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<p>In the same way that MIT offers a course - “New Enterprises” is the name - for promoting entrepreneurship (and the like), does Penn also have (at the least) classroom-based similarities?</p>

<p>I realize that the atmosphere overall is really conducive towards the whole start-ups deal, but how common / how successful are start-ups at Penn actually like?</p>

<p>Etc.</p>

<p>(thanks guise)</p>

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<p>Wharton’s got the management concentration with a focus on entrepreneurship; engineering’s got the engineering entrepreneurship minor. Look into both.</p>

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<p>^^ Wharton of course promotes entrepreneurship but 90% of students actually go into finance or consulting.</p>

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<p>^ It’s not 90%–more like 70% or so.</p>

<p>However, Wharton has one of the oldest, largest, and most robust entrepreneurship programs in the world:</p>

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<p>[About</a> Wharton Entrepreneurship](<a href=“http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/aboutWep.html]About”>http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/aboutWep.html)</p>

<p>And anyone interested in entrepreneurship should explore the entire Wharton Entrepreneurship web site:</p>

<p>[Wharton</a> Entrepreneurship](<a href=“http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/default.aspx]Wharton”>http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/default.aspx)</p>

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>If some one has taken Math 114 with Professor Powers or Math 114, can you please elaborate more on how it is graded? I currently have Professor Powers, and I heard that last year, 50% of the students in his class received some form of an A. Does this mean if you’re over the median on the midterms, you’ll get an A as long as you get an A on the final? Please help.</p>

<p>Good luck on college decisions for high schoolers, and for college students, good luck on finals!</p>

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<p>Lol bump for ED 2017</p>

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<p>How long does it take to get the acceptance letter in the mail?</p>

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<p>Collegebound264, you should get it within just a couple days after receiving the online notice. I got mine two days after getting the email, but some international students had to wait a week or two.</p>

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<p>Is there are required/ recommended laptop for CAS.??</p>

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<p>Hi rebel11,
A laptop is definitely recommended for CAS, but no required; some people just work better with Penn and paper (eh, see what I did there?!). Most teachers require assignments to be typed and then submitted online, so I’d recommend that you at least bring a cheap desktop computer to school with you. For class, a lot of people take handwritten notes and a lot of people take typed notes. If you don’t bring a computer, there are LOTS of computers around campus that you can use to work, but it’s just hard to be dependent on those. I personally use a netbook for notes and my desktop or a library desktop for when I do papers and assignments.</p>

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<p>My son has a Dell Inspiron 1545 with Msoft Vista SP1 Home premium addition. Is that adequate?? Thanks</p>

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<p>I’d say that the 1545 is fine, but I would STRONGLY recommend that you upgrade the operating system to Windows 7 or 8. It’s a good laptop for taking notes and doing some homework, and if he needs to really do a big project or something, there’s no shame in going to one of the library computers to get some heavy computing power.</p>

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<p>Thanks alot JR</p>

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<p>Hi, I was recently admitted (SEAS ED). What general requirement classes do I have to take? I mean outside of my major, i.e. Economics, some kind of English, etc… I’m Chemical Engineering btw.</p>

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<p>You should look on the SEAS website for information about core and major requirements. You will definitely have to take a writing seminar though because that is a requirement for all four schools.</p>

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<p>For debater2013:</p>

<p><a href=“Curriculum”>http://www.cbe.seas.upenn.edu/current-students/undergraduates/pdf/CPG-blank-2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Planning guide for courses</p>

<p>[CBE</a> - Undergraduate Degree Requirements](<a href=“Curriculum”>Curriculum)</p>

<p>Example of a ChemE’s courseload</p>

<p>All students have to take a writing seminar and fulfill certain requirements (you can choose which classes and it can be spread out over four years)</p>

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<p>Any thoughts on what dorm in Quad is best? We’re going to visit tomorrow. Does anyone know the rules for Fin. aid recipients who receive small local scholarships? How about the payrate for Federal work study jobs? Does student get to keep the money,or is it applied to their bill? Thx</p>

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<p>Can’t answer most of your questions but I’m going to give a shameless plug for Fisher Hassenfeld. An awesome atmosphere with an awesome House Dean and a lot of events going on all the time! But really, any of the three houses in the Quad is awesome :)</p>

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<p>Thx. We’ve been to campus many times because we live in Jersey. Going tomorrow to take a more informed look. My daughter wants to determine wether Penn or Princeton is her ED choice for next year application. She’s at least as good a candidate as my son.</p>

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<p>Riepe has awesome rooms, and the baby Quad is just gorgeous. (Half of the Riepe dorms have their own section of the Quad called the baby Quad.) I was in Fisher, and if I could do it again, I’d request Riepe.</p>