<p>This is a really stupid question, but what are people referring to when they say the "Quad"?</p>
<p>The only place to live, but only for freshman year.</p>
<p>Also see: Maps</a> & Buildings @ Penn</p>
<p>Note that, despite its name, the Quad isn't a quadrangle. It's two quadrangles (Riepe College House and Ware College House) and a parallelogram (Fisher Hassenfeld College House).</p>
<p>I always thought it was called a quadrangle because:
Lower quad forms a quad (4 sides)
And upper quad forms a 'rangle (part of a triangle)</p>
<p>^ Dude, did you skip basic geometry on your way to advanced calculus? :p</p>