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<li><p>How does double majoring work at penn. What percentage of the student body does it? Do I have to know Im doing it going in (apply in advance or something)?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you ever feel like the professors arent focused enough on undergrads (too preoccupied with research or grads)?</p></li>
<li><p>Is roommate assignment completely random?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
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No but you can choose it to be. </p>
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Double major at Penn is just like other schools. You don’t have to declare a major until your first semester of your sophomore year (you have to have a major by the second semester).</p>
<p>1) the joint degree programs are inherently double major, and you apply in advance to those; otherwise, you can elect to do the dual degree whenever you want (assuming you meet any gpa requirements, which are 3.0 for college / engineering and something 3.8ish for wharton)</p>
<p>2) some profs are, some aren’t, it’s kinda a matter of luck… but the best profs are often very accessible if you take the time to get to know them</p>
<p>3) you can choose to room with a specific individual if you know them, otherwise it’s random according to your preference for a low floor, early / late rising, and something else i can’t remember</p>
<p>I would say that maybe more than 70% of Penn double majors. It’s incredibly popular.</p>
<p>Also, you can double count, to a certain extent, between both majors, which is nice.</p>
<p>For two majors in the college, you need 18 unique classes I believe. I was going to double major in sociology and criminology, which would have been possible with 19 credits[although stupid since it is basically double majoring in a single major]. A large number of people I know are double majoring[or atleast majoring in something with a minor or two in something else].</p>
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I think you are describing Wharton only though and I’m not totally sure which school the OP wants to go to. For other schools (CAS, SEAS, Nursing) it is different.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot everyone. Btw the school I’m looking at is CAS.</p>
<p>If you want to double major in CAS (i.e. Poly Sci and Physics)it is very easy. You just declare and make sure you fulfill all the necessary requirements for each major. You do need 18 unique classes, but that shouldn’t be too difficult to do. If you want a second major in a different school (i.e. Poly Sci with either Finance or BE) you’ll need to internally transfer to that other school as well and be a dual degree applicant. To do so you’ll need to fulfill some course pre reqs and have a minimum GPA (3.8 for Wharton, 3.0 for SEAS). I would say it is very common for people in CAS to double major (and the majority at least get a minor). Many majors lend themselves to double majors (poly sci, math) and many majors have only 12 courses you need to take, so you’ll find with all the extra room it’s very easy to double major.</p>
<p>cdz512, that was for the schools indicated (college / engineering / wharton)</p>
<p>other than the joint wharton-nursing program i’ve never heard of any nursing students doing dual degrees</p>
<p>^true true (most likely because people in nursing aren’t exactly at the level of CAS)</p>
<p>it’s not a 3.8 4 wharton. it’s 3.4 but to be competitive u should aim towards 3.7. a lot of ppl do cas and wharton degrees but some of them come from wharton 2 cas or from cas 2 wharton. i’m thinking of double majoring and having one of my majors be cas b/c i <3 business but i’m interested in the humanities</p>
<p>^3.4 is the minimum to apply. In the past 3 cycles the cutoff has been basically a 3.8. They take all of the people who have the prereqs and just go down the list based off of GPA. Courses you take, ECs, etc. aren’t factored in. My friend had a 3.79 and missed the cut last year. If you have bellow a 3.7 GPA chances are slim that enough students with GPAs higher than you would have not filled out the transfer application. The process is so easy that most of my non Wharton friends who had good GPAs after first semester freshman year filled out the transfer application.</p>
<p>uhh what</p>
<p>people in nursing are definitely at the level of college kids</p>
<p>and we know it’s not explicitly a 3.8 for wharton, but realistically that’s the limit imposed</p>