Penn not UPenn!!!!</p>
<p>I understand that they prefer to be called "Penn," but when speaking to ignorant people it's much more efficient to say "UPenn." When talking to people who actually possess some worldly knowledge, saying "Penn" works well. But if someone's oblivious to the differences between the two, saying "UPenn" avoids the follow-up question of "Oh, you're going to Penn State?" </p>
<p>And if I say I'm going to Wharton, I can rely on such unaware people to ask "What's that?" Hence, rather than wasting my time explaining where I am going, what the difference is between that and Penn State, at what school I will be studying, and what I will be studying, it's most logical to try to compact it all into one short sentence. </p>
<p>Enough harping already.</p>