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I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN

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Polar Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Posts: 10	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Fri Feb 19, 2010 05:20 AM UPenn is a big name and Ivy league. Penn law is also consistently ranked better than NW. Although NW is located in the heart of downtown Chicago and shopping district (which is really wonderful! the only school that can compare with NW in term of location is NYU), Philly is pretty big city (5th largest city in the US) and Penn campus is very safe and close to downtown. Moreover, it takes only 2 hours to get to NY and DC.
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Wizard Joined: 17 Dec 2009 Posts: 44	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Sat Feb 20, 2010 01:48 PM What about Phily? Is it good to spend a year there? Does anyone know about campus experience? It is cheaper than NYC, and just a 50 min train ride....
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Borat_USA Joined: 04 Feb 2010 Posts: 11	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Thu Feb 25, 2010 07:33 PM I would rather go to UPenn. The academic experience and faculty is a notch above NU.
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CMC Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 13	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:06 PM Just spent an amazing year inPenn. CAMPUS IS GREAT. Penn is the best university for private practice and the joint program with Wharton is a real asset on your resume. I am a girl : no pbm of security, you know that there are some bad areas and you just don t go there but city center and university city are really safe. Penn is the best pro environment ivy school , so green people : that s your choice! Great concerts all year long, amazing restaurants , every friday night special at museum, art galleries are open once every month for an open art night...sports is just crazy o f course. We played soccer, volley , tennis , plus philly has a huge bike community, since it is very plane it is ideal to move in the city, and we did so many week end in Ny or atlantic or ocean city or in huge parks around... you are also close to Dc... but above all you ll see that Philly is all about the people ....and that is its secret !!! i WISH i had more time here, but I got to go home...;( lot of fun to all of you who are going there !
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jags1180 Joined: 09 May 2009 Posts: 8	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:02 PM PENN A) You are allowed to take 1L classes. Some people will advise you against it due to the amount of emphasis that law firms give to 1L courses. Most of the 1L's are very competitive and try to stand out immediately. They mellow out after their first year. B) Whoever said there's nothing to do in Philly, has never really experienced the city. I've been living here for almost 5 years and I have no complains about being bored or having nothing to do. As for crime; every city has bad neighborhoods; stay away and you'll do fine. Anyone that has lived in a big city knows that.
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pragh Joined: 04 Feb 2010 Posts: 34	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:39 PM Penn LLMs are NOT allowed to take 1L course unless approved. [Edited by pragh on 16 Jul 2010]
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jags1180 Joined: 09 May 2009 Posts: 8	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Fri Jul 16, 2010 07:55 PM Which you will. I took torts this year.
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pragh Joined: 04 Feb 2010 Posts: 34	I REALLY NEED HELP! PENN Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:42 AM Then the course selection brochure is crap :P
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