<p>I'm thinking about transferring to the college of liberal and professional studies (LPS) at UPenn.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what it's like? I know there are alot of older students, but will I still get the college experience of a traditional undergrad? Also, will it say "college of LPS" on my diploma when I graduate or are all UPenn liberal arts degrees the same? </p>
<p>I'm thinking about doing an Econ, Communications, or Int'l Relations major.
I know that LPS students can actually enroll in wharton courses, true of false?</p>
<p>LPS is mainly for adults like ticktock14 said.</p>
<p>The one’s I’ve met are around 30-34ish and usually have a lot of work experience in their majors. For the overall college experience, I don’t necessarily know too much about LPS student situations since I’m a traditional student. But they usually take night courses and some of them are provisionally admitted. The degree is different, it’ll say LPS, it’s similar to Columbia’s nontraditional degree from what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>I’m positive that you can take courses at Wharton but you won’t be able to transfer to another college.</p>
<p>I had the question as well. I would like to do a minor in Urban Studies, but I would like to go to Wharton and earn a degree in Finance. Can you transfer into Wharton from LPS?</p>
<p>As an LPS student, you are not permitted to take a full course load before you are 21 years old. LPS is meant for “continuing students,” i.e. not traditional college-age people. If you apply to and get accepted into the LPS program, do not expect to graduate when you are 22 year old. If you do things right, you could feasibly graduate only one or two semesters late, but that also depends on when you turn 21 and, therefore, when you can take a full courseload. </p>
<p>LPS students are students of the University, so they may take any course that they would like, provided they have the prerequisites needed. That said, in popular courses without an LPS section, LPS students have lower priority than freshmen for College courses and the lowest possible priority for courses outside of the College, so you likely will have a lot of trouble getting into, for example, the day section of ECON001 and ECON002… you will have first priority for the LPS (night) section of those courses, but if you want traditional college courses, LPS will make them difficult to get into.</p>
<p>Sorry for bringing up this old thread but I have to clarify this since this post shows up on google.</p>
<p>The LPS Undergraduate Handbook states:</p>
<p>Transfer from LPS to Other Schools at Penn
Students in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies who have completed at least eight courses and who wish to transfer from LPS to another school in the University are required to meet with the LPS advisor to discuss their plans. The student should contact the school of interest directly to learn of the admissions requirements to that school. The LPS advisor can initiate the process of forwarding the Internal Transfer form to the new school. The new school will notify students whether they have been admitted. Students who want to transfer to another school in the University but who have not completed eight course units in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies should withdraw officially from LPS and apply directly to the new school of choice through the Transfer Admissions Office, 1 College Hall.</p>
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<li>I am sorry but where in this statement from the undergraduate student handbook says that UPENN has to be your first school?</li>
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<p>The biggest problem is that you can’t take more than 2 classes a semester at LPS until you turn 21. But it is the same BA degree that undergraduates receive.</p>
<p>For the poster asking about Wharton, you would face the same Wharton internal transfer process as everyone else. I haven’t met any older people in Wharton who transferred from LPS. Wharton also has a policy of generally not taking internal transfers who previously transferred to Penn.</p>
<p>I know this is an old thread, but this must be clarified.</p>
<p>LPS Students are not eligible to transfer to CAS, because they offer the same degree.
LPS Students are also NOT eligible to apply for a dual degree or internal transfer to Wharton. </p>
You cannot be more wrong. Penn LPS students go through a rigorous and selective application like anyone else, and OF COURSE the criteria may be a bit different since LPS is NONTRADITIONAL and CAS is for TRADITIONAL students. However, according to UPenn’s OFFICIAL website:
Penn LPS students EARN THE EXACT SAME BA DEGREE as CAS students, and have EVERY privilege as Penn undergrads. LPS students are only another division of the several division of undergrads, CAS, Wharton, etc at Penn
@zanelulanova Why are you replying to threads from multiple years ago? I understand you want to get your point across, but if anything, just start a new thread saying that there has been a misunderstanding in the past and that you want to clarify it.