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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Penn calls them schools...
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Each one has its own distinct admission office. One does not apply to the "University of Pennsylvania", one applies to the school of one's choice (at least at the graduate level) and is accepted or not by the school you applied to.
Canada has a system within which colleges and Universities are very different and the terms mean something completely different than they do in the states. Universities in Canada are the same as Universities in the states but colleges in Canada are more like American trade schools. In the US, a college is a "University" but with only one "school" where as American Universities have more than one school as in the University of Pennsylvania.
Also, American Universities and Colleges are either state supported or totally private. That matters inasmuch as state-supported schools must abide by non-statutory state and federal rules which can affect everything about the school whereas private Universities (such as Penn) are not bound by federal and state regulations other than the obvious statutory laws which, for example, might forbid teaching a course on overthrowing the United States Government.