When you apply to Penn, our application supplement asks you to respond to the following prompt:
How will you explore community at Penn? Consider how Penn will help shape your perspective, and how your experiences and perspective will help shape Penn.
To help you consider this question, some of the resource centers and hubs that are part of Penn’s University Life team are listed below. In addition to these, there are more than 400 student clubs and organizations to create your own path as you learn and grow on campus and in the incredible city of Philadelphia!
Some of Penn’s resource centers include:
- Academic Support & Disability Services: Weingarten Center
- Arts & Culture at Penn
- Civic Engagement at Penn
- Greenfield Intercultural Center: fosters inclusion and intercultural understanding
- International Student and Scholar Services
- La Casa Latina: The Center for Hispanic Excellence
- Makuu: The Black Cultural Center
- Native and Indigenous Support at Penn
- Netter Center for Community Partnerships
- Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH)
- Penn First Plus (P1P): community and support for first generation and lower income students
- Penn Global Centers and Programs: including cultural or regional studies
- Penn Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Center
- Penn Women’s Center
- Naval ROTC
- Spiritual and Religious Life (SPARC)
- Wellness at Penn