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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Promote

Pomona (ended up here) - best of both worlds, small college with large student body/classes/activities thanks to the Claremont Consortium, very diverse, great location.

Vassar and Bryn Mawr - beautiful, engaged student body, interesting majors.

Wesleyan (sister went) - highly intelligent and engaged student body, great vibe, excellent small classes, plenty of on-campus activities.

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Middlebury - remote, jock vibe, homogenous.

[b]Penn - competitive/cutthroat, very pre-professional.
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Columbia - stressful atmosphere, expensive surroundings, students seemed unhappy.

I see this comment a lot.  Not usually about Penn but certainly about a lot of other schools.  What does this mean exactly?  It is clear that "pre-professional" is seen as a negative, but why is that?  I mean medicine, law, finance etc are all 'professional' fields.  Folks seem to be happy if their kids are going to be lawyers or doctors or financiers.  What is the opposite of pre-professional?  To me that would be something like a liberal arts focus but that is generally looked down by DCUMers.  Can someone clear this up?

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I'm not the PP, but I also went to Penn many years ago and also found it too pre-professional. I would say it's exactly what you said it means. To me, it means a lot of talk and focus on "professional" studies whether it's studying to be an engineer to go into business, etc. It changed the social dynamics for me and liberal arts was definitely looked down on there. I guess it's a negative to some people and a positive to some depending on what you want out of college.

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