<p>Thanks for answering Keasbey Nights and Negoblle2! You may not be the best person to answer this, but is Wharton very math focused? Like do the admissions officers expect to see great math scores/grades? I think that it would be math based, but you said that math scores wouldn’t be as important as if you were applying to SEAS. Then again, engineering requires a ton more math than business would.</p>
<p>It seems like dFree and and I have the same fears. ALong with the numerous errors I made on my app?</p>
<p>Also, I became interested in my passion about last summer, when I had a personal experience. ALthough I write in my essays that this was only last summer, you think it’ll hurt that, at the time of application, the nonprofit had only been running for about 4 and a half months?</p>
<p>I am not applying to Wharton, but I know a few stuff about Wharton. I know that if you “fit” then they will accept you even if you have sub par scores based on CC standards.</p>
<p>If it makes either of you feel better. There was a guy who got accepted a few years back to Wharton with sub 700 math scores and literally no business experience. It happens.
@mylife. Atleast you have business experience, many don’t.</p>
<p>I am a high school sophomore in Washington, and I am considering attending a local community college for my last two years of high school through the Running Start program. Do you know how Penn views this program? My school offers very few AP classes, so it seems to me Running Start would be a better option.</p>
<p>What’s been your favorite part about Penn so far? What made you decide to attend? </p>
<p>P.S. Thanks for doing this thread! :)</p>
<p>@free2rhyme - Scores aren’t really my problem, I got 750 on math II and a 34 on my ACT math section (could bring that up to 35 or 36 this weekend). But my math grades have been in the B to B+ range. The higher level math teachers at my school are exceptional, but they are very tough as well. I think I could get a 5 on the AP Calc AB exam, but I’ll probably only get a B or B+ in the class. I dunno if this would be a problem, and this isn’t really the right place to ask, as I am going very off topic (sorry OP!).</p>
<p>@accordingtome</p>
<p>I don’t think the subject tests are too important. As you can see above, I got in with only 600s on them.</p>
<p>@hoiboy</p>
<p>Nursing may be the smallest school, but its no less diverse than the others. I actually do know an asian male student in Nursing!</p>
<p>@45 Percenter</p>
<p>Yes</p>
<p>@dfree124</p>
<p>Wharton requires economics classes that require some sort of math to do, so I think that they definitely look at math scores, but they’re nowhere as important as they would be if you were applying to SEAS.</p>
<p>@mylife</p>
<p>Typo-o’s really shouldn’t hurt you. They understand that humans make mistakes (or at least they should). And I doubt that the fact that your non-profit has been running only 4 months will make a difference. What do they expect??</p>
<p>@Vertie</p>
<p>I wasn’t familiar with the Running Start Program, so I had to google it. It sounds really similar to a program that I participated in in highschool. Just be sure to explain in your application that its the most rigorous program of study available for you and you should be fine.</p>
<p>@YellowDaisies</p>
<p>My favorite part has to be either the people or the weather. As 45 Percenter pointed out, I’m either from Montana or Wyoming. As such, I never really had a diverse group of friends until I came to Penn. By luck of the draw, 50% of my residence hall is made up of international students, many of whom have become my closest friends. It honestly blows my mind that I’m good friends with people who were born and raised in places like Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, and Egypt. Coming from a place that was mostly white anglo-saxxon christian, it’s really nice to see how diverse the world is and everything I was missing. I also really enjoy the weather. Montana/Wyoming is cold. It (figuratively) blows my mind that it was 60 degrees today in Philadelphia in December. My hometown was going into double digit negatives today. It’s crazy.</p>
<p>Somebody’s probably going to ask this - what is my least favorite part? The difficulty of the classes. I worked my ass off in highschool but I still was unprepared for the math and science courses that I’m taking. They’re ridiculously hard, and the workload is far more than i ever thought. As a result my grades are nowhere near as good as they were in highschool and I’m finding out that it’s a very strange new feeling :/</p>
<p>@dfree124</p>
<p>Don’t worry, it’s not off-topic. I had a C in one of my math classes on my high school transcript. As long as you explain it away (bring up your math scores on the SAT II and ACT) and you should be fine.</p>
<p>Hi!
I applied early to Wharton, and I was wondering if it was possible to transfer into M&T for the first year if accepted. I am interested in this program, but did not initially apply for it.</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I will continue to work hard at my math this year but it’s quite relieving to know that those few grades won’t kill me. I have another question: What is the dynamic between Penn students and West Phili? When I visited Penn like a month ago, my dad and I drove from his home when he was a child in some Phili suburb to Penn. He’s an alumni of Penn and grew up in the area so he knows his way around. We drove straight through West Phili so he could show me what it’s like. From what I saw it looks like the poverty stricken ghetto it’s rapped up to be. I’m just curious, do you guys explicitly stay away from that area, or what?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time. 
That’s good to know.</p>
<p>@eagleeye2012</p>
<p>I doubt it 
programs like M&T or Hunstman can barely be done in 4 years by people who start in the program. You would be really far behind if you somehow managed to transfer in after your first year (but don’t let that stop you from asking around, maybe they might say yes!). Your chemistry and history scores on the SAT II were around where mine were.</p>
<p>@dfree124</p>
<p>West Philly is strange. I’m from like the absolute opposite environment so it was strange to get used to. Basically anything east of 42nd or 41st street is safe. Penn and Drexel make up the “University City” area which is actually really nice, but very…separated from the rest of West Philadelphia, which is sketchy. I’d say that most Penn students are not scared, but definitely cautious and wary of West Philadelphia because of its reputation, high crime rates, and high percentages of African-Americans. Although honestly the few times that i’ve ended up going around West Philadelphia went a lot better than I expected.</p>
<p>Do you know if nursing students tend to be as competitive as other schools’ students? (as in is nursing a self-selective school?)</p>
<p>Hey Negoblle,
For my nonprofit, the link I proivided was broken for quite some time. However, if they googled the link the correct one would have come up. I emailed the adcom right before thanksgiving, and she emailed me the Monday after Thanksgiving break. Do you think that, if they saw my app beforehand, they would’ve googled it? And that if they saw it after, the adcom would have indeed made note of it? Maybe I’m just paranoid… haha. I’m stressed and tired… BTW I heard they made decisions early so they can check over them. So chances are we are already in our admit/defer/reject piles :O</p>
<p>@hoiboy-</p>
<p>I am one of the two asian male nurses in the freshman class (we are also both dual degree students) so I think I can answer any questions that you have. </p>
<p>Nursing, especially Penn Nursing, is very self selective. Our courseload, while different in many respects, is most similar to that of engineering because of all the science classes, labs and clinical hours we have to take on. I don’t think that we are competitive at all as none of the Nursing classes are curved as far as I am aware. However, most everyone here is very hardworking. </p>
<p>If you have any more questions just PM me dude.</p>
<p>Just found out how! Might be difficult, but I think I can manage it
<a href=“http://www.seas.upenn.edu/undergraduate/pdf/ug-transfer-m&t.pdf[/url]”>http://www.seas.upenn.edu/undergraduate/pdf/ug-transfer-m&t.pdf</a></p>
<p>If I get in in, that is! [fingers crossed]</p>
<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I’ve applied ED to CAS, I’m international but not from like Africa or so so I dont think I have any advantage. In fact, some say that international students are at disadvantage… if I dont apply for financial aid, does that still put me at disadv?
Also, I’m a IB diploma candidate too! Do you mind sharing your predicted and final score (or the one you sent to UPenn)? many thanks!</p>
<p>@IheartPW</p>
<p>I’m not sure what my predicted score was because I was never told. My final score was a 26. That’s relatively low but my school has a pretty ****ty IB program and that was one of the highest scores in my class. However, I do know international students who have scored around 44-45 from IB boarding schools. It’s all a matter of circumstance.</p>
<p>Thanks for doing this! </p>
<p>Over the summer, I created a computer-program-based online business. I described my program/business in my resume, and I provided them the url for the site. How much weight do you think this will this carry while they are making my admissions decision?
Also, how much does legacy help in SEAS ED admissions?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my West Phili question!</p>
<p>@realmadridfan legacy helps with SEAS ED just as much as any other school. It’s a bit of a bump in admissions but it won’t make or break an app.</p>
<p>I can answer that West Philly question a little more completely. There are certainly places you don’t want to go (52nd and Market comes to mind), but for the most part, areas southwest of campus are pretty safe. There are plenty of restaurants, bars, mom-and-pop-shops, sandwich places, etc. in the near off-campus area.</p>
<p>I found myself at 43rd and Locust all the time, since there’s a great coffee shop, a world famous deli (Koch’s!) and a CVS, and that area is very safe. South, you’ll find Clark Park at 43rd and Baltimore, and there are all sorts of shops along Baltimore Avenue as you go southwest toward 50th Street. A fair number of alumni, graduate students and professors are living southwest of campus, and it has really gentrified over the past ten years.</p>
<p>In four years, I never once felt unsafe. :)</p>