How prestigious is being admitted to the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate student?

Question

I'm just looking for opinions. The more detailed your answers, the more likely I'll choose your answer as the best.

Answer 1

US News ranks Penn #7 in the country -- just ahead of Duke and just after MIT. That is pretty good company.

It is the fourth highest rated school in the Ivy League -- behind Harvard, Yale and Princeton, but ahead of Columbia.

Some colleges are more prestigious than others. Getting into Wharton as an undergraduate is a lot harder than getting into "the college" (liberal arts & sciences). The engineering program is excellent -- but the truth is that many state schools have better engineering programs (this is true of all the Ivies -- big state schools have great engineering programs).

If you can get in there -- I highly recommend it. I've taught finance to students at Berkeley, MIT, Wharton and Maryland. All four schools have great undergraduate programs. The Wharton students were the most brilliant I have worked with.

Answer 2

It's very presitigious.

There are those that will tell you it's a "lesser" Ivy League school because, at least for some of the schools, the admissions rate is higher. That being said, its undergraduate enrollment is also larger, so they can admit more students. On the whole, excluding the small number of people who look down on it, as if Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are the only schools worthy of any praise, and excluding the hopefully small number of people who think it's the same as Penn State, UPenn is very highly regarded. To be accepted as an undergraduate to any of the schools is a great accomplishment, especially now that so many students are applying to college.

UPenn's business school, Wharton, is widely considered to be the best business school in the country. It is one of only 2 Ivy League schools to offer an undergraduate business major (Cornell being the other one). Wharton has an extremely low admit rate. (At UPenn, students must apply to a specific school within the university.) Additionally, the school has been around for more than a century and has successful graduates all around the world.

Answer 3

college of pennsylvania is a sturdy college academically. that's extra much less complicated to get into than say Harvard. Your pal has probable a solid tutorial checklist and could desire to verify on probable any college, yet status won't be his motivation lots as a level that he has pastime in and is conceivable occupation smart. i don't recognize, yet while it strengthen into me i could circulate to Oxford....yet i'm such as you status component of the college does get to me.

Answer 4

Ummm... pretty darn good.