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University of Pennsylvania - Computers - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.85

Computers

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Wireless Access Yes
In all UPenn buildings
24-Hour Labs? Yes
Charles Adams, College House, Computing Lab, Harrison College House Computing Lab, Huntsman Hall, International Program Harnwell, Long Island Friends of Penn Computer Area, Rosengarten Lab, and Towne PC Labs
Charged to Print? Yes
Computer Labs 28 - total
Operating Systems
  • Mac
  • Windows

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Approximately 95 percent of Penn students bring their own computer to school. Most would agree that possessing a personal system makes life easier when it comes to late-night work sessions and work on last minute assignments. A computer also allows students to download music and movies, a common procrastination tool at Penn. On the other hand, the fact that so many people own a computer means that those who don’t have more than their share of public computer stations; there are many more public computers on campus than there are students without one of their own.

Wireless Internet is available in every Penn building. The fast and easy connection proves to be important as the school largely bases its communications system around the computer. Some classes distribute information through Blackboard, an online teaching tool, and many important school announcements are made through e-mail. Things are complicated and busy enough at Penn; don’t make things more confusing for yourself by not bringing or renting a computer.

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Computers at University of Pennsylvania

swoosh18

'15

Fine Arts

4.2
A-

Very Good Campus Computing

I am a freshman and have been able to get by so far this year without a laptop. I am only one of a few, and it often does get to be a hassle sometimes not having my own computer; however, it's definitely doable. There are 24/7 computer labs in all of the college houses. There are also computers available at different libraries around campus. Printing is not free, but if you are in desperate need for free printing at some time, you can always go to the Arch building. I've heard that the WiFi reliability isn't always that great, though.

Jan 16, 2012

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Computers at University of Pennsylvania

mdeces

'14

Nursing

3.5
B

Computers in Undergraduate Schools

Wireless is good but for the computer labs in individual schools you can only log on if you are a student in that undergraduate school

Jan 04, 2012

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jalammo

'15

Economics

1.2
D

Pissed

If you're not in Wharton, you don't have access to 3/4 of the computers on campus. I hate Penn.

Dec 31, 2011

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Special Software & Hardware Discounts

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Corel Painter, Dragon Naturally Speaking, FileMaker, Final Draft, Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), MindManager

Free Software

Fetch, FileZilla, Kerberos, Leash32, NewsWatcher, Eudora, Macromedia Flash, MatLab, QuickTime, StuffIt Expander

Did You Know?

Yahoo!’s Most Wired Colleges cited Penn College House Computing as an outstanding model for its “impressive tech-support network” and innovative student computing services. College House Computing also sponsors free classes covering topics ranging from HTML programming and Flash animation to using Excel or PowerPoint, mastering hardware basics, and more.

The world’s first large scale electronic computer, ENIAC, was developed at Penn in 1946.

The ratio of Penn students without personal computers to public access computers on campus is 1:1.4. The ratio of students with or without personal computers to computers is 27:1.

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