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(11/17/21 3:56am)
On November 5, Penn sent yet another email congratulating itself for its minimal climate action. Student organizations have already released statements angered by the utter inaction and heavily exaggerated claims of progress. Penn’s lackadaisical approach to responding to student demands, from their climate inaction, to their refusal to pay Payments In Lieu Of Taxes, and their paltry response to calls to do so, are a direct result of the disconnect between the Penn’s Board of Trustees and the actual demands of the student body and the surrounding West Philadelphia community.
(10/03/21 9:50pm)
In Penn’s career survey for the Class of 2020, over 50% of graduates who went directly into the workforce went into some form of finance, with 20% going into consulting. The pre-professional culture at Penn places heavy prestige on careers in finance, which pressures many Penn students who would otherwise pursue different careers into consulting. The influence Wharton has on Penn’s reputation, both on campus and to the rest of the world, certainly props up that prestige. There are dozens of consulting and consulting-related student organizations listed on Penn Clubs, all influencing wide-eyed first years. And with Penn’s ever-increasing cost of tuition, students are coerced into seeking jobs with high starting salaries like consulting.
