<p>PrincetonDreams has been spouting his *****<strong><em>, uniformed high school nonsense on here for a while. I’d really like to see you mouth off about your private education in college, because that means jack *</em></strong> when you get to the real world. </p>
<p>As for Penn, Duke and Columbia being underrated, it could be because a lot of people on these boards are petty high schoolers (like PrincetonDreams) or ■■■■■■ that are only interested in name recognition. People really like to bash Penn CAS and engineering while blowing Wharton, but those rankings are for overall undergraduate education not just business and you can take the same classes a Whartonite can. </p>
<p>I’m alright with the average person not knowing much/thinking highly of Penn since grad/law/med school adcoms and Wall Street do.</p>
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<p>Correction: Wall Street loves Wharton, not all of Penn.</p>
<p>Whatever guys, I think Penn’s an awesome school, and arguing with your non-sense is making me say things I wouldn’t want to. So, I wont post here anymore.</p>
<p>To anyone who’s reading this: do really research opposing opinions about the Penn experience. As a close friend to several freshmen at Penn who couldn’t regret their decision any more, I thought these arguments would be helpful to you all. </p>
<p>Good luck with your college decisions guys!</p>
<p>@PrincetonDreams:</p>
<p>I am a graduate of Penn CAS, and I have accepted a job offer at one of the three most prestigious consulting firms in the world for next year. I majored in English and minored in philosophy. I have never taken a class in Wharton. I have friends from CAS accepting jobs at places like Google, Deloitte, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and Bain, and entering graduate school at Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Stanford, Berkeley (PhD in theoretical math)… the list goes on.</p>
<p>I have no idea what the placement is like at Duke and Stanford, but if it significantly outstrips Penn (as you contend), then it must be jaw-dropping. Because I have been nothing but impressed by Penn’s platform to graduate school and jobs - from Wharton or otherwise.</p>
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This is complete and utter nonsense, as anyone familiar with the rankings and reputations of various liberal arts departments would know. Penn has as many–if not more–top-ranked liberal arts departments as either Duke or Columbia, and any statement asserting or implying the contrary is, quite frankly, absurd.</p>
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<p>Another absurd statement of utter nonsense. Just because you, personally, may not know of someone who chose Penn CAS or SEAS over other top schools (including both Columbia and Duke), doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. It does happen–A LOT. A large number of such choices are posted right here on CC, and there is plenty of other evidence out there to indicate that Penn CAS and SEAS are full of students who chose Penn over other top schools (again, including both Columbia and Duke).</p>
<p>Academically, I don’t think you can go wrong in undergrad with any of these three schools. For that matter, when you look at the top 10 universities in the nation, you can’t go wrong academically. The differences come from what suits the applicant. If you pick Penn SEAS over Duke Pratt it’s because you fit in at Penn and not at Duke.</p>
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<p>Not defending anyone’s comments, but just adding that while TJ is known to be among the most elite, Eton is easily more prestigious–the high school equivalent of Oxbridge. It’s also nearly 600 years old. (I grew up in California and I’ve even heard of Eton, long before TJ, probably because Eton has worked its way into movies, TV shows, etc.)</p>
<p>That said, students tend to hide their prep school ‘heritage’ at Stanford for fear of seeming snobby, since 2/3 are from non-elite public schools.</p>