What Are My Chances At Penn?

Much2learn
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:00:13 +0000

@BigJah

You don’t need to apply to SEAS unless you have some confidence. I am just giving you something to think about because you may not have thought about it, and you appear to fit the profile well. Still it depends on your interest. You could also major in econ, math, stats, or computer science in the college, or something else.

Choosing a school depends on what you want to do with it. If you are interested in Wall Street, you can get there from Wharton, CAS or SEAS. About 20% of CAS students end up in investment jobs and about 25% of SEAS students do too. SEAS students primarily go to work in for areas: the technology, engineering non-tech, consulting, and Investments. It could be worth investigating. One of the advantages of engineering is that it gives you more options. You can interview for investment jobs, but most Wharton students won’t be qualified of technology jobs. Many engineering students also eventually add an MBA later to strengthen their business background.

Transferring into SEAS for CAS students is only difficult for some because they don’t have the math and science rigor. SEAS does not want to admit a student if they are not confident the student will succeed. For a student with strong math and science, it is not difficult.