Reply to Why rankings are bunk

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Why rankings are bunk"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:59 and the index person here.  You're right, 17:05, Columbia's neighborhood in Morningside Heights was a scary place back in the 80s.

Small correction, though. The Wharton School did have an undergraduate program back in the day - I know two guys in their 60s who went to Wharton for undergrad. What may have changed is all the fancy new Wharton buildings - I think Steinberg-Deitrich went up in the early 80s, and the Huntsman building (I think that's the name, could be wrong) is brand new. If I were outside Wharton, I'd probably resent these opulent buildings too. Penn's neighborhood has also improved since the 80s.[/quote]

Yes, there is the neighborhood issue as well.

I guess when I applied to Penn I don't remember Wharton being a very prominent aspect of the undergraduate education there, while when DC looked at Penn it seemed to loom very large.  [/quote]

When we did the tour a year or two ago, opulent Wharton buildings were a big part of it. Also our tour guide was a sorority sister. DC refused to apply. I went there for grad school and tried to explain that most if this wasn't really representative on the place (frats are less than 20%, I think), but DC had already ruled it out. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics