Penn People Are Total Downers

Recently, the Penn Medical school moved up to third in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. The school leapfrogged Duke (who it was tied with before) and Washington U. in St. Louis to move into that spot, behind just Harvard and Johns Hopkins.

Sure, these lists are usually pretty meaningless, but you still might smile and feel proud if you’re a hard-working, Penn med student, researcher, teacher, whatever. Unless you’re this guy:

A Penn clinical professor who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the recognition might attract sicker patients who overwhelm the system.

“That’s my initial instinct: ‘Oh god, another award.’ We don’t need any more people knocking on our door,” he said.

Ohh, I feel so bad for you, professor. So bad.

Medical School moves up to third in nation [Daily Pennsylvanian]
Photo by Sarah Baker