The University of Pennsylvania

Date: Dec 12 2011
Major: Chemistry (This Major's Salary over time)
The thing to understand is that Penn is an extremely pre-professional school. A large fraction of the student body wants to go into business, medicine, or law, and this makes the environment cutthroat in classes where grades are given on a curve. "Go-getter" type people who know what they want and are willing to extract as much from Penn's academic infrastructure and resources will do well in such a large research university such as Penn. People who are accustomed to being taught and guided along a path would do better to enroll in a smaller liberal arts school. Hence, there is much to be desired from the quality of advising at this school. However, past all the pomp and pretension that defines much of the administration and faculty here, individuals who do their research and carefully choose their mentors will find teachers truly devoted to their students' hunger for knowledge, aspirations, and well-being.