Convince Me to Go to Wharton

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<p>Okay, so I have been told that I could probably get into Wharton ED, but my dream is to go to Stanford. If I apply to Stanford EA, though, my chances would be <em>much</em> lower. Why should I decide to apply ED to Wharton? What about the school would I like?</p>

<p>To give you an idea of who I am, I want to be an entrepreneur involved in the technology sector. I started a business in middle school that has grown in high school to bringing in up to $4k in daily revenue. I have also managed two full time employees.</p>

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<p>Just saying that your chances of getting into Wharton ED are most likely lower than your chances of getting into Stanford EA.</p>

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<p>what’s your business’s site?</p>

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<p>4k daily revenue. gg</p>

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<p>4k daily = $1,460,000 annually. If you are not bsing us with those numbers, skip college and continue that.</p>

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<p>Alex, why do you say that?</p>

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<p>@dfree Well, unfortunately, revenue does not equal profit. I have employees salaries and huge advertising bills to pay. Plus, it peaked at $4k… That’s not what my company drives every day.</p>

<p>Also, why would I bs the numbers, lol? It’s not like lying to you all would help me out at all.</p>

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<p>Haha, I don’t know, people exaggerate things to feel better about themselves all the time. Revenue =/= profit… got that, I should probably know that if I plan on applying to Wharton :p.</p>

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<p>Haha no worries. </p>

<p>Can anyone help me answer my original question?</p>

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<p>Take a look around here <a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2011cp.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2011cp.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Anyone here actually go to Wharton? What do you like/not like about it?</p>

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<p>Stanford is good if you need ideas to start a tech company, but Wharton teaches you how to run and grow a business, how to manage people, how to build a network, etc. Also, despite Stanford’s associate with Silicon Valley, most of the students there are not interested in entrepreneurship and probably share more in common with the tech/science nerds at MIT. At least that’s what turned me off about Stanford.</p>

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<p>Regarding entrepreneurial programs at Wharton:</p>

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

<p>I suspect that, as an undergrad at Stanford, you wouldn’t have access to as many entrepreneurship programs and classes as you would as an undergrad at Wharton.</p>

<p>You should explore the entire Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs site:</p>

<p><a href=“http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/default.aspx[/url]”>http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@wcclirl444 What type of business do you run?</p>

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<p>I make iPhone apps. You may have heard of one of my apps (about 50% of teens with iOS devices have), but like I said earlier, I want to protect my identity XD.</p>

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<p>Assuming your other stats are half decent, you should have no problem getting into either program.</p>

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<p>Yo man! I am the guy who created Angry Birds. Nice to meet a fellow app developer! Wat’s up? Lol. Kidding. But “could probably get into Wharton ED” is a pretty bold statement. If you just want to be an app developer selling popular culture then Annenberg is where you should be looking at, not Wharton.</p>

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<li><p>I doubt this; you wouldn’t need to make this post to validate yourself if you were that successful at iOS programming.</p></li>
<li><p>If you’re not bullsh****itting - don’t go to Wharton. Go somewhere that will let you improve your programming skills. There are many redeeming things about Wharton. However, they’re not going to teach you to code better. If you’re that desperate for help marketing your apps, partner up with a business student. I’m in M&T, so I can say this, being that I get to see both Wharton and SEAS - Wharton kids are constantly looking for engineers to help one of their business ideas come to fruition.</p></li>
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<p>If you can run a legit business…while attending high school…why do you need Wharton? If you’re this successful already, don’t waste your time with college. I mean, you already have 2 full time employees.</p>

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<p>@mixter</p>

<p>I want to go to college for business, not programming. I can hire programmers later on if I need to. Hiring someone to run your company isn’t so easy… Also, I say that I could probably get into Wharton because they value entrepreneurial stuff very highly. On top of that, all of my scores are above their average.</p>

<p>@Keasbey Nights</p>

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<li><p>What do you mean I wouldn’t need to validate myself?</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t want to go to college for programming. I want to go for business. I run my app company with the business side in mind, not the programming. Sure, I taught myself object oriented programming and have made some highly successful apps, but just because the company is related to programming does not mean that’s what i want to go to college for.</p></li>
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<p>@gazoz918</p>

<p>Because if I can do this with no college education, imagine what I can do after I graduate from Stanford/Wharton. Honestly, 2 full time employees is not a lot either. Sure, it’s pretty impressive for a high school kid, but I envision myself running a 50+ person company when I’m older</p>