Furthermore, the directors all say their doors are open if students want to talk to them about their concerns.

"I'm available to see anyone who has a question about anything from financial aid to the quality of our health care," Rosenthal says.

The health service officials do not project any major changes in the near future, but Collins says Penn is making a concerted effort to better meet the concerns and needs of international students.

"One of our goals is to work with the officers of the international program because international students come from different cultures and have different languages, and they have different expectations of health care."

While some university health services may be a step up in some areas, but less attentive in others, the overall accessibility of health care at the schools is comparable. In fact, it seems safe to hazard a guess that U.S. News and World Report will not be initiating a health care category any time soon. Long Time No See?

The Crimson called undergraduate health services at a number of schools last week and asked how long it would take to set up appointments with physicians in the following areas. According to secretaries in the different departments, these were the current waits for non-emergency situations.

Standard Physical  Dermatology  Ophthalmology  Ort hopedics  Dentistry   If you have a case of severe acne.  If your eye has been irritated for a week  If your knee has been bothering you for a couple of weeks  If you have a toothache for a week Harvard  more than a week  four weeks  one week  two weeks  one week Penn  within 24 hours  four weeks  three weeks  two weeks  one week Yale  one week  four weeks  24 hours  four weeks  n.a. Princeton  within 24 hours  one week  n.a.  one week  n.a.

n.a.--The health service doesn't have a specialist in this field, so an appointment is arranged for the student at a local hospital.

NOTE: Dermatology, ophthalmology and orthopedics appointments can only be made after referrals from primary care.