AcademicKid

Thanks for your insight, you made really valid points!

Wharton15

Like prinki said, it's a do-or-die situation when choosing Wharton over CAS. ED rates are very misleading, because they weed out the vast majority of people who don't think they have a legitimate shot.

By the way, Esoterical is mistaken--Wharton was 8.9% ED and 5.4% RD this year for a 7.5% admit rate overall. Remember there's also a solid half of the class below the average two-part SAT score of 1440. He/she is however correct in saying that rigor is critical.

And as poeme said, Wharton and CAS have essentially identical GPA/SATs, but Wharton kids are pretty different in the sense that working at a hedge fund the summer before freshman year is normal in Wharton and odd in CAS--not something you pick up on by looking purely at admit rates.

EsotericalApp

I was mentioning the overall rate of
Acceptance for upenn, not for
Wharton.

Wharton15

Then you are less off: http://thedp.com/files/interactives/...admissions.swf points to an ED rate of 26% and an RD rate of 9.5%, though obviously that varies greatly school-to-school. If Wharton's ED was only 8.9% then one stands to reason the ED rate to the rest of Penn was at or above 30% (I hear it's buoyed by a increase in the size of the nursing and engineering classes). But like I said, that doesn't automatically triple your chances of admission, because it's a self-selecting pool.

hopeful201

Wharton '15 - how do you have Wharton admit stats? I didn't see them published anywhere

bvpp93

Im sorry but a solid 50% had lower than 1440 on math and reading...so really the emphasis on sats is overrated?

carmel2k

@ Poeme. So when you apply to Upenn, you apply directly to one of the 3 Undergrad Schools within the University?

Poeme

Yes, when you apply to Penn you must choose either Wharton, the College, SEAS, or Nursing on your application. You are not required to choose a major however. You are only allowed to apply to more than one program if you are applying for a dual degree program like M&T, Huntsman, or LSM. In this case you are allowed to choose one of the schools as a back up because dual degree programs are very specialized and competitive. For example say someone is interested in medicine but they are also interested in the administrative components where it is good to have some business experience. They may want to apply to LSM and put the College as their backup in case they do not get into the program (it may not be a reflection of you but rather that you may not be the best fit for the program since it is so specialized).

Wharton15

hopeful201--the admit officer at my Penn Preview mentioned them. bvpp93--yeah, just like every other school. The number of poor scorers on the SAT at top schools is shocking. I mentioned in that same post that Wharton kids aren't better at academics, they just deliver more results and have more focused interests. I don't know who told you there was an emphasis on stats--it's no heavier than any top school.

deathblade127

wharton ED acceptance rate is much higher than - 8.9%. lets say they accept 250 whartonites ED , 8.9% admission rate = 2650 applicants. for the 650 cas aceptees, 50% acceptance rate?

i think the acceptance for ed wharton is more like 20%