Question to present and past Wharton students regarding program difficulty

platinumgold
Mon, 23 May 2011 17:48:48 +0000

Hi,

I will be attending wharton this fall. I’ll be the first one to admit that my quantitative/ mathematical prowess was not the strong suit of my application. I got a 2280 on the SAT (800 verbal and writing, only 680 math) and 3 800’s on SAT 2’s (Literature, Biology, World History) but only a 700 on Math 2. I figure what sealed my admission was the small business I founded and operated throughout high school that made about 20K of profit a year. I can definitley do math, I am not bad at it, I recieved A’s in all my high school math classes (including AP calculus which I got a 4 on) at a school known for its academic rigor but I feel like my success in that subject was achieved more through hard work and discipline than a natural affinity for the subject. Anyways, my question to all past and present whartonites is as follows: based on your knoweldge and experiences what is the correlation between math prowess and success at Wharton? In your honest opinion, do you think that someone like myself (who is definitley not weak at math but isn’t particularly strong at it) will be prevented (by their natural math ability) from achieiving A’s in certain Wharton courses. In other words, are Wharton’s classes the type of thing where a student can make up for their lack of math prowess by working that much harder than his peers who are better at math and recive top grades. Or do you feel that there is some sort of predetermined plateau in terms of GPA and grades that working really really hard won’t break through. Bottom line: can one make up for lack of math taelnt by working hard or not? Thanks! Honest answeres only! Ps: My goal gpa is 3.7 or higher.