What is unique about Upenn that makes it stand out / better than other colleges?

Also @Penn95 I think it’s best to just ignore the previous poster. From America’s Colonial elites and the tippy top of America’s upper crust in the 1960s, to today’s most brilliant and engaged young minds, everyone is aware of Penn’s comfortable and unquestioned place atop the pile of America’s best colleges. Acceptance rates don’t matter when you’re matriculating the cream of the crop.

(http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/signers.html)
(http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/11/15/big-three-now-enroll-45-of/)

Asymmetrical social Mach bands…

http://theweek.com/articles/443240/why-that-guy-keeps-reminding-went-ivy-league-school

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Did not know about the ties of Benjamin Rush to Penn. He was an amazing man. He actually graduated from what is now Princeton at age 14. http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/rush_benj.html