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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what do you mean by social/quality of life? My penn seas DD picked it because of social fit and ability to continue music and be an engineer. She just finished freshman year with a 3.91. The two other top-12 she got accepted to had a similar feel but Penn edged them out with arts and collaboration among engineering evident at admitted days. UVA is very Greek-forward, fewer club spots for freshmen than penn, arts are not easy to do as an engineeri and not at all the quality of life she wanted. [/quote]

I think by social I mean friendly, laid back kids, lots of parties, lots of hanging out on the lawn. And there is probably some element of wanting preppy and mainstream. 
Greek forward is viewed as a positive to her. She is very smart but isn't a striver (if striver means pushing the envelope beyond what is asked) or an academic and she isn't quirky at all. No obscure interests or passions. Little career direction. She is very well-liked, very hard working, and a perfectionist. She has done very well at a challenging magnet school in highest rigor courses. But she is not entering college with passions about economics or philosophy or robotics or anything really. [/quote]

Penn is known as the “social ivy”[/quote]

Penn and Cornell are well known for student suicides. The head of mental health counseling switched jobs from Cornell to U Penn and committed suicide at U Penn while head of mental health counseling.[/quote]

That was a while ago and he barely worked at Penn, had just started the job, so it doesn’t seem relevant.[/quote]

Sure, brush U Penn student & faculty suicides under the rug.

https://thedp.com/article/2022/02/we-should-talk-more-about-suicide-upenn[/quote]

Penn has taken it seriously by taking steps such as appointing a chief wellness officer who is a psychiatrist and their new president is also a medical doctor.  I think mental health is a serious issue at all top schools but Penn has been a leader in confronting it.[/quote]

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