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Creating leaders.
Destroying sleep schedules.

For nearly 300 years, Pennsylvanian has prepared students to change the world, optimize their résumés, and say “I have a hard stop at 4:30” with a completely straight face.

BREAKING: freshman adds “incoming” to LinkedIn before move-in.
BREAKING: Huntsman GSR reserved by one person until 2029.
BREAKING: Wharton student discovers a nonprofit for 11 minutes.
BREAKING: Econ major says “markets are efficient” then panic-sells NVIDIA.
4.2%Acceptance rate, probably
97%Chance your roommate is “building something”
14,000Clubs founded because one already existed
0People who understand Penn Course Alert
ACADEMICS

Choose from hundreds of majors you will eventually describe as “basically quant.”

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Wharton School of Saying “Leverage”

Core curriculum includes Accounting, Corporate Finance, Networking at 11:47 PM, and pretending coffee is a meal.

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Engineering & Applied Segmentation Faults

Build the future using Python, C++, and one Stack Overflow answer from 2013 that somehow keeps the entire project alive.

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College of Arts & Sciences & Explaining It

Develop critical thinking, intellectual depth, and a polished 45-second response to “so what are you gonna do with that?”

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

We read every application holistically, spiritually, and occasionally diagonally.

Our ideal applicant has cured one disease, founded two startups, captained three varsity teams, written a memoir, and still describes themselves as “just a curious person who loves learning.”

OFFICE OF EXTREMELY HOLISTIC ADMISSIONS

Dear Future Thought Leader,

Thank you for submitting your application, 19 supplements, 7 recommendation letters, blood type, and childhood origin story.

Your application is currently being reviewed by The Committee™.

The Committee™ consists of three admissions officers, one random number generator, and a squirrel from College Green.

Sincerely,
The Committee™

CAREER SERVICES

Your education begins in class and ends in a 12-tab recruiting spreadsheet.

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Investment Banking

Sleep is temporary. PowerPoint alignment is forever.

02

Quant Trading

Interview process includes probability, games, mental math, and emotional damage.

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Consulting

Turn “we don’t know” into 83 slides with tasteful arrows.

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

Solving humanity’s most urgent questions.

Can one dining dollar survive September?

Preliminary findings: absolutely not.

How many coffee chats until employment?

Researchers stopped counting at 73.

Can Canvas notifications cause fear?

IRB approval was denied because the answer was too obvious.

CAMPUS LIFE

A vibrant community of scholars, founders, athletes, and people speed-walking to DRL.

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College Hall

Beautiful architecture. Mysterious rooms. At least one staircase that feels illegal.

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Dining

Experience cuisines from around the world, assuming the app says your order is ready.

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Locust Walk

Walk 300 feet and accidentally join four clubs, two startups, and a consulting team.

“Penn taught me that networking is just friendship with a calendar invite.” — Class of 20XX, currently “incoming” somewhere

Ready to become insufferably accomplished?

Join the next generation of thinkers, builders, leaders, and LinkedIn posters.