<p>My sister, who goes to UPenn, says that classes at Wharton aren't impossible and that most of the kids who are in the school just work hard. She doesn't really think that they are all geniuses or anything. I am not so sure that I actually believe in this.. Yeah, so, could a student who gets accepted into Wharton for other reasons besides their numbers (ECs and etc.) do well in their classes? I am not amazingly smart but I just put in effort and studying time to get good grades and test scores. I am pretty afraid that I will struggle mightily in Wharton, if I actually do get accepted and decide to go there. Yeah... so like I will probably only get a 1410 on June's SAT, because of many hours of preparation, which is like 100 points below the average?</p>
<p>I know some recruited athletes get into Wharton. How do they fare in the school since I assume they are not the most brilliant students there...</p>
<p>LOL...no you dont have to be smart at all. For most classes, just having the right study habit will get you the grade. You don't really learn any difficult concepts in your time at wharton.</p>
<p>lol...i think that applies to analyst level jobs at i banks too...all you do is mind numbing number crunching...nothing more than glorified arithmetic</p>
<p>Haha. Whatever makes you sleep better at night man. The two kids who went to Wharton from my school weren't the top of the class at all. More like top 15%, maybe 2100's.</p>
<p>Yo but I'm sure everyone else there is perfect.</p>
<p>The students who attend Wharton aren't what I'd say "dumb" -- a lot of them are very motivated, driven, and smart people. However, most of the concepts in Wharton are actually really easy and would make any reasonably-skilled mathematician/comp-sci junkie burst out laughing.</p>
<p>Most of my friends are actually in the College or in Engineering. I generally find them to be more interesting/intelligent people. There's a lot of hot air in Wharton, and there are many work horses who plug and chug their way to victory. There's also a lot of terminology. Wharton, to me, is like a huge vocab test with some numbers sprinkled here and there. It's not hard, just tedious.</p>
<p>The students in Wharton are intelligent compared to the general population. However, you don't need to be one of the smartest kids in Wharton to be one of the most successful gradewise. The hard workers probably do better than the people who are smart but put in fewer hours. It's not like a math major where you need to be smart and put in a lot of hours.</p>
<p>I agree it is hard work that matters. However, these kids are very serious for the most part. If you get in you are strong enough in terms of smarts.</p>
<p>If someone does pretty badly in his freshmen classes and receives C's and D's, if he transfers out of Wharton and gets a business degree elsewhere, would the C's and D's still be on his final transcript? (The one that is sent to potential employers.)</p>