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The University of Pennsylvania

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB Faculty AccessibilityD-
Useful SchoolworkA- Excess CompetitionD-
Academic SuccessC Creativity/ InnovationF
Individual ValueC- University Resource UseC
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyB+ FriendlinessC+
Campus MaintenanceA- Social LifeB
Surrounding CityD- Extra CurricularsB+
SafetyD
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Arrogant, Unhelpful

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ACT:33
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Quite Bright
Lowest Rating
Creativity/ Innovation
F
Highest Rating
Useful Schoolwork
A-
He cares more about Surrounding City than the average student.
Date: Feb 24 2019
Major: Computer Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is an absolute meat grinder. Most of the students form cliques and view other students as the enemy. First year classes were ok. Second year was stunningly difficult with bad instruction and lousy textbooks contributing to make is extremely time-consuming and difficult to learn the material to a high degree of proficiency. Junior and senior year when I specialized things were much easier. I also took courses in the College of Arts and Sciences (liberal arts). About half of the professors there will give a student a B and reserve an A for liberal arts students. That pissed me off a lot. And I took 5 classes in Wharton. The Wharton classes were incredibly easy compared to engineering classes. In fact I would say that engineering classes are 5x as difficult as Wharton classes.

Philadephia is a dangerous city. Very dangerous. I had some incidents which led to me confining myself to campus as much as possible. Even on campus, it was not safe. The local people (welfare people) would come to campus and commit crime. And the homeless problem in Philadelphia is unbelievable. The whole place smells like urine. Do not leave campus in groups of less than 6 males.

Job recruiting and career planning at Penn were half-arsed. You better have your own goal, direction and self-management. Do not expect the school to help.

This is a school that prides itself on graduating the leaders of business, finanance and industry. And it graduates some of them. But the other 90% of the students are ripped apart by the experience. I would say that more than half of the students suffer from depression but try to put a happy face on it, pretending that everything is great. The administration does not care because they are at Penn for a 3-5 year stint and then will move on to another university and a higher paying job.

Financial aid at Penn is modest to meager. Realistically, you need to be either poor or rich but not in between. The students from poor families got everything for free. And that was often a joke. Students from restaurant families simply reported no income on their taxes for a few years and got a free ride even though their families owned several rental properties through trusts. The financial burden on the middle class is crushing, with parents emptying 401(k)s and taking out private loans to cover school costs.

Wharton is a great place to get into the Wall Street scene. The College (liberal arts) is a waste. Engineering is great for those who already know the first 2 years of material, but not for a regular Joe.

Then there is a diversity issue. Non-diverse students are constantly pummelled with propaganda which implies that they are somehow bad and must make up for it by making room for and supporting less-qualified and unqualified diverse students. When I went there, the diverse students had scant chance of graduating due to being cognitively underpowered for the task.

 
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Why would SR allow someone who graduated 30 years ago to post a review? How can this have any relevance today?
responseThis is really a racist, sexist, classist review from someone who graduated 30 years ago. It's probably a troll and really this should be removed.
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