The University of Pennsylvania

Date: Mar 09 2008
Major: Neuroscience/Cognitive Science (This Major's Salary over time)
My education at Penn prepared me for success in graduate school for the following reasons:

1) the coursework was challenging and better than most of my peers'

2) there were endless excellent research opportunities (the most important factor for graduate admissions)

3) the extra-curricular activities I participated in put me well ahead of other students in terms of leadership, and this in turn helped me to win a prestigious fellowship that increased my graduate stipend by 50% and knocked off some required teaching duties.

I recommend that current students take advantage of Penn's many opportunities! Penn is full of outstanding resources, but if you don't go looking for them then your experience there might be just "so-so". Likewise, motivated and mature high school students should apply to Penn. Those who need a lot of hand-holding should consider a small college instead.