<p>What is it about Penn that makes you want to go so much?</p>
<p>Somebody's writing his RD essay...</p>
<p>I'm a junior. And a girl. So someone may be writing her RD essay, but it isn't me.</p>
<p>Here are my reasons:</p>
<p>1) LOCATION
Philadelphia is an amaaaazing city, plus it is close to many other major cities. I don't even have to elaborate, do I?</p>
<p>2) ATMOSPHERE
You're in the middle of a major city - BUT you still have that campus feeling. It's so unique. Plus the campus is beautiful!!</p>
<p>3) BALANCED
Despite the fact that it's an Ivy, students are able to find a balance in lifestyle (academics vs. social life).</p>
<p>4) STUDENT BODY
The number of students (to me) is PERFECT. It's not so small where you would know everybody, but it's not big to where it's overwhelming. It's also enough people to bring in great diversity of interests, creating the ability for everybody to find their niche.</p>
<p>5) PRE-PROFESSIONALISM
Some people don't like this - (and I will admit, I have only heard about the pre-professional atmosphere, not first-hand experience) but it is something I really appreciate. To me, this means the students know what they are doing, know what they want - they are action-people, not people who just think about doing things.</p>
<p>There are tons more, seriously, but I will write more later as I think of them... =)</p>
<p>i think a lot of people see it as a way to say they go to an ivy league school without actually having to get into harvard or princeton...idk just a theory</p>
<p>lol....and some may be real passionate about going...but honestly the first thing that drew me to penn had absolutely nothing to do with education...it was the environment....then i saw the educational aspect especially at wharton and i went heads over hill....and plus those high rises (at night to be exact) are kick ass lol</p>
<p>Interdisciplinary approach, Philadelphia, social scene, extenseive study abroad programs</p>
<p>Wow to third poster. EVERY single one of those things was in my essay... lol. actually every one except 5. I had something else.</p>
<p>Penn's world-renowned prestige !</p>
<p>JYankeeSS is right.. these threads pop up every single fricking week. If you can't find a reason to go for yourself, maybe you shouldn't apply</p>
<p>i think master stetson has magical powers and forced me to apply ED.
not sure tho, so dont claim 'voodoo' as one of ur reasons for applying to penn.</p>
<p>I just wanted to see what everyone else had to say. </p>
<p>Here's why I like UPenn:
1. The campus is amazing
2. The study abroad programs
3. They have a strong Jewish community, but the school is still large enough that I could get away from that if I wanted to (I currently go to a Jewish school, so that should explain #3)
4. It's not in the woods, and it has a campus even though it's in the city (or near it...?)
5. You can't go wrong with it, academically...</p>
<p>i just focused on 2 main things about penn...is that too little?</p>
<p>wait did stetson actually tell you to apply ed?</p>
<p>if i get in ill post my essay on this board....</p>
<p>No, you should definitely apply if for no other reason than to lower our acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Stetson used his magic voodoo powers on me too! Really, though, he was the one who really convinced me to apply to Penn for Wharton ED. Before I spoke to him, it was a tossup between Wharton, Harvard, and Stanford. As for adidas's comment about Penn being a way to say that you go to an Ivy League without having to get into Princeton...well, if that's the reason anyone's applying then that's pretty wrong ;). Still, I wouldn't say that Wharton or any one of the joint-degree programs is any less competitive to get into than Harvard or Princeton. I can't say the same for the CAS since I haven't looked at admissions information for it. According to Stetson, though, Wharton's RD acceptance rates are much lower than the ones at H or P. The 5 reasons posted above couldn't be any more true :).</p>
<p>Stanford looks like the world's largest Taco Bell (ooo faux-spanish colonial, that's hot...)</p>
<p>Harvard stops just sort of being downright openly hostile to its undergraduates (though you wouldn't know it from their seemingly undaunted egos)</p>
<p>I actually saw that as well - Harvard folk seem to have a bit of an "I'm better than you" air, or at least the ones that presented at the joint session I went to did. Not only was Harvard the only school not to send down their Dean of Admissions (they sent a "senior admissions officer"), their presentation was abysmal (she screwed up numerous times, was uninteresting, and didn't know any of the facts), and Dean Stetson was just plain amazing in being able to connect with students and answer their question (he basically MCed the event).</p>
<p>of course he did! stetsons my homeboy... =)</p>