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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just mildly curious, what makes Penn "better" than Dartmouth or Brown? Penn has an impressive range of graduate and professional schools but for undergraduates what's the benefit over the other Ivies?

Other than Wharton I've always found the undergraduate college to be good but not particularly impressive or distinctive relative to the other Ivies. Penn and Cornell seemed more similar to each other than the other Ivies due to their size and large graduate/professional presence. [/quote]

"I've always found"... what the f do you mean by that.  Really?  Have you analyzed that?  I wouldn't say it's "better" or "worse" than "the other Ivies".  They all have differences.  Cornell is in upstate NY.  Penn is in the middle of a city - a real urban experience.  Brown has a cool laid back vibe in a smaller 'city.'  Some of them have stronger departments than others.  Etc.  I have two Ivy degrees. Some classes and profs were awesome, some were boring, people make different sets of friends, have different extra curricular interests and opportunities.   Seriously - why pit them off?  These threads are the most ridiculous navel gazing over nothings and false perceptions by people who don't know what they don't know.   I feel no desire to 'sell' anything about my experiences.  They are going to be better or worse experiences for different kids.  Let your kids apply where they seem to be good fits and let the cards fall where they may.  They will be fine.  promise.[/quote]

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