<p>For freshman who's transferring, my guess is that they weigh your HS transcript pretty seriously, so I'd imagine that they'd want it</p>
<p>hey guys,</p>
<p>i'm a Canadian student applying for wharton as an incoming junior (very low chances). however, my GPA is basically straight A's and A+'s (we run on a 4.33 scale) and I'm probably in the top 1% of my peers at school. I also am a successful licensed realtor and have run a few business case competition workshops in addition to a financial literacy week seminar for lay students.</p>
<p>what do you guys think my odds are and how much emphasis do they put on the school name? my reccs include a former Upenn Ph.D student and assistant teacher who teaches money and banking at our school as well as an experienced finance prof. I was one of the best students they've ever had so I hope I get good reccs.</p>
<p>Hey Guys,
Sorry to get you a little off track:
I applied last year to Nursing and Health Care Management (Wharton) and was denied. I really don't think that the program was the correct choice for me. Penn has a different program that I have found a lot of interest in. It's located in the college. The major is called Health and societies, I would want to double major with economics. I only have a 3.67 for this first semester. I attend a rigorous liberal arts college in the state of Missouri. I am very involved on campus, I have started a club and am an officer in my fraternity. The classes that I took where above the level of most freshman. I took a few non-required courses just to challenge myself. I think this may have been a stupid move because I got a B in one of them. Anyways do you think I have a shot at admission? I am not very happy where I am. The social life is awful and the school really just doesn’t have a program or a major that suits my interests.</p>
<p>College GPA: 4.0 (17 credits)
High School: 3.3ish, 27 ACT</p>
<p>Will my high school record hurt me or will this be seen as an improvement?</p>
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<p>Well, kinda. Usually, I'm sure the adcoms would be more stricken by a 4.0 from a Ivy over a state school over a CC (ceterus paribus), but that doesn't mean that you have no shot if you go to the last two.</p>
<p>I was just talking about 2ndchoice. A 3.3 HS with a 27 ACT is bad for Wharton, and a 4.0 at a state college might not make up for it. At a good private, it most likely will be though.</p>
<p>By state I meant the average state school and by private I meant top 50 LAC/University.</p>
<p>would you consider rutgers to be in there?</p>
<p>Add me to the Wharton transfer list...stats below...Wharton is one of my top choices behind HYS (<---rejected from all 3 as a freshman).</p>
<p>College:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.85
Credits: 45 after this semester
College: University of Chicago
Major: Econ
Clubs: Black Student Union, Student Board of Academic Integrity, LEAD</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning: 2290 (on 2400 scale) and 1540 (on 1600 scale)
SAT Subjects: Math 2c: 770 and Literature: 740
GPA: 3.87 uw dont know weighted
Ransk: 9/330
AP: (place score in parenthesis): USH(4) ECON(5) FRENCH(5) CALCAB(4) WH(5) CHEM (3 Yikes!)
ECs: Soccer 4 years (3 year varsity), Basketball 4 years (4 year varsity), Ran track for my High school and broke to school records 100m and 800m, chess club 4 years, tutoring and out-of-school volunteering, NHS member
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, American Math Competition school winner
Familial ties:None
Ethnicity: URM
HOOK: Dad is an Ambassador
Anti Hook- income 200k+</p>
<p>how do you start a thread? I'm new. I feel retarded. :[</p>
<p>would it be bad if you get a recommendation from a teacher who knows you "not-as-well"? Would this hurt your chances?</p>
<p>UMichigan .</p>
<p>Wow...Wharton transfers...Good luck.
You need 4.0s and 5 on the Calc BC test to start with...
And even with that, the transfers are mostly people who already attend
top 20s and who are seeking a program their schools don't offer.
jmoney00 looks like he has a shot.</p>
<p>So, what's new potential whartonites?</p>
<p>Count me in. Wharton's my 4th choice (after HYS).</p>
<p>Stats:
University of Texas
Business Honors/Plan II Honors
GPA: 4.0
ACT: 34
SAT: 2200
HS Rank: 13/741
ECs: Texas Ultimate Frisbee Team (9th ranked college team/589 in the nation), Senate of College Councils, Intramural Basketball Team Captain, Breakdancing Club, Honors Business Association
Awards: NMS, AP National Scholar, not much else.
Ethnicity: Taiwanese/Cantonese. Here's where I lose, haha.</p>
<p>Anything else I missed? JMoney and I are in the same boat.</p>
<p>I odn't think you necessarily need a 5 on the BC test. If you don't get a 5, you can just take Differential Calc and Integral Calc in college and get A's, and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>are there any past successful applicants who can share their stats with us??
Thanks!</p>
<p>from what i've read and seen, Wharton consistently (key word) takes students from NYU and UM, which happen to have the best undergraduate BUSINESS programs aside from Wharton (Sloan students don't usually transfer and Haas has a 2-year jr-sr program). Also, notice I say business program not economics for all you UChicago lovers. I'm not saying they take a LOT of students but it almost seems that a couple spots are traditionally (not officially) allocated to students from NYU and UM. </p>
<p>But I've also heard another reason for consistent wharton transfers from these 2 schools is simply the sheer number of applicants. </p>
<p>Since there are ~25 spots (I've heard 20-22 sophomore transfer, 3-5 max junior transfers) and an applicant pool of 350-400+, I think that coming from one of the top business programs or top 15 college/LAC in general (aside from HYPSM as most prolly don't transfer out of there) will definitely boost your chances.</p>
<p>It seems that if you're not from one of these colleges, you're simply going to be another applicant (however qualified or not) from one among many similar colleges. </p>
<p>Just my 2 cents, take it for what it's worth.</p>
<p>I don't think there are only 25 spots for wharton transfers; and i think that wharton, like many other transfer schools, seeks diversity in their admitted pool. Of course the majority may be Stern and Ross applicants who are accepted, but I bet there are also McCombs students and students from other publics who get in as well. I definitely don't agree that one will "simply be another applicant however qualified or not." That's ridiculous; you're telling me a 4.0, 2400 student from say...University of Kentucky is the same as a 2.0 student from NYU? NYU and Michigan are great schools, but by no means do they empower an applicant who is not as qualified as another.</p>