<p>For curiosity, if one has been rejected by Wharton this year, s/he can apply transfer for sophomore next year, but my question is, instead of transfer, can s/he apply for freshmen again next year? (by the time s/he applys, s/he is a fresmen student at other university)</p>
<p>No, I think Penn only does fall transfers, but if you wanted to transfer after one semester, say you drop out of the community college, then you could apply as a freshmen, but otherwise finish your first year.</p>
<p>thanks, what I meant was if a student applied for freshmen (Sep 2006) and rejected from Wharton, then s/he goes to another university for freshmen study.</p>
<p>If s/he still wants to go to Wharton in next fall (Sep 2007), s/he can apply to transfer to Wharton. My question is instead of transfer to sophomorem, can s/he applies to freshmen Wharton again for semister starting Sep 2007? (just like s/he repeats to study freshmen again)</p>
<p>No you can't. I'm pretty sure you have to apply as a transfer. It's like that at every other school, so I doubt Wharton is different. And why bother being a freshman twice? It's probably cheaper to just take a year off if you're that desperate to go to Wharton.</p>
<p>Also, Wharton isn't the entire world. You could also go to a different business school (there are plenty of other good ones) and then go to Wharton for grad or something</p>
<p>Since Wharton's acceptance rate is so low, it's risky to take a year off and aim soley at Wharton. Also will Wharton accept a student who is off a year, how to explain to Wharton?</p>
<p>Well applying to just one school is a stupid move in general. You should have more than one school. And yes, they might accept a student who takes off a year, but if you do so you have to have done something substantial. But seriously, there are other great business schools - Michigan has an awesome one. So do Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) and NYU (Stern). You should also check out those, which are almost up to par with Wharton.</p>
<p>which is better, stern & tepper?</p>
<p>Between Stern and Tepper, they're good for different things. If you want international business, Stern's actually better than Wharton even. But both schools are very highly ranked and very well established. Stern has about 500 kids, while Tepper is smaller with fewer than 100 students. Just because it's small doesn't mean it's not good though - I know a girl who is a SOPHOMORE and Apple already recruited her and they're flying her out to California this summer to work for them marketting, and giving her an apartment and everything. They're giving her a great salary and everything. Also, the Wall Street Journal recently ranked Tepper #2 Business School in US. I'm partial to Tepper, because I used to live in Pittsburgh and just love that whole city. </p>
<p>Stern offers a lot of good opportunities in NY - but then, Tepper offers them in Pittsburgh (and California, apparently). If you want to go into business, I would definitely recommend checking out both of them rather than drooling over Wharton only.</p>
<p>CMU is a very good, well-known school outside the little bubble in which I live called Pittsburgh. Stern is probably better if only for the location. Pittsburgh is a great city and Pitt and Duq are really close to CMU so you have a nice little college enviroment, but I'd go to NYU if I were you because NYC offers many more oppurtunites. Then again if you don't like the size of NYU or the fast paced life of NYC, surely come to Pittsburgh and watch the Steelers win and the Pirates lose for the next four years.</p>
<p>similar situation, rejected by wharton, got into stern but wondering if I go because of the finance as stern treats me as international student (no financial aid at all). I miss wharton as I might in the fantasia that I would get a nice financial package.</p>
<p>Should I go to stern with the heavy debto of $50,000 per year, is it worthwhile?</p>
<p>By the way, those numbers I mentioned before were class sizes - not the entire school. </p>
<p>Crazy4ivy, Stern is worth every penny if you MAKE SOMETHING of your education. Just going to Stern won't guarantee you a good job - nor will going to Wharton. You have to work hard and make something of those educations if it's going to be worthwhile.</p>
<p>I visited Tepper this weekend if anyone has any question i am happy to share my experience</p>