<p>Many people have asked that question before and there is no one specific answer. In my opinion, the three most important things that Wharton is looking for is a rigorous high school curriculum, leadership and initiative in extracurricular activities and good essays showing exactly why you want to attend Wharton. Though the admissions process is holistic I believe that everything else is secondary in importance. Many people say that you need a GPA of 4.0 and 2400/36 on your standardized tests but that is not necessarily true. Personally, I had a 3.66 GPA and I still got accepted to Wharton, though I arguably had one of the most difficult course loads in my state. As a sophomore you should participate in things that interest you, not just things that “give me the best chance possible of being accepted”.</p>
<p>Tell me everything you know about Sansom East and Sansom West. I’m a possible graduate student coming from out of state for the nursing program and I think that the 2 br apartment sounds like a good deal, due to its proximity to campus. I’d also like pictures of the rooms if possible… I can’t find any ANYWHERE!</p>
<p>Campus tour, housing tour, lunch, etc. I honestly was not too impressed with Penn Preview Days, and from what I’ve heard, they’re going to be changed either this year or next year.</p>
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<p>Casual. It will probably be decently warm or hot when you visit.</p>
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<p>There’s a decent bit of walking due to the campus tour and housing tour, from what I remember. There will also be opportunities to sit down and relax, I believe.</p>
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<p>This happened last year, and it was pretty comical. Everyone took it in stride. You may wish to consider packing a small umbrella if the weather forecast indicates rain.</p>
<p>I’m a conservative libertarian, so I think I can answer this question adequately. The answer is primarily that conservatives are never treated poorly. Everyone at Penn is respectful. However, the relatively frequency with which you see conservatives obviously varies based on which social circles you run in.</p>
<p>In my Wharton classes, as the survey would indicate, Republicans are the norm. This is unsurprising. I was also unsurprised to see that students in my engineering classes are largely apolitical. Some of the more awkward ones have decently radical ideas of fairness and openness — it comes with the territory in comp sci — but I was interested to see that a godo number of socially-adjusted engineering students are moderate or conservative.</p>
<p>Greek life at Penn is very conservative, as Greek life anywhere is. This has probably always been the case due to socioeconomic factors of the Ivy League; however, the influence of websites like Total Frat Move over the last couple of years has definitely made it cooler to be conservative amongst college Greeks.</p>
<p>I’ve now told you where it’s common to be conservative at Penn. It’s obviously less common in the College of Arts and Sciences. I’ve never taken a politicized class (on account of being in M&T), but I can imagine that some classes are politicized toward the left — as they would be on any campus!</p>
<p>I’ve never felt unwelcomed or disrespected or anything like that on account of my political beliefs. There is a a ton of activism on Penn’s campus, activism that I don’t necessarily agree with. However, it’s easy to ignore it and move on with your life. When Penn’s LBGT alliance painted the LOVE statue rainbow colors on Valentine’s Day, I shrugged and move on. They ruined the opportunity for me to take a cute picture with a girl I was seeing in front of that statue, but that’s quite alright. (Note: I don’t necessarily agree nor disagree with the LBGT cause; don’t attempt to draw political conclusions from that sentence.)</p>
Yep. If a parent or grandparent is a graduate of any of Penn’s schools–undergrad or grad–you’re a legacy. But note that legacy status is really only taken into account during the early decision round.</p>
<p>I’m a new engineering student and I know this is a bit early
but I where would be a good place to room?</p>
<p>Since I am an engineering student, would it be feasible to room in the high rises if given the chance? Since it looks to be really far away from the engineering buildings.</p>
<p>It would also be really nice to have a bedroom to myself… just a personal preference.
I will probably also be taking economics and an writing seminar outside of the normal math and science classes.</p>
<p>So where would be a good place to room where I could hopefully have my own bedroom as well as be able to get to my classes in a reasonable amount of time?</p>
<p>When I attended a Wharton class, the discussion was slanted Republican to an astounding degree. The teacher momentarily frowned at the lack of contrasting views before moving on. These will be our future business leaders? More political heterogeneity would be nice in the Wharton student body. It was off-putting for me as a prospect.</p>
<p>^ Isn’t business already a right wing field? I don’t see much policy difference as far as Romney and Obama go. Obama too at last bailed biga** corporations at the expense of billions of dollars of taxpayers money. yeah, you should have heard some gentlemen discourse from the other side too, yet you shouldn’t expect that at a B-School. </p>
<p>IMO, the field of business severely limits the spectrum of discussion towards the right. You can have as vigorous debate as you want but only within that spectrum…</p>
<p>Supernom – are you looking to room based on location or based on room type? The highrises are the place to be if you want your own room or to only have to share a bathroom with 1-2 people. As a frosh in SEAS though, it will be a long walk to class. The closest dorm to the engineering buildings is Hill, though the set-up is totally different from the high rises. I would say go from the room type/building you want and just deal with the walk; if you have 9 am classes, you’ll have to give yourself a lot of time to get out of the building and to the SEAS area but frankly you’ll spend a lot more time at home than on the walk. Plus your 9 am classes need not be engineering – it could easily be econ, which may be in Cohen Hall, or a writing class which could really be anywhere.</p>
<p>I would say that there is definitely a Libertarian presence on campus. People are for the most part very liberal socially but a little less fiscally, probably somewhat due to the presence of Wharton.</p>
<p>Kindly refer to the link I’ve provided above. Wharton is split about half and half, IIRC.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not quite sure which class you attended, but it should be noted that the only politicized Wharton classes I’ve been in so far is FNCE 101, which is actually decently slanted toward liberal economic policy — with data to support it.</p>