<p>How much harder is it to be accepted into Wharton the Just Penn Arts and Science?</p>
<p>well from my understanding you dont get accepted into Wharton your freshman year, you apply to Wharton once you are in Penn at the end of your sophomore year and if your GPA and ECs are up to par, then you get in</p>
<p>I am not 100% sure though, although that’s how Berkeley’s Hass school works, and they accept around 50% of of those who apply at the end of sophomore year, so Wharton would be harder</p>
<p>ib612, what about Pre-Med at Brown or Cornell? I am really not too sure if I should declare a major when I apply for school although I think I would like to be in the medicine field one day.</p>
<p>ib612 is wrong. You are accepted into Wharton for freshman year. I think the Wharton acceptance rate hovers around 10%, where the university has an overall acceptance rate of about 17%</p>
<p>ib612 is wrong. You apply to Wharton as a high school senior. Penn does allow you to transfer between the undergraduate schools once you are here (College, Wharton, Engineering, Nursing) and that is subject to fulfilling prereqs and maintaining the necessary GPA (3.8 for Wharton which is very difficult to get when your courses are curved to B/B-). However, the majority of people in Wharton (~400/500) were admitted as freshmen. If you want to major in business at Penn apply to Wharton as a high school senior.</p>
<p>Wharton is more difficult to get into from high school in the sense that there is more competition for each seat. The acceptance rate is lower than for the College or Engineering. However, SAT scores, class rank, and other statistics are very similar among the different schools at Penn.</p>
<p>ib612 is incorrect, wharton accepts freshman students straight out of high school</p>
<p>and some students transfer from the college to wharton after freshman year, but they must have a very high gpa to do so</p>
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<p>5 seconds on google revealed otherwise. When it comes to stuff that’s this easily verified… don’t spread around misinformation.</p>
<p>You apply to it just like any other college.</p>
<p>well i think yr question is hard to answer cuz ppl can get into wharton if they’re math/science geniuses whereas the college is looking for ppl who can do it all. so if u can only do business and do it really really well but not english, then wharton is great. if yr gifted in multiple areas but don’t have a proclivity for business, then the college. 2 different schools and programs…</p>
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<p>You can’t be bad at English and expect to make Wharton. Similarly, you can’t only be good at business.</p>
<p>do most ppl who apply to wharton apply as as ED? cus they have their eyes set on the “greatest busines school on earth” right :S</p>
<p>“do most ppl who apply to wharton apply as as ED? cus they have their eyes set on the “greatest busines school on earth” right :S”</p>
<p>A lot of people do and a huge percent of people get rejected (more than other schools of UPenn ED). Don’t think Wharton ED will be easier to get into because it really isn’t. But a lot of people get rejected at RD too</p>
<p>Undergrad b-school is a bad idea anyway. Best used as a supplement to a liberal arts/sciences degree.</p>
<p>^Doesn’t Wharton emphasize that its students also receive a strong liberal arts education?</p>
<p>I agree with ilovebagels. Why take 4 years to get a BBA when you can get a MBA (which is superior to a BBA) in two years? I mean you can major in econ at a great school like U of C and get a degree in Econ and then go for MBA. I mean the majority of students that are applying to MBA schools don’t have a BBA. Simple to say, why spend 4 years getting a BBA when you can get a better degree, MBA in less time and using less money and have diversity in your resume (aka you have different degrees so you have different experience and perspective).</p>
<p>Because the only comparable background in getting into wall street is maybe harvard econ (and even thats leaning more to management than finance). Plus a much more driven student body?</p>
<p>PS - from what I’ve heard Chicago econ is more theoretical than applied which isn’t bad but suits research more than doing business.</p>
<p>because, cdz512, if you are sure you want to go into business (in particular, finance-related fields), there is no better way to enter than directly from an undergrad business school. if you’re set on finance, why waste your time studying for some random degree and THEN try to get into a good mba school? if you REALLY think adding another degree is that useful (i personally do not agree at all, unless it is in engineering), then tack on a BA or BS from cas or seas.</p>
<p>plus, given the opportunity to go to wharton undergrad and passing it up is very risky, imo. no guarantees you can get into a school like this for an MBA</p>
<p>finally, i don’t think you understand the mindset of most wharton students. simply put, most wharton students would not consider an econ degree from u of c a sufficient substitute because these degrees are COMPLETELY different. most wharton students don’t give a crap about the theory behind economics. they want practical applications.</p>
<p>“if you are sure you want to go into business (in particular, finance-related fields), there is no better way to enter than directly from an undergrad business school.”</p>
<p>That I do have to agree but the chances aren’t that big at all. Only a handful of schools have BBA programs. What about the bright students that don’t get accepted?</p>
<p>“plus, given the opportunity to go to wharton undergrad and passing it up is very risky, imo. no guarantees you can get into a school like this for an MBA”</p>
<p>There also no guarantee for the thousands of people applying to Wharton. I mean less than 500 students get in compared to the thousands and thousands of applicants.</p>
<p>“simply put, most wharton students would not consider an econ degree from u of c a sufficient substitute because these degrees are COMPLETELY different.”</p>
<p>Your talking about the students who are in Wharton which would that make your statement totally bias wouldn’t it? Obviously people who are in Wharton wouldn’t agree that econ is a good substitute because they are getting a BBA! What about the people who didn’t get into Wharton? I mean for the people who didn’t get into Wharton, they would think that Econ is a good way to substitute it.
I mean think about, it’s like saying that the people in Harvard Med School don’t think that WUSTL or Duke Med is a good substitute for Harvard Med School. But WUSTL and Duke students won’t mind and think that they are getting a great education. </p>
<p>“if you’re set on finance, why waste your time studying for some random degree and THEN try to get into a good mba school?”</p>
<p>Again you are talking to the small percent of people who are in BBA programs. The people who aren’t fortunate to be in a BBA program would think that Econ is a good choice and thus not random.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you apply to whichever school’s program at Penn best fits you- regardless of admissions statistics!</p>
<p>ba in econ is a fair second place to a bs in econ, agreed. However, please also consider that we are not considering some random BS in econ; we are talking about Wharton School of Business. An education from there is widely recognized as a close substitute for an MBA. Even the salaries are comparable (take a BS in econ 5 years out and it’s the same salary of an MBA student coming out of school–most of whom will have about 5 years of experience before ever entering an MBA program).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t apply to the College if you’re interested in business. If you go to Penn, you might as well go to the school that best fits you.</p>