<p>Is it possible to get duel degree program in Econ from Wharton and Computer Science from the school of engineering without being in the Jerome Fisher program?</p>
<p>I know that very few people are taken into the Jerome Fisher program, especially after freshman year (I think i heard only 5 spots are reserved for transfers into it), so I was wondering whether the Econ and Comp Sci degrees could be achieved as an unaffiliated Duel Degree instead.</p>
<p>If it can be done, how hard would it be to be accepted into this Duel Degree program after a freshman year only in Wharton?</p>
<p>I was just wondering, say I don’t make M&T (very good chance) and end up in SEAS. Is it still possible for me to get a dual degree from SEAS (Either ChemE or BioE) and Wharton? Would the schedule leave place for multiple concentrations (from SEAS and Wharton)?</p>
<p>It’s possible to do in four if you start as early as possible and plan for it. If you change your mind too late, you’re out of time. Requires much planning.</p>
<p>There are tradeoffs to be made everywhere. Which engineering discipline? Which and how many Wharton concentrations? M&T (basically only available to incoming freshmen from now on) or dual degree (possible to apply for at end of freshman year, almost all are eng. students adding wharton). Full BSE or BAS? Summers? AP Credit? </p>
<p>Personally, I could graduate M&T in three years maybe (lots of AP credit, a summer, and only 1 concentration). Five years can get expensive; many M&T’s stay for 1 summer(1 summer is roughly worth 1 semester).</p>
<p>Of course, most M&T’s are capable of making these decisions and handling the tradeoffs :-)</p>
<p>If so it’s a BSE in ChemE with two concentrations and 1 concentration from Wharton (although I won’t mind another one). Let’s say 1 summer (won’t mind 2).</p>
<p>2) SEAS doesn’t have concentrations, so good luck with that one. A more realistic position would be a BSE in CBE (Penn has chemical and biomolecular engineering, not chemical engineering) with 1 or 2 concentrations from Wharton. 1 summer taking the right classes. You could do that in 4 years with the right AP credits. </p>
<p>Note that <em>at the minimum</em> a dual degree is 46 credits. That means you either need to take 6 classes most semesters or take a summer.</p>
<p>Again, CBE doesn’t have concentrations the way Wharton does. You need to take your 5 CBE electives, and if you lump them all in one area, you can call it a special name. One such ‘concentration’ is reasonable; that’s within your curriculum. Trying to get 2 is going to require extra time.</p>
<p>But is it hard to get accepted into one of these duel degree programs or is it more of just the matter of fitting all of the required classes into your schedule?</p>
<p>Also how would the difficulty of a duel degree with wharton and computer science compare with a duel degree with wharton and real engineering? I’d imagine the computer science one involves less than the one with real engineering but I don’t know.</p>
<p>It’s very difficult to get acceptance to the duAl degree programs. You can either apply as an incoming freshman to the M&T program or apply for a dual degree at the end of your freshman year. For a wharton dual-degree the GPA cutoff is an absolute minimum of 3.4, but has been 3.7/3.8 in recent years in practice. If you’re considering such a program, your best chances are with applying to M&T as a freshman. Fitting the classes into your schedule is a challenge; it’s harder to get into the programs.</p>
<p>dual Wharton and CS is pretty much the same as Wharton / any other engineering. The easy one <em>was</em> with systems, but that’s been toughened up. Of course, a dual with CS will get you many more job offers, but thats another story for another thread…</p>