<p>savvymom - wharton does not necessarily look for business experience (either real-life internships or high school clubs).....of course, it could be a plus, but business experience is in no way mandatory....since business essentialy includes all fields, someone graduating from wharton may work in the medical field, goto law school, international relations, public service, etc. etc......because of the broad nature of business, i THINK that an admissions officer would appreciate "other" activities an applicant is interested in, since the applicant may end up using/applying his/her wharton degree to those "other" interests....so tell your daughter to do whatever it is that interests HER....if wharton/penn likes her for who she is (if she sells herself well too, of course), then good....if they don't like HER (then it is their loss and she can move on).....she should not lose out on what SHE wants to pursue for the possibility of "pleasing" wharton (since such a thing probably does not exist).....good luck!
-leo</p>