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College Exploration by: Duaa Qamar Thomas Bonsey Pd. 1, 1-22-14

College Exploration by: Duaa Qamar Thomas Bonsey Pd. 1, 1-22-14. General history.

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College Exploration by: Duaa Qamar Thomas Bonsey Pd. 1, 1-22-14

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  1. College Exploration by: DuaaQamar Thomas Bonsey Pd. 1, 1-22-14

  2. General history • The University of Pennsylvania dates its founding to 1740, when a prominent evangelist, George Whitefield, and others established an educational trust fund and began construction of a large school building at Fourth and Arch streets in Philadelphia. The building was designed as a charity school for the children of working-class Philadelphians and as a house of worship for Whitefield's followers. Foundations were laid, and the walls of the "New Building," as it was called, began to rise. The cost, however, was much greater than the available resources, and the project went unfinished for a decade. In 1749, Benjamin Franklin –- printer, inventor and future founding father of the United States –- published his famous essay, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth, circulated it among Philadelphia's leading citizens and organized 24 trustees to form an institution of higher education. Led by Franklin, they purchased the property of the New Building and assumed the responsibility of its educational trust. In 1751, Penn opened its doors to the children of the gentry and common people alike as the "Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania. "Franklin's educational aims –- to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service -– were innovative for the time. In the 1750s, the other Colonial American colleges educated young men for the Christian ministry, but Franklin's proposed program of study was much more like the modern liberal arts curriculum. His fellow trustees were unwilling to implement most of his ideas, and Penn's first provost, the Rev. Dr. William Smith, soon turned the curriculum back into traditional channels.

  3. Location Founding Year • Philadelphia, PA 19104-6376 • The school was founded in 1740 • Perhaps Franklin's greatest and most enduring creation is America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania. His 1749 pamphlet, "Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania," proposed a charter "with Power to erect an ACADEMY for the Education of Youth, to govern the same, provide Masters, make Rules, receive Donations, purchase Lands, &c. and to add to their Number, from Time to Time such other Persons as they shall judge suitable."

  4. Mascot & School Colors • - Their colors are red and blue; their sports teams are nicknamed the Quakers, and a Quaker mascot performs at football games.

  5. School Population Popular Majors • Full-time: 21,344 • Part-time: 3,286 • Total: 24,630 • Full-time Undergraduate: 10,319 • Full-time Graduate/professional: 11,025 • #= students • English and history traded places regularly as the most popular major, but within the last few years, economics has overtaken both.

  6. Featured Athletic Programs & Highlighted Activities • Penn offers many unique and exciting opportunities for students, faculty and staff to cheer on the mighty Quakers, participate in competitive team sports and stay physically fit at state-of-the-art, world-class training centers, including the Pottruck Center, Hutchinson Gym and the Fox Fitness Center.

  7. Faculty To Student Ratio & % of Students Living on campus • The student to faculty ratio is 6:1 • At this school, 55 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 39 percent of students live off campus.

  8. SAT Scores & Demographic breakdown • The middle 50% of scores, as well as the median scores, on each of the three SAT components, are as follows: • SAT Reading component: 680 to 770, with a median of 730 • SAT Math component: 700 to 790, with a median of 750 • SAT Writing component: 690 to 780, with a median of 750 • Of those accepted for admission to the Class of 2017, 50 percent are black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American. Women comprise 53 percent of all students currently enrolled.

  9. Tuition Cost + Living Expenses & Application VS. Accepted • Tuition- $43,738 • Total living on campus- $59,600 • Penn received 31,282 applications for admission to the Class of 2017. Of those applicants, 3,830, or 12.24 percent, were offered admission. 

  10. Credits • We got all of our information from-universityofpennsylvsnia.com, except the housing which we got from- college.com • Us for putting together this amazing project 

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