<p>I am currently going to Chem Engineering at Penn. How hard is it to do a dual degree with Finance in Wharton? </p>
<p>Could someone perhaps give me a sample schedule of what I would have to do?</p>
<p>Thanks so much :)</p>
<p>someoneee plz replyyy</p>
<p>M&T program sounds like what you’re saying… Though I don’t know if you can transfer into that… type in Penn M&T in Google and it will take you to their site. It will answer all your questions about requirements, capability of getting/transferring in at this point…</p>
<p>Well first off, if you want to get a dual degree you will need to have the GPA to internally transfer to Wharton freshman year, which is about 3.8. It is not easy to internally transfer, the Wharton class size only has a certain number of spots and a lot of people apply to internally transfer. I know at least a few who are trying this year, and I hear the number is somewhere around eighty to one hundred. Also, engineering has the lowest average GPA of any of the schools with 2.7. In order to get a GPA high enough to transfer it’s really going to depend on the study habits that you come in with and your natural aptitude somewhat.</p>
<p>Getting a dual degree will be a lot of coursework, especially with chemical engineering, which is already known to be a harder major. It’s possible, but you would need to take six classes per semester and would not have time to explore. You will need to fulfill the requirements for each school.
An interesting thing about the M&T program that people don’t usually talk about coming in is that others have noticed it has a tendency to gradually sway students towards the business side of things. So people may come in intending to do things like bioengineering engineering, mechanical engineering, materials, etc., but many later switch to majors like systems or computer science, often getting a BAS instead of a BSE. I think this also attests to how hard it is to do both of these degrees simultaneously. However, M&T allows people to skip some of the requirements for each school, if you did an uncoordinated dual degree, this would not be the case and you would have more requirements.</p>
<p>From an m&t kid I heard that kids in the program either get a great education in biz but a crap engineering one or a great engineering and a crap biz. Chemical is the hardest so you should be ready to take 7 classes a semester where the norm is 4/5</p>
<p>I have a question relating to GPA. If I do an uncoordinated dual degree with SEAS, then when recruiting time comes around, will a lower GPA be acceptable due to the rigor of the classes I am saying. Or will I will be expected to have a GPA in the 3.5+ range with two uncoordinated degrees.</p>
<p>@thewikiman, it really depends on where you’re applying and what you mean by a crap GPA. You’re also allowed to put things that narrow down your gpa (like concentration gpa, which is actually pretty lame because it’s only 4 classes) or you could probably put gpa for engineering and wharton separately if you want, as long as you’re not leaving any classes out (usually when you do something besides cumulative, you need to list the number of courses used to calculate that gpa).</p>
<p>If you want to work at Goldman, somehow I doubt having a 3.4/3.5 and two degrees will compare to a single degree with a 3.9, but that’s also Goldman. Honestly, I haven’t really gone through recruiting yet but everyone who tries seems to get internships/jobs, so I would say do what you’re passionate about and things will happen as they may 
Plus, if you’re intelligent enough and a hard enough worker to do two degrees and like what you’re studying…you’re probably going to have a good gpa anyway. It’s really hard to say until you experience the classes for yourself, because some people have no trouble getting 3.9’s in engineering and then some can’t even pull a 3.2 despite working extremely hard.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re applying for something more tech based, I feel like the skills you have are much more important than your gpa, as opposed to applying for a financial firm, where they pick the people with the best gpa’s and then see who has the best ‘technical skills’ (in terms of finance or trading, at least).</p>