<p>I was just wondering that since Wharton is a business school, do your ECs need to be business oriented (i.e. starting your own business, stock market club, FBLA, etc.) or do they simply need to show strong leadership/people/organizational skills (President of club, founder of school event, organized charity, etc.)?</p>
<p>Or can they just show that you have a passion for something (but is not necessarily business related) and are willing to strive to succeed in your passions (i.e. being All-state musician or big Sci Fair winner)? Basically saying that you're able to really succeed and achieve in the things you do.</p>
<p>Anecdotally speaking, there are students who get into Wharton without any business-related extracurriculars. (I don’t go to Wharton, so I’m just relying on others’ stories). Having said that, however, starting your own business would certainly look favorable for someone applying to a business undergrad, wouldn’t it?</p>
<p>Either way, if you’re a super-star All-state musician, science fair winner, or whatever, your EC’s will make your application look better. But if you are a major science fair guy, part of science clubs, doing research over the summers, then you might want to make sure that at least your essay refers to why you want to go into business</p>
<p>They don’t care much at all about business-related ECs, since those are rarely very serious. They want to see passion and commitment to activities. Sometimes, that’s demonstrated through leadership (ie, you have to care about the club if you became president) but it’s also demonstrated through winning awards or accomplishments.</p>
<p>Additionally, science and science-related ECs are very popular at Wharton. Studying at Wharton is actually very similar to science, and you have to remember that all the Faculty are scientists at the core.</p>
<p>Youve been published in Econ? That’s pretty good. All of those ecs were in vain in the sense that you could do anything to get into Wharton. However, any strong ecs will set you up well</p>
<p>Wharton looks for leadership and good math skills (as in school). They don’t really care what EC you do as long as you are committed to them and try to excel in them.</p>