Campus Life

Located in University City, the University of Pennsylvania is within walking distance or a quick trolley or subway ride to literally hundreds of places to eat. There are also many on-campus food courts, such as the one at 34th and Walnut and the food court in Houston Hall. There are other individual shops, such as WaWa convenience stores, and many nice restaurants that range from moderately expensive to very affordable. I recommend New Deck Tavern (you don't have to be 21 to eat there) and White Dog Cafe.

The food is traditionally good at Penn although the dining halls will sometimes lack variety. Breakfast is good - choices include waffles, pancakes, french toast, or omelets with your choice of oatmeal, breakfast potatoes, scrambled eggs, bagels and cream cheese, juices, and coffee. Lunch and dinner, however, sometimes are lacking in quality or choices. There is consistently pizza and soda for anyone who wants that and also choices that alternate every day. However, these choices aren't always delectable and, on weekends, all dining hall hours are abysmal.

The dining plans are expensive and provide low-quality food for how much you pay. Many people avoid full dining plans after their freshman year.

There are many options for food. The dining hall food is not bad, but it's not exceptional either. On any given day I can find something that I want to eat and that tastes good.

There are many dining halls, markets, and retail locations on campus. Plus, if you get sick of dining hall food, you can venture out to the food trucks or restaurants within the city.

Food carts are amazing. I too was weary at first, but I am a true believer now.

Meal plans for those who don't have the patience to cook for themselves, and an excellent selection of restaurants which cater to the college crowd. There are even a few places which are open until 4:30 AM!

There are so many great places to eat in the city and there are a bunch of great restaurants on campus, too.

Food on campus isn't too bad. It's not the best food, but UPenn does offer many food options, so if something doesn't quite fit your taste, there is always something else. Plus UPenn is located in the city, so there are plenty of off campus restaurant options.

Cafeteria food is exactly like you would expect: so-so, but there are three different dining halls, so there is at least a choice (and everyone has their favorite between Commons, King's Court, and Hill). Philadelphia has awesome restaurants on a bus/subway ride away, but there are not many restaurants directly off-campus (beside Bobby's Burger Palace, which is to die for!)

There are many different fraternities and sororities to choose from and they are well run and well monitored. Most of the Greek houses are above 37th street all in a row so it's a nice community there.

Penn has many fraternities and sororities with locations on and off campus.

Second to none, the weekends are always filled with fraternity fun.

Thriving and not as exclusive as one would think.

I'm not a part of greek life, so I couldn't really judge it, but it does seem to be pretty big on campus! However, its not overwhelming. If you think it's not your scene, then that's cool too!

About 25% of people are involved in fraternities and sororities, but when rushing and pledging start in the beginning of the spring semester, it is noticeable. There is no social reasons to join, you can make friends and go to parties without being a member (but it is easier for girls to get into parties - it's all about the ratios at Penn).

Great parties

Greek Life isn't a huge deal here. If you're interested in it, great, if not, you won't have any problems making friends or having a social life.

There is a lot of Greek Life attention and it's great, but not required at all to have a great time at Penn.

There are alot of Greeks and it is honestly divided by race for the most part. The Frats and Sorors that receieve funding from Penn are white. We do have Black, Hispanic and Asian-specific Frats/Sorors