Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Friday, March 13, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

38th and Spruce Street Intersection

Print

Finding a path to Penn

By Aminata Sy · March 30, 2016

Close to home but a world away for many Philadelphia high school students, Penn's high standards make it nearly impossible for many students to apply or to be accepted at the university.


The Latest







131001 University of Pennsylvania - Men's & Women's Golf Practice at Phila. Crickett

While the spring season is just getting started for Penn women’s golf, it’s been a journey long in the making, dating back to last year. The current academic year featured four fall tournaments — and they started with a bang.


Freshman Matt O'Neill's solo home run tied Penn baseball with Villanova, 1-1, but eight runs in the last two innings for the Wildcats sealed the Quakers' fate.

Penn baseball hosted a familiar midweek foe on Tuesday — with an all-to-familiar result that followed. In the opening contest of the Liberty Bell Classic, Villanova came over to Meiklejohn Stadium after beating the Quakers, 6-1, on March 16.