<p>All I’ve heard is pessimistic views on trying to transfer to Wharton externally that is. Is it TRULY that hard? Is there any way I could get some sort of quant. figure on it?</p>
<p>I mean what is the NUMBER 1 thing that is valued in a transfer app? Reason for transfer? GPA? EC in college?</p>
<p>it’s just like transferring to Harvard or Yale, I’m sure they have WAY more qualified applicants than they have open slots. It’s safe to say that pretty much all competitive applicants are going to have a high gpa, good reasons, and awesome EC’s you just have to find that thing/s that sets you apart.</p>
<p>It is impossible. Don’t even try. Just stay where you are and apply to Wharton for grad school. If you apply now, you are competing against all the mini Donald Trumps with 2400 SAT’s that got rejected as HS seniors but still want to go to Wharton.</p>
<p>GPA is the main thing. Also, think about it this way. Most of the “competitive applicants” have already been accepted by Wharton the first time around. So even though the percentage accepted is low, remember that your competition is also less intense.</p>
<p>is there a way of transferring internally?</p>
<p>Like PENN CAS to Wharton?</p>
<p>or is it the same situation?</p>
<p>well finally some optimistic words, but will this schedule be adequate for “wowing” the adcoms if a high GPA is achieved?</p>
<p>Multivariable Calc Honors
Expository Writing
Stats (Next level above AP equivalent)
General Psychology
Intro to Microecon</p>
<p>So is the essay a really really pivotal part?</p>
<p>internal transfers are almost infinitely easier than external transfers, but still pretty damn hard. if you want to go to Wharton your best bet is to just apply as a hs senior and hope for the best. applying to SAS is tough because adcoms say they can smell out people trying to backdoor into Wharton, and if you get in you still need to maintain a very high GPA to transfer into Wharton just to be a year behind everyone else.</p>
<p>Essay is going to be a big part when you want to separate yourself from the HYP students with the same grades in tougher classes.</p>
<p>and on the application when they ask for “activities that have occupied your time in and out of high school or college” they mean that they want your college activities exclusively?</p>
<p>Your best bet is just not to apply.</p>
<p>yea, i mean you’re going to ruin your freshman year if your whole life is devoted to transferring to Wharton.</p>
<p>Hope for the best, plan for the worst.</p>
<p>You need to continue your academic career assuming you will not be attending Wharton. If you get in, great! However, the reality is that the chances are very low, and so you shouldn’t be putting all your focus on it and ruin your freshman year, as Venkat said.</p>
<p>You know why I put so much emphasis on Wharton?</p>
<p>It’s because if I get a liberal arts degree such as Economics from a state school that isnt michigan or virginia (i.e. NOT ranked in the top 50 nations in the US), then it’s quite clear I will have a lot of trouble getting a job on wall street for an i-bank or hedge fund. NAME does matter in business, no matter how much you may discount it for the time being. But it is what gets your foot in the door, and that’s one of the reasons a Wharton degree is so needed.</p>
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<p>I just wanted to point out that Donald Trump started college at Fordham and transferred to Wharton undergrad.</p>
<p>My uncle went to Ohio Wesleyan for undergrad and is now working in private equity on wall street making a **** load. OW is no where near as good as the vast majority of flagship state schools in the country. He just worked his ass off to get into Penn for his masters (CS) and then Sloan for his MBA. He says that some of the people above him just went to local schools like Long Island State and stuff like that. If you work hard enough you can make it onto Wall Street eventually.</p>
<p>^^^yeah, but that was like 30+ years ago when there wasn’t a college craze with SAT tutors charging more than lawyers.</p>
<p>Hedge funds have been dropping like a rock. I expect massive layoffs to begin soon and a thinning of the herd on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Yes, ECs when they ask for them mean that ANY ECs you participated in during college. That includes, in college & out of college.</p>
<p>And the essay is important. At the end of the day, the people just want someone relatable and the essay is pretty much the only way to show that. Just be yourself, and if you don’t get it, it wasn’t meant to be; you’ll find success other ways.</p>
<p>funployee - yes, you can transfer once internally after your freshman year. There are specific course requirements for Wharton transfers and the transfer is 100% GPA based. It varies each year, but figure on 3.7 or better make the cut.</p>
<p>For external transfers - it isn’t impossible, but the chances are very, very small simply because there are so few spots. Penn as a whole only accepts about 160 external transfers a year - I’ve heard the number “2” quoted as the number of external Wharton admits but I can’t lay my hands on actual documentation just now.</p>
<p>Donald Trumps dad was also a rich businessman who likely had tons of connections, in fact pretty much all of his early success is a direct result of his daddy helping him out.</p>
<p>when usually is the best time to crank out essays for the transfer application?</p>