AEM and WHARTON admissions

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hey guys, I just got waitlisted today by Cornell. I applied to AEM.</p>

<p>I also applied to Wharton.</p>

<p>I know Wharton takes approximately 500 kids out of 4000.
What about AEM?</p>

<p>What I’m trying to ask is: is it harder to get into Wharton or AEM?</p>

<p>The logical opinion would be Wharton. But if you look at the numbers, doesn’t AEM only take 100~ or so kids? In order to match the selectivity rate, about 800 kids would have to apply to AEM. </p>

<p>But I have a feeling that AEM has been getting a lot more attention from applicants to Cornell this year. Does anyone know the numbers on this?</p>

<p>Or do you think they might be looking for different things altogether? The consensus about AEM is that its academic and intellectual environment is more relaxed, while Wharton terrifyingly competitive.</p>

<p>In 11 hours but…Help! hahaha.</p>

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<p>It's difficult to quantify, because AEM is a major located within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - statistics are hard to obtain for it specifically. </p>

<p>But if you look at the avergae numbers for that particular college in general, and bump them up a little - yes, AEM does rival wharton in terms of level of difficulty for acceptances. I would say that although has a slightly higher admit rate, it might be deceiving because the applicant pool may not be as strong as the Wharton one.</p>