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<p>Weather is relative. As a Canadian, Philly weather is amazing. Fall is perfect and the winter is mild and short, and it rarely snows. There are four distinct seasons, which can’t be said for a lot of places. September and May might be a bit hot, but you won’t have to deal with a heat wave unless you’re around for the summer.</p>
<p>Last year we got at least 2 major 1ft+ snowstorms that basically shut down the city, along with several smaller storms lol, but still i suppose that’s nothing compared to Canada.</p>
<p>The thing is that 2 storms is only 2 nights out of the year. It’s much better than being at ~20 degrees fahrenheit with snow on the ground for four months of the year and then a “spring” that’s wet and grey until summer decides to show up in the middle of May.</p>
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<p>Nice quote. Or as my mom used to say, quit your belly aching. If you keep crying, I’m going to give you something to cry about.</p>
<p>Hey, I stopped crying.</p>
<p>HafsaRox you sound very negative. about everything. and please only take what I say with a grain of salt. I’m only trying to show you in a light manner how awesome penn is. if you’re constantly this negative, please don’t come and spread your plague. :)</p>
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<p>HafsaRox, I think you’ll forget all about this once NSO actually comes. Maybe it’s just pre-NSO anxiety. I’m a bit anxious myself. If you still need a person to talk to once NSO is over, feel free to find me! I’m a good listener, and I’ll be there, haha.</p>
<p>Just got off the phone with the Head of Admissions at UPenn and explained to him your story. You will now be attending University of Pennsylvania Community College.</p>
<p>I’m definitely getting nervous myself too, but it’s just me psyching myself out, and I know that. I’ve actually heard amazing things about Hill.</p>
<p>And whoever said 1 ft of snow shut down the whole city–it only did because Philly is so ill-equipped to deal with it. I live in Buffalo right now, and one foot of snow is honestly nothing. Schools are all still open and the streets are all clean because we have a crazy amount of efficient snow plows (and plowers).</p>
<p>You complain about the snow storms and yet almost every state on the east coast had massive amounts of snow last winter. NY, Boston, Chicago, Philly, new haven, even Florida, Atlanta, an north Carolina.</p>
<p>Hmmmmmmm. I agree that Hafsa is being quite whiney. But I have also become convinced that there are a dozen current Penn students and alumni who linger on these threads and ferociously refute the common misconceptions about Penn (Penn isn’t safe, Wharton dominates Penn and looks down on the rest of the university, Penn isn’t as good as HYPSM, etc.). Two comments:</p>
<p>1) I know these forums are quite biased, but whenever possible, I think it is our responsibility to give honest, balanced advice. Just because Hafsa is having seconds thoughts about coming to Penn doesn’t mean we should scream at him and say “oh my god Penn is the greatest school ever. Thousands of students around the US and the world would kill for your spot, so therefore you are required at all hours of the day to be extremely happy and grateful that Penn admitted you.” This logic is ridiculous. I think MIT has a very admirable system because they encourage their student bloggers to write about the good AND the bad about MIT, their successes AND failures, etc. (check out [MIT</a> Admissions | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org%5DMIT”>http://mitadmissions.org) to see what I am talking about, e.g. [MIT</a> Academics | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit_academics]MIT”>MIT Academics | MIT Admissions))</p>
<p>2) It just isn’t worth responding to the same posts over and over again about the above misconceptions. I volunteered with the Kite and Key Society all four years I was at Penn, and I was part of the overnight hosting program in prospective high school students could sleep in my dorm, eat dinner with me and my friends, come to my classes, etc. I hosted maybe 25 students in four years, and not a single one got admitted. I used to respond to pre-med threads, before I realized that 90% of the students I was giving advice to would probably end up dropping pre-med and never make it to med school. Same thing with most of these threads. 90% of the questions can be answered by copying and pasting the question into google, and the answer will be the first hit on the results page. I know as current students/alumni we want the general public to know that a Penn education is world class and on par with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc. But save your breath, it’s just not worth it…</p>
<p>daretorun: Philly is incredibly well-equipped to handle snow, hate to break it to you. The big storm of 2010 dropped over 28 inches of snow literally overnight, hence the shutdown.</p>
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<p>lol, I’m actually a her. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the post; even if it is mildly insulting, it definitely helps to hear from current students. :)</p>
<p>Well said sunkist7…she/he/it just seems to want to argue. Just covering the gender bases.</p>
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<p>Very cute…maybe Penn State?</p>
<p>^ lol, that was actually funny. :)</p>
<p>HafsaRox - I know you will have a wonderful time at Penn…we will be there on the 28th moving student in…off to a preorientation program.</p>
<p>Hahahahaha PennFranklin that Wharton comment is so true, I already get the feeling the exclusivity of Wharton is bested only by the bonding CAS kids do over how awful we are.</p>
<p>Penn is a great school. And if you go in with the right attitude, you will more likely have a good experience than bad. It’s a matter of what you choose to make of it.</p>
<p>As much as I hated living in Hill, it did leave an indelible (and positive) mark on me. For what it’s worth, I didn’t much like Penn, but I had a phenomenal college experience. Going to a school as large as Penn means that you simply CAN’T make judgments about your experience before you’ve had it. With 10,000 undergraduates, the only way you can go four years without enjoying yourself is if you really try not to.</p>