Transfer - Wharton or CAS?

legendofmax
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:05:01 +0000

You can take MGMT 100 as a CAS student, but not too many people do so because… why would you want to? It’s widely known as a pretty arbitrary, fluffy class that embodies the nature of BS.

And yeah, you can apply for a dual degree, but you still need to get into Wharton for that. Students can apply for either a transfer into Wharton or a dual degree with Wharton (both draw from the same pools) but you need to fulfill certain prereqs and have a sufficiently high GPA. When I transferred internally, the cutoff was 3.7 Penn GPA, but it’s only been rising since then (last I remember it was at 3.8+, wouldn’t be surprised if it were 3.9 now).

Most of the transfers occur between freshman and sophomore year, and there are very few transfers after that. Slapping on a dual degree starting junior year would be very tough. You’d have to be extremely diligent about taking all the classes you need and keeping up the grades so you don’t fall behind. Taking 6 classes/sem is not unusual for a dual degree student.