<p>I by no means felt that I “settled” for Penn when I got into so many good schools. My issue lies in the fact that I chose Penn as my top choice out of all the schools I had gotten into, and that I perhaps chose the wrong one, and thus I wonder if I would have been better off at another school.</p>
<p>I also don’t appreciate your accusations and “hard truths” that are hardly truths, but your incorrect interpretations of my dislike for Penn. I don’t dislike Penn because I “longed” for another school. I had the choices available (great choices at that… I have yet to find another who had equal or better luck than I did in admissions). I chose Penn. The reasons that I bring up for my dislike for Penn are, in my opinion, quite sound from my perspective, as I’ve spent enough time both at Penn and other Ivies. A lot of the random issues that bug me here at Penn I simply don’t have at the other schools. This is why I am frustrated with my choice.</p>
<p>I’m not claiming to have some “belief of entitlement” – I’m saying that I am not compatible with the school and its structure. Just because I go to an Ivy League school doesn’t mean I have to automatically fall in love with it, and that somehow, by not loving it, I am disrespecting it or not appreciating it. I totally appreciate the fact that I go to a good school, but sometimes an uber-urban campus crawling with tons of people and noise coupled with an extremely preprofessional undergraduate experience is just not for everyone.</p>
<p>Chose Penn (Arts & Sciences) over:
georgetown, princeton, UVA, amherst, cornell, NYU, BC</p>
<p>Because: best social scene, most fun, not as preppy/stuck up as some other schools, love Philly</p>
<p>“uber-urban campus crawling with tons of people and noise coupled with an extremely preprofessional undergraduate experience is just not for everyone.”</p>
<p>Did you not know that was what you were getting into when you picked Penn in the first place?</p>
<p>No, that type of school is definitely not for everyone, and if it’s not for you, then it’s your own fault for not picking properly. Penn definitely wasn’t non-urban and super-LAC-like when you were deciding where to go.</p>
<p>I respected most of your points in the first post since they were pretty specific to your experience at Penn, but what you just said presents a general fact about life here. Since you most likely said it while feeling heated, I think it’s probably the main issue (versus your “random issues”).</p>
<p>So you picked the wrong fit, and I’m sorry you did. You probably would have been happier at another one of your options, but it’s not Penn’s fault, and now I also kind of feel like you are taking your anger (at yourself for picking incorrectly) out at Penn.</p>
<p>I mean, the laundry, really? Laundry is one of your big peeves?
Doing one load a week (w+d) for a full year would only cost about $20 more at Penn than at Harvard (one of your wishful might have beens).</p>
<p>$20 seems like a pretty pitiful amount to gripe about in this context - definitely no pound of flesh.</p>
<p>Gah- must we bring this back?</p>
<p>I suppose it goes without saying that for every legendofmax there are a dozen ilovebagels, dollarsoff, 45percenters, etc ;)</p>
<p>Penn is not the most wealthy school, particularly in comparison to it’s peers. The endowment is in the top 10, but Penn’s huge student population means that the dollars-per-student are lower than virtually all its peer schools. That Penn is still able to provide an education that is second to none is an incredible feat. Yes, this means that corners must be cut. We don’t get free laundry, we don’t get free printing, our dining halls suck (but don’t they suck everywhere?) etc. Doing more with less is just part of what makes Penn Penn. </p>
<p>How much you enjoy your college experience is probably hugely influenced by whether you are in Wharton or the College. I picked Penn’s college over Stanford and I’d happily do so again. Stanford is too…Stepford. It made me feel uncomfortable. </p>
<p>Intellectual discussion thrives at Penn when you’re not in a large preprofessional class. I had great relationships with my professors. I’ve been part of their book club groups, I’ve even gone drinking with my professors. And intellectualism with a dash of absurdism is the hallmark of Penn’s philomathean society</p>
<p>Penn rules.</p>
<p>let sleeping threads lie</p>
<p>NEVER!!! I douse this thread in red bull.</p>