(UPenn) As you read the advice left here by previous

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	B-	Faculty Accessibility	B+
Useful Schoolwork	A+	Excess Competition	A+
Academic Success	F	Creativity/ Innovation	F
Individual Value	C+	University Resource Use	B+
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	B+	Friendliness	D-
Campus Maintenance	A	Social Life	D-
Surrounding City	B-	Extra Curriculars	B-
Safety	A-

Describes the student body as: Arrogant, Snooty, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Helpful, Self Absorbed

Female

Quite Bright

Lowest Rating Academic Success	F

Highest Rating Useful Schoolwork	A+

She cares more about Academic Success than the average student.

Date: May 06 2011
Major: Finance (This Major's Salary over time)
As you read the advice left here by previous students, take it with a grain of salt, your experience is what you make of it. My sister and I attend Penn, we are very similiar in personality, however, she's had a far more positive experience than I. Also because she drinks and gets high far more than I (I hate to admit it but Penn social life need alcohol to be enjoyable). School is pretty competitive, everything in Wharton's on a curve, and campus life is very absorbing. Most student's don't venture off campus unless to go to bars and nightclubs. And their perception of Philly doesn't really go far beyond the upenn/center city bubble. Here's my advice for those of you who choose/want to attend.

1. Advisors are not God (they didn't attend Penn for the most part and only have second hand knowledge of what undergrad life is really like here)- In Wharton particularly, I have had one advisor tell me no and another tell me yes. It's easy early on to tell which advisors suck, generally the females, except the one Asian lady Hoi Ning

2.Branch out- Never confine yourself to your own ethnic group/club/clique. Meet new people, it's surprising how many cool people there are at this school (if you dig deep enough)

3.Career Services at Penn is pretty much shit if you don't want to do finance/consulting. Beyond that they aren't really much help. Nor are they any help if you don't do well enough to get the job on your own merits. Not really the type to think outside the box.

4.Do really well your freshman year, it's the easiest time of your career

5.Decide what you want out of this experience and go for it. It's what you make of it really.

Responses

To get into Wharton did you apply to Upenn or did you have to apply to Wharton directly?

Hi, I'm donig a junior research project and I was wondering if you could asnwer some questions about the school?

What are the life styles on campus like? What financial aid did the school prodied you with? Why did you choose to go to University Penn? Did you have to study a lot or did you manage to have some free time of your own? Was the transition from high school and college difficult? What kind of activities does the university have?

Thank you so much :)