<p>“Nobody in their right mind turns down Wharton”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/faq.html#Q2[/url]”>http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/faq.html#Q2</a></p>
<p>except for the 200 out of 700 people who are admitted each year. So, 28% of the smartest and most business-skilled high schoolers in the country aren’t in their right mind? turning down wharton for a completely free education at the 21st nationally ranked business school and 3 honors programs is completely legitimate in my opinion. you are entitled to have your own.</p>
<p>i admit wharton gives the best undergraduate business education, but my reasons for turning it down are valid. </p>
<p>remember what i said - business is more about the individual. im smart enough to go to UMD, graduate extremely high in my class, get a great job, and make just as much money as i would out of wharton and get equal grad school placement to boot. i dont need to pay an extra 180k over the 4 years, even if i can afford it. its just an unnecessary expense.</p>
<p>and im completely entitled to talk trash about babson. anyone is. bash UMD all you want. </p>
<p>i admit it i had no idea what IME was, but my original reasoning still holds true. business is more about the person. it doesnt matter how many of these “hands-on” programs babson has - a good education can’t make an otherwise clueless person into a great businessman, just as a lower-ranked education will not make a brilliant businessman stupid.</p>