University of Pennsylvania

Wide range of faculty
Penn’s faculty is some of the best in the nation, and this expands across many disciplines. They are a great help to both the undergraduate and graduate students in not only being mentors and educa...

Great School in an okay area
The University of Pennsylvania is a top notch school located in Philadelphia, primarily the West Philly neighborhood. While the campus itself if beautiful and well maintained, like many city school...

Mixed Bag
Penn attracts professors who at the top of their fields, whether it's finance, psychology, or media. If you can get into one of the well known prof's classes, the lectures are phenomenal - they ha...

Great Party School
There is a party for everyone at this school - one of the benefits to being a large, diverse campus. The fraternities and sororities throw tons of bashes, and are generally open to everyone. Ther...

Wonderful Hospital
If you or a loved one becomes injured or ill while at Penn, the Hospital (located just east of the campus) is wonderful. It's a teaching hospital, and has cutting edge technology in things like ca...

Great Transport, Lousy Parking
Do not bring a car to the Penn campus unless you are very wealthy and can afford the inevitable parking tickets. Parking rules are arcane, and lots or permits expensive. If you live off campus in...

Easy place to work
If you go to Penn, you will be able to find a good job to help support your experience there. Between the restaurants bars and shops right next to the campus, and the city full of similar opportun...

Philly is Phantastic
Philadelphia is a wonderful place to attend college. The school is close enough to walk downtown, and public transport is readily available and easy to use. You have your contained campus environ...

Try Crew!
If you're not from the East coast, you might not be familiar with the rowing sport known as crew. Although you either have to be really large (to row) or really small (to be the coxswain) it is a ...

Fabulous School
If you want someone to know you are smart when you name drop your college, go to Penn. I graduated 18 years ago, and live 1800 miles away, and people still say "ooh you must be smart" when I tell ...