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Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. |
Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... Campus safety is an issue, but on the actual campus, security is tight; those not used to the big city can stay secluded until they grow more co...” |
| “... The area is great--I remember enjoying the city a lot, with its nightlife and variety of events and venues to go to ...” |
| “... It provides several ultimate blends: city and campus, work hard and play hard, large social atmosphere with several small classes ...” |
| “... I really love the environment; the campus is attractive and isolated enough for me to feel like I am in a college atmosphere, but less than 20 b...” |
| “... You get everything good: Ivy League Education, Ivy League Alum connections, great intellecutally interesting people, vibrant resources of the ci...” |
| “... For someone who has never experienced city life, it can come as a shock ...” |
| “... Great city, great campus, great people ...” |
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The only downside is the fact that Penn is in West Philadelphia so the western edge of campus is about as far west as you'd want to venture, ...” |
| “... So you can either a) go hang out with the majority of students who aren't in frats/sororities, b) go enjoy the city that's a half-block from your...” |
| “... If you want to be in a City, at a mid-sized, prestegious school, and surrounded by cool people- go here ...” |
| “... The campus is beautifual and secluded but the second you step off of it, you are in a major metropolitan city, which I think makes Penn great be...” |
| “... If you want to spend all your time in the city going to art galleries and the opera, that's an option too ...” |
| “... Penn is a great academic school located in a fun, vibrant city ...” |
| “... At the same time we have an entire city at our disposal with great restaurants, bars etc ...” |
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Philadelphia is a great city to be in ...” |
| “... Forget Boston, Philly's the quintessential college city ...” |
| “... I chill with my frat brothers a lot and you can tear it up either on campus or take the subway into center city and hit the clubs ...” |
| “... Penn is an ideal school for those seeking a superb education in a vibrant city who want to remember their college years as a time of both monument...” |
| “... Philly is a great city, lots to do 24/7, and like any other city, you just have to use common sense ...” |
| “... Seeing as how Penn is located in West Philly (University City is a creation of Penn's to distance itself from the heavy crime of W ...” |
| “... It has tremendous intellectual and cultural resources, it resides within a city that is similarly blessed, it has some extremely strong departme...” |
| “... Philly is a really awesome city - it has so much to offer, don't let anyone tell you otherwise ...” |
| “... I love the city and the urban environment ...” |
| “... While I'd encourage people to be mindful of their grades, the vast differences between me and my peers educated elsewhere is my experience on lar...” |
| “... It has a large, but continuous campus which feels very collegiate, small and isolated, but is also located a few minutes from the second largest ...” |
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But, Philadelphia is a great city with a lot to offer, and West Philly is NOT THAT BAD ...” |
| “... The campus within a city allows for a smooth transition from teenager to adult as the four years of college go by ...” |
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