Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their own website is upenn@edu.
No need to be snarky
sometimes people confuse it with Penn State. UPenn is used commonly to differentiate.

It's not a question of snark; I'm just trying to save people from sounding like rubes. If you go to the University of Massachusetts, you go to "UMass." If you go to the University of Pennsylvania, you go to "Penn," not "UPenn." Like I said, I grew up in Philadelphia. No one in Pennsylvania at least confuses Penn with Penn State. Never in my life have I heard anyone refer to Penn State as "Penn." Go to the Penn Bookstore (in person or online) and try to find a shirt or mug or anything with "UPenn" on it, and you will find nothing. Only "Penn." It's a small distinction, perhaps, but an important one.

I did my undergraduate at "Dartmouth College," and I assure you it grates on every Dartmouth alumnus when someone in the media refers to "Dartmouth University." The famous "Dartmouth College Case," argued before the US Supreme Court by Daniel Webster, involved the attempt by the State of New Hampshire to take over Dartmouth College and convert it into a public university. Among other things, the state attempted to rename the school "Dartmouth University." The college won the case. The name "Dartmouth University" was thrown in the trash. And this famous phrase was coined: "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet, there are those who love it."

Names matter. For Penn alums, the misnomer "UPenn" is like fingers on a chalkboard.

This just makes me want to use “UPenn” all the time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their own website is upenn@edu.
No need to be snarky
sometimes people confuse it with Penn State. UPenn is used commonly to differentiate.

It's not a question of snark; I'm just trying to save people from sounding like rubes. If you go to the University of Massachusetts, you go to "UMass." If you go to the University of Pennsylvania, you go to "Penn," not "UPenn." Like I said, I grew up in Philadelphia. No one in Pennsylvania at least confuses Penn with Penn State. Never in my life have I heard anyone refer to Penn State as "Penn." Go to the Penn Bookstore (in person or online) and try to find a shirt or mug or anything with "UPenn" on it, and you will find nothing. Only "Penn." It's a small distinction, perhaps, but an important one.

I did my undergraduate at "Dartmouth College," and I assure you it grates on every Dartmouth alumnus when someone in the media refers to "Dartmouth University." The famous "Dartmouth College Case," argued before the US Supreme Court by Daniel Webster, involved the attempt by the State of New Hampshire to take over Dartmouth College and convert it into a public university. Among other things, the state attempted to rename the school "Dartmouth University." The college won the case. The name "Dartmouth University" was thrown in the trash. And this famous phrase was coined: "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet, there are those who love it."

Names matter. For Penn alums, the misnomer "UPenn" is like fingers on a chalkboard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their own website is upenn@edu.
No need to be snarky
sometimes people confuse it with Penn State. UPenn is used commonly to differentiate.

It's not a question of snark; I'm just trying to save people from sounding like rubes. If you go to the University of Massachusetts, you go to "UMass." If you go to the University of Pennsylvania, you go to "Penn," not "UPenn." Like I said, I grew up in Philadelphia. No one in Pennsylvania at least confuses Penn with Penn State. Never in my life have I heard anyone refer to Penn State as "Penn." Go to the Penn Bookstore (in person or online) and try to find a shirt or mug or anything with "UPenn" on it, and you will find nothing. Only "Penn." It's a small distinction, perhaps, but an important one.

I did my undergraduate at "Dartmouth College," and I assure you it grates on every Dartmouth alumnus when someone in the media refers to "Dartmouth University." The famous "Dartmouth College Case," argued before the US Supreme Court by Daniel Webster, involved the attempt by the State of New Hampshire to take over Dartmouth College and convert it into a public university. Among other things, the state attempted to rename the school "Dartmouth University." The college won the case. The name "Dartmouth University" was thrown in the trash. And this famous phrase was coined: "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet, there are those who love it."

Names matter. For Penn alums, the misnomer "UPenn" is like fingers on a chalkboard.

I thought it was UPenn. That is what I say and hear around me.

This just makes me want to use “UPenn” all the time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their own website is upenn@edu.
No need to be snarky
sometimes people confuse it with Penn State. UPenn is used commonly to differentiate.

It's not a question of snark; I'm just trying to save people from sounding like rubes. If you go to the University of Massachusetts, you go to "UMass." If you go to the University of Pennsylvania, you go to "Penn," not "UPenn." Like I said, I grew up in Philadelphia. No one in Pennsylvania at least confuses Penn with Penn State. Never in my life have I heard anyone refer to Penn State as "Penn." Go to the Penn Bookstore (in person or online) and try to find a shirt or mug or anything with "UPenn" on it, and you will find nothing. Only "Penn." It's a small distinction, perhaps, but an important one.

I did my undergraduate at "Dartmouth College," and I assure you it grates on every Dartmouth alumnus when someone in the media refers to "Dartmouth University." The famous "Dartmouth College Case," argued before the US Supreme Court by Daniel Webster, involved the attempt by the State of New Hampshire to take over Dartmouth College and convert it into a public university. Among other things, the state attempted to rename the school "Dartmouth University." The college won the case. The name "Dartmouth University" was thrown in the trash. And this famous phrase was coined: "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet, there are those who love it."

Names matter. For Penn alums, the misnomer "UPenn" is like fingers on a chalkboard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their own website is upenn@edu.
No need to be snarky
sometimes people confuse it with Penn State. UPenn is used commonly to differentiate.

It's not a question of snark; I'm just trying to save people from sounding like rubes. If you go to the University of Massachusetts, you go to "UMass." If you go to the University of Pennsylvania, you go to "Penn," not "UPenn." Like I said, I grew up in Philadelphia. No one in Pennsylvania at least confuses Penn with Penn State. Never in my life have I heard anyone refer to Penn State as "Penn." Go to the Penn Bookstore (in person or online) and try to find a shirt or mug or anything with "UPenn" on it, and you will find nothing. Only "Penn." It's a small distinction, perhaps, but an important one.

I did my undergraduate at "Dartmouth College," and I assure you it grates on every Dartmouth alumnus when someone in the media refers to "Dartmouth University." The famous "Dartmouth College Case," argued before the US Supreme Court by Daniel Webster, involved the attempt by the State of New Hampshire to take over Dartmouth College and convert it into a public university. Among other things, the state attempted to rename the school "Dartmouth University." The college won the case. The name "Dartmouth University" was thrown in the trash. And this famous phrase was coined: "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet, there are those who love it."

Names matter. For Penn alums, the misnomer "UPenn" is like fingers on a chalkboard.

Anonymous wrote:N0 argument. Just entitled attitude _ guy/gal who posted said they went to UPENN for grad school. didn't want to go there undergrad? or didn't get in?? Whatever.....

Anonymous wrote:Their own website is upenn@edu.
No need to be snarky
sometimes people confuse it with Penn State. UPenn is used commonly to differentiate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hmm. I grew up in Phila got my professional degree at Penn. My parents and grandfather went to Penn. We never called it "UPenn." We called it "Penn." Just sayin'

I went to Penn undergrad. Did not live that close to Philly. Moved around a lot. When people asked where I went to college and I said “Penn”, people not from NJ, NY, PA often say, “which campus?”, which then needs to be followed by, “No, University of PA”.

UPenn really makes it much easier in other parts of the country, but a bunch of people still think you mean Penn State.

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. look around Reddit or the other chatty college websites.... UPenn is used very commonly. And that condescending attitude is exactly why Ivies are such a turnoff.

Anonymous wrote:In:
TAMU
UMDCP
ND
VANDI
Cornell

Deferred
Yale

Waiting on:
Harvard
Princeton
Brown
Duke