<p>somewhat trivial question - do dual degrees get two email addresses?</p>
<p>Remember that 90% of the quad turns over every year as the freshmen move out and the new freshmen move in, so Riepe, Ware, and Fisher Hassenfeld rarely retain enough students to develop characteristics such as having a lot of athletes. Right now, the 2400 members of the class of 2015 are all filling out their housing applications, and they will be more or less randomly sorted into the three quad houses. Also, the thing that will be most important in your week-to-week and day-to-day interactions is your hall. You will share a bathroom with the people on your hall, you will have the same RA/GA, you will go to hall events together, etc.</p>
<p>In terms of noise, maybe there are tiny variations but I don’t think it matters much. If I had to wager a guess, the ones that would experience the most noise would be Ware, and the quietest ones are the parts of Fisher way in the back (near “the nipple”) and Riepe. If you are really looking to party, you will find that everywhere. If you are really looking to avoid noise, you might want to consider living somewhere other than the quad. I know it feels like “everyone is doing, and I’ll be left out if I don’t do it too” but only 50% of the freshman class lives in the quad, and there are plenty of other houses that form nice communities too.</p>
<p>Good question about the dual degree/two e-mails thing. I am not sure…</p>
<p>Hey! Sorry to join in on this thread, most of you are discussing life at Penn but i’d like to apply this fall. It’s really my first choice & I was wondering what the application process was like for all of you? I’m doing the IB, so they send in my predicted grades ( which my school won’t tell me) & I’m taking the SAT in September & subject test in two weeks…
Does anyone have any advice for this whole process?
Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>^^Thank you sunkist. I really needed to hear this so I could fill out my housing app =)</p>
<p>Hi there! I just payed my enrollment deposit yesterday, and I’m pretty pumped. I just have a few questions:</p>
<p>1) How does the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program work – do you have to apply, or are you invited along with your acceptance? I’m in CAS and apparently everyone got an invitation to apply for the new Integrated Studies Program this year, which also makes you a Ben Franklin Scholar if you’re accepted? I think? I’m just a bit confused on how you actually become one, and if the process is any different now with the ISP that’s starting this year. This is the link I’m using as reference: [Center</a> for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships](<a href=“Penn CURF”>Penn CURF)</p>
<p>2) I’m strongly considering doing a residential program if ISP/BFS doesn’t pan out – are any known for being complete duds? I was looking at Perspectives in the Humanities or Film Culture, but I’m trying to take the house I’d be living in into account as well.</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I am an incoming freshman and am trying to get more information about residential programs in the quad. I was looking at the mentors program in Riepe and the Media and Communications program in Fisher. Can anyone give me a sense of those (time committment, how many people seem to apply for them, etc.)?</p>
<p>If you are doing a dual degree, yes, you get two emails–one from each school (so <a href=“mailto:id@seas.upenn.edu”>id@seas.upenn.edu</a> and <a href=“mailto:id@wharton.upenn.edu”>id@wharton.upenn.edu</a> for example). Most people set it up so that one forwards to the other, and choose to only use one.</p>
<p>For BFS (and JWS), I’m pretty sure that if you’re not invited, you can apply at some point during your career at Penn (there should be something on the websites/CURF site).</p>
<p>No idea about residential programs outside of FreshEx, sorry.</p>
<p>In terms of undergraduate admissions, will it help me at all during Early Decision that my uncle went to Wharton and is now an active alumni? I know that the supplement only asks specifically for grandparents and parents, but I was wondering if there is any way this could still help me.</p>
<p>1) How are the physics classes at Penn. I read on this post that the Math classes are not good, and to avoid them if possible. So how about Physics?</p>
<p>2) Secondly, If I am admitted to SEAS, and want to get another (double) major with Wharton Finance (not the coordinated dual degree like M+t), what is the process. Do I just take all the required courses for finance at Wharton, or is there an eligibility process for even being able to do a major at Wharton?</p>
<p>nacollege, it depends on the math classes you are talking about. The calculus sequence (math 103, math 104, math 114, math 240, and math 241) is terribly taught, and math professors themselves recommend against taking these if you are truly interested in math. However I hear there are many good courses that are more advanced. Also there is an honors sequence for math 114 math 240 (math 116 and math 260) that my friends have taken and have really enjoyed, but again these classes are more theoretical and intended for math majors.
The physics faculty here is outstanding. I would definitely recommend taking physics if you are interested. I hear the professors are quite good for phys 150 and 151 (I took the majors sequence and I found both my professors to be absolutely brilliant and really have enjoyed the sequence) I hear good things about the upper level classes too, I know a few of the professors, and they are great.</p>
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<li><p>General comments on residential programs: speaking from friends’ experiences, they don’t really do anything. Like I think healthy living eats carrots together once a semester. Maybe you will get lucky and find one that is more active, but as far as I am aware most of them are pretty inactive. </p></li>
<li><p>In terms of your uncle being an alum, it can’t hurt to list it. Don’t know if it will help a whole lot, but it certainly can’t hurt.</p></li>
<li><p>In my experiences, the standards for teaching in the physics department are quite high. Almost all of the professors except Cvetic (and maybe a few others I’m forgetting) speak English as a first language. Most professors have taught the same course for several years (e.g. Kikkawa 102, Mele 361/362, Heiney 250) and the courses are in general very polished. The professors know how to write good problem sets and exams, and they know what material will be challenging for students. They are very accessible for office hours, and I feel that they invest in your success (if you don’t do well on an exam, they will encourage you to come chat with them, try to help you develop strategies to do better, etc.). Having taken over a dozen physics courses, I have only ever had one bad one.</p></li>
<li><p>Dual degree requires an application process, and it is quite competitive. Read more here: <a href=“http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/internaltransfer_dualdegree/Internal_Transfer_&_Dual_Degree_Application_Information.pdf[/url]”>http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/internaltransfer_dualdegree/Internal_Transfer_&_Dual_Degree_Application_Information.pdf</a></p></li>
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<p>Thanks! For listing it, would I just put it in the grandparents section and write “uncle” as relation?</p>
<p>^I’m not sure if that is such a great idea, however you may want to mention it in your Penn specific essay.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the input!!
I have a question regarding housing.
My scenario is that I’m a international applicant who doesn’t know anyone in the east coast. So I will stay on campus for 4 years.
I want an enjoyable and comfortable living experience but I also want to be fairly social (weekend parties and maybe a couple drunk nights per month or so).
I am 6’2 and 230 pounds (I’m a wrestler and swimmer). I’m a very beefy guy so I need my space that’s why large rooms are bit of a requirement but I am a very adaptive person.
Also I need some study time as a 3.8+ GPA is very important for me.</p>
<p>I have heard and seen from past threads that
- The quads are social but not very spacious.
- The highrises are not social but have amazing rooms
- The hill and kings court are freshmen hotspots but are far away from the heart of the camous ie locust road and have the smallest rooms.</p>
<p>Also I prefer to live in a single in a place which has active lounges and in a double/triple/quad where they are not.
So what do you suggest??</p>
<p>Currently these are my choices
Room Preference 1: FSHS - Single room - Goldberg Media and Comm
Room Preference 2: FSHS - Single room - Healthy Living
Room Preference 3: HARN - Double Apt-1BR/LR/KIT/bath
Room Preference 4: STOU - Single room
Room Preference 5: RIEP - Single room
Room Preference 6: HARN - Quad Apt-3BR/LR/KIT/bath
Room Preference 7: STOU - Triple Apt-1BR/LR/KIT/bath
Room Preference 8: HARN - Double-2BR/bath
Alternate Program 1: HARS - Double Apt-1BR/LR/KIT/bath - Freshman Experience</p>
<p>I haven’t clicked submit yet, i just want someone’s approval. </p>
<p>Thanks a billion in advance!! I really need the advise.</p>
<p>Do you have to take a mathematics course, regardless of your major, to graduate?</p>
<p>Is it possible as a single-degree Wharton student to take Math 114 in the fall semester, and then Stat 430, in the spring?</p>
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<li><p>Haha, curious quaker, my general advice is that it feels like you are thinking about this a bit too hard. If you want to have a high GPA, there are tons of libraries and study spaces all over campus. If you want a social experience, there are a seemingly infinite number of frat parties every weekend. Two of the guys who lived next door to me in the quad freshmen year were roommate football players, both big guys, and they managed it fine. There’s really no bad decisions here, and your list looks fine. Singles in the quad can be a bit hard to come by though, so it probably wouldn’t hurt to change one of your first two choices to a double in the quad.</p></li>
<li><p>Ladyjacket, we have lots of fancy names for our requirements, so you would have to take a “quantitative data analysis” class and a “formal reasoning class,” but these requirements can be fulfilled with a number of classes. See [College</a> Curriculum - Course Listing](<a href=“http://fission.sas.upenn.edu/col/genreq/]College”>http://fission.sas.upenn.edu/col/genreq/)</p></li>
<li><p>Wikiman, I don’t really understand your question. Yes, if you take math 114, then you will have the necessary pre-requisites to take stat 430 in the spring.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the feedback regarding physics - really appreciate it. Another question:</p>
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<li>I read in these forums about the approximate average SAT I score needed to be admitted. What is the average (approximate) GPA needed to get into Wharton/SEAS/CAS?.
The reason I ask is I am unsure if my GPA will cut it for the early admission of UPENN for these categories… If the chances are difficult, I will have to rethink about using my “one and only” ED choice for something else… although my only first interest is UPENN.</li>
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<p>2) How does UPENN calculate GPA for admission?. Does it consider high school Freshman and Sophomore years? Our school does not provide weighted GPA. I have taken 60% college level courses.</p>
<p>Owk so I’m an international in eleventh grade considering Penn. I have a few q’s </p>
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<li>How do the “local” american penn students treat internationals?</li>
<li>Is there generally a lot of peer pressure on campus?</li>
<li>I hear the quad is very social. Do you still manage to get work done?</li>
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<p>Thats all for now :)</p>
<p>cat007,</p>
<p>I’d say I’m pretty local (i.e. I am from 25 minutes away), and from personal experience, international students are treated no differently than American students unless they desire to be treated differently.
Peer pressure is more of an internal thing than an external thing… I never felt peer pressure at any point, but that’s because I’m a completely type A personality. Others have felt peer pressure, but mostly it is a matter of misconstruing peers offering you something as your peers pressuring you into doing something (which isn’t always bad… you can feel peer pressure to do well in a test just as much as you can feel it to drink).
I don’t know about the Quad, but in Hill it was occasionally difficult to get work done. You can always just close your door and zone people out, but a lot of people go to the Fisher Fine Arts library, Van Pelt Library or Huntsman to do work.</p>