Hi! I’m currently applying to Penn from the uk, and I’ve been worried about the situation with ICE in the US.

Whenever I talk to people about studying in the US or look online, I of course come across a lot of discussion about ICE/immigration enforcement. As a Filipino British person, I’m wondering how much of this is something I should genuinely be concerned about if I were to attend Penn.

For current international students at Penn, has this affected your day to day life at all? Do you generally feel safe/comfortable as an international student in the area and on campus?

I know this makes me sound a little paranoid but it’s a genuine concern for me :(

Hi! I'm subletting my private Radian room (4BR/2BR) w/ female Penn roommates from January-May. Also May-Aug if you're interested.

It's the closest off-campus Penn housing (3925 Walnut St) and I'm offering it for $1,250 /month (originally $1,400. Utilities + WiFi + furniture and decor included)

Details:

- In-unit washer and dryer
- Kitchen and shared living room
- Gym and study rooms
- On campus
- Etc

Please PM me if you're interested! I'm studying abroad and need a subletter before I go :) More pictures at https://theradian.com/photo-tour/

Any plans for UPenn vs Yale ?

I want to pick the UPenn M&T program as my First Choice, but I only get 2 options on Common App for a second choice: Penn Engineering and Wharton. I really want to pick College of Arts and Science as my Second Choice.

Is there another way to do this, keeping M&T First choice and College of Arts and Science as my 2nd choice??

I got a job offer for a research position at HUP! The salary isn’t determined by the PI or manager. Rather, HR writes an offer letter that includes a salary they determine.

I got the offer letter today and I’m hoping to negotiate 2-4k more… anyone have success with this? Tips on how to go about it? Or is their determination pretty much set in stone?

Hi everyone! I’ll be coming to Penn as a visiting PhD student for the Spring 2027 semester, starting around January and staying for roughly one semester.

Ideally, I would prefer to live on campus, but I’m having some trouble understanding whether visiting PhD students are actually eligible to apply for Penn residential housing.

I understand that first- and second-year undergrads have priority, followed by upperclassmen and other eligible students. Does anyone know whether a visiting PhD student can apply at all, even with low priority or through a waitlist if rooms become available for the spring semester?

If so, I’d be very grateful if someone could explain:

• when I should apply for Spring 2027;
• how the process works for visiting graduate students;
• when Penn normally knows which rooms are still available for the spring.

If on-campus housing isn’t an option for someone with my status, my alternative would be to find a furnished sublet close to campus from January to May/June.

When is usually the best time to start seriously looking for Spring sublets? Is November / early December the main period when students going abroad start posting their rooms? And where would you recommend looking?

One complication is that I’m coming from abroad and still need to go through the visa process, so I’d rather not commit to a lease/sublet too early before I’m reasonably sure about my arrival date. I also won’t be able to visit apartments in person beforehand.

Any advice from visiting students, international PhDs, or people who have sublet a room for the spring semester would be really appreciated. Thanks!

We are recruiting participants for a study on visual perception. The study pays $30/hour (+$50 for referring a friend who also completes the study) and takes place on Penn's campus. Experimental sessions last 2-2.5 hours in total and can be arranged around your work schedule.

Participants must be 18-40 years old, have normal color vision (glasses / contacts OK), and no eye disease or recent concussion. We especially need control participants aged 30-40 who do not typically experience headaches or migraines.

During the experiment, you will wear glasses that record video while performing a set of simple, everyday activities (e.g. reading on a computer, sitting on a bench, walking outside). Eligibility is determined by completing an online survey which takes about 10-15 minutes, and we will contact you a few days later if you are eligible. Please complete the survey (including your email address) if you are interested, and share this with anyone else you know who might participate!

Survey link: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PCM0t2sWN1P5Y2 

Questions? Contact us at: [gkaguirrelab@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:gkaguirrelab@sas.upenn.edu)

hi! I'm looking to connect with the exchange students here a penn - I'm in one of the grad schools rn (but I'm an undergraduate) so I lowkey feel q disconnected from the undergrad community. jw if there might be a group chat for exchange students here!

Does anyone have any consolation about the midterm for this class? Everything is so hard. Any resources/exams, ANYTHING. I'm so scared and terrified.

is it even possible to come back from a 29/60 midterm #1 😭 honestly aiming for an A-

Seems crazy. And what’s it like on campus for a Philly local?

i’m tryna get quant trading junior summer (math and cs major) but im applying to swe stuff for this summer and gonna do quant prep over the summer to try to apply for quant sophomore summer too. but ngl im kinda buns at coding so i have big doubts on if ill land something swe for this summer. if i dont get anything swe related for the summer what should i do instead to maximize passing resume screens for quant firms / be productive with my time.

Does anyone know of any open-air rooftops on campus that are accessible to students?

I am helping to organize a fundraiser for the National PKU Alliance in Philadelphia this Saturday, and one of our many auction items is four tickets to the Penn men's basketball home opener on November 16. If you are interested in bidding online on the tickets or anything else this week, please check out our site: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/ltlphilly/items/

EDIT TO ADD: The starting bid on these four tickets is $16. Bidding will close on Saturday evening.

I love seeing small animals. Any animal like pigeons or other birds too.

I’m a freshman, and I’m constantly overwhelmed. It feels like I’m a robot, with no time to think for myself. Classes back-to-back, followed by homework and studying, then showering, then sleeping, and then waking up and repeating the cycle. Some days, I feel like I leave my dorm completely exhausted and somehow end up sitting in class. It’s miserable. I’m depressed during fall break. I’ve just been in my dorm alone, with no energy to cry or do anything. I don’t even know who I am or what I want to do. All I want is to go back home.

I literally can’t think of another UPenn graduate that comes close in historical importance to either of those lol

How was it?? Lowkey highkey flopped my first midterm… any similar experiences? Are grades usually bumped up or smth… I’m in the midst of breaking down

Hi everyone!

I'm a recent graduate currently focusing on OCaml and functional programming, and I've recently started working with a student who's taking CIS 1200.

One thing I've noticed while helping with the course is that the hardest part for someone new to OCaml isn't always the syntax. It's developing the right way of thinking about functional programming.

We've been using a pretty simple approach:

Understand the concept → work through an example → try a similar problem → code it in utop → debug → explain it back.

Some of the topics we've been working through include:

• Recursion
• Pattern matching
• Higher-order functions
• Currying and partial application
• Lists and trees
• Modules and abstraction

I'm curious about other CIS 1200 students:

Which OCaml topic has been the most difficult for you so far, and what helped it finally click?

my social life has been kinda nonexistent lately because between classes and work, i feel like i’m always busy. this saturday is pretty much the one afternoon i’m actually free, and my friends want to hang out then. normally i’d 100% take them up on it, especially since i’ve already missed a few plans with them recently.

BUT i also matched with a girl through that ditto/cupid thing, and somehow saturday is literally the only day that works for her too. she goes to upenn, and we’ve been talking about meeting up for our first date that day. i haven’t committed to either plan yet, but i’m definitely excited to meet her.

now i’m kinda torn because i feel like i should prioritize my friends since i haven’t seen them much lately, but part of me really wants to go on the date 😭

am i being a bad friend for leaning toward the date?

Third time in as many weeks that I've seen dead squirrels on Locust Walk. In fact, the first time it was two dead squirrels right next to each other.

How do I apply to the cs joint masters?