<p>I got a scholarship to study Actuarial Science in the US, and the offer is twinning. Which top US universities accept twinning? Does Wharton Business School, UPenn accept?</p>
<p>You don’t need to go to Wharton to be an actuary…Does Wharton offer AS to begin with?</p>
<p>I think you meant ‘transfers’. They do, but I don’t think the success rate is high.</p>
<p>Aren’t you the guy who wanted to do pure science?</p>
<p>Oh, I’m his friend. I’m using his account.</p>
<p>I heard UPenn is the best for actuarial science. And I don’t think twinning is the same as transfer. Twinning is for foreign students… we do 2 years in our home country, then 2 years in a US university.</p>
<p>No offence, but it seems that you are a sucker for rankings and prestigiousness. I doubt Wharton has undergraduate AS per se.</p>
<p>Didn’t you know that you only need professional papers to qualify to be an actuary? </p>
<p>Some people out there may dispute your claim that Wharton is the best for AS. There’s UW in Ontario. Do check it out. </p>
<p>Which is basically -‘transfer’. No matter where you did your first two years, you’ll be applying as a transfer if you wish to change schools. That said, it is dreadfully difficult to enter top schools in the US as a transfer student. The chances may be lower than undergraduate admissions.</p>
<p>You see, this scholarship only approves of four universities which offer actuarial science, one of them is UPenn and another is UMichigan (I forgot the other two). So I was just wondering if I stand a chance at UPenn as a twinning (or like you said, transfer) student, which you replied “dreadfully difficult”. Thanks for the reply. I’m okay with any university. But if it really is “dreadfully difficult” to enter all 4 of them, then I might as well turn down the scholarship.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t be deterred by my words.</p>
<p>What are the other two universities?</p>
<p>Grain, if i’m not mistaken, you’re from Malaysian right? I believe you’re talking about transfering. Under twinning programs, you’re pretty much guaranteed admission if you achieve a certain GPA… Rather unlikely for UPenn…As for the first 2 years, is it something like the ADP? Would you mind telling us a little more about the scholarship, the conditions…etc?</p>
<p>elmy - I don’t know :P</p>
<p>frenchvanilla - Yes! I’m from Malaysia. I’m talking about the Public Services Department (JPA) scholarship. I have absolutely no idea how ADP and twinning work. Do I apply after studying two years locally, or do I apply before that? It’s a full scholarship, which covers everything from tuition fees to lodging to allowances. But I’ll be bonded to the M’sian government for 4 years.</p>
<p>How can you not know the two universities?</p>
<p>I mean you said you were given 4 choices and yet you don’t know what are the 4?</p>
<p>Grain, I’ve never heard of JPA scholars doing their first 2 years here and final 2 years in the US. From what i know, they do one year here (sort of like foundation, at INTEC, if i’m not mistaken) and they apply to the US as freshmen, not transfers… Also, JPA doesn’t limit it’s scholars to like, 4 universities. They do have a list of universities you can apply to, which includes schools like ohio state, purdue, UIUC (which are relatively easy to get into compared to UPenn) so you won’t have to worry about not getting in anywhere…</p>
<p>elmy - It’s not written anywhere that the scholarship only approves of 4 universities which offer actuarial science. I actually got that from my senior, who’s a holder of that scholarship. She told me a long time ago about the four universities, but I can’t remember now. She’s holidaying somewhere at the moment, so I can’t reach her.</p>
<p>frenchvanilla - That was last time. Starting from this year onwards, JPA only does twinning. Yeah, sad huh.</p>
<p>Anyway, yes, I can apply to universities other than the four. But my major will have be something closely related to actuarial science, like mathematics.</p>
<p>Yeah… starting from now, JPA only does twinning. That’s true and that also says a lot about the coffer in our government. :(</p>