<p>I am applying to Penn ED and was just wondering if applying to the Huntsman program helps at all to get accepted to Wharton even if you're not selected for Huntsman. I wouldn't apply to Huntsman solely for the boost as I am very interested in it anyway, but it's just a super super reach. So I was wondering if it helps generally for Wharton at all. Thanks!</p>
<p>If you are rejected from Huntsman, your application immediately goes into the Wharton pile. The Wharton people won’t know that you applied to Huntsman. So no, it does not help.</p>
<p>Sorry to sort of jack this thread but just want to ask a quick question that is tied with this. </p>
<p>What if the Huntsman admission committee decides to accept you, but hypothetically you would have been rejected by Wharton if you were to be pushed in the general Wharton pile? Do you still get into Huntsman, or do you get rejected from Penn completely?</p>
<p>I am sorry if that’s a bit confusing, but I am not so good with words.</p>
<p>An assistant admissions officer came to our school and explained this to me.
Basically, to get into any of the dual-degree programs, your application is reviewed by both schools you would be taking classes in (so for the Huntsman program, the Wharton School and the CAS School). Your application is also taken to a special “Huntsman” program committee. If your application is rejected by Huntsman, then it would be re-evaluated by whichever school you choose.</p>
<p>Hope that helps! its a little confusing, i know! :)</p>
<p>You said my application would be reviewed by both schools initially I would be taking classes in; so what if they review me and don’t like me, do they reject me right then and there. Or does the Huntsman committee have the final word? Or is it a mix?</p>
<p>So in essence, what if Huntsman likes me but both of the separate schools don’t, then what happens?</p>
<p>Is it possible to be deferred to Huntsman ED but accepted CAS and accepted to Huntsman in the spring?</p>
<p>I think so.</p>
<p>What if Huntsman likes me but both of the separate schools don’t, then what happens?</p>
<p>It’s been a while since I looked at the Penn rules, so you ought to check. But I think that when you apply to a joint program ED you have two choices to make: First, do you want to be considered by either school as an ED applicant if you are not accepted by the joint program? And second, if so, which school?</p>
<p>They will not put you in the position of applying to Huntsman ED, getting rejected or deferred by Huntsman, and getting accepted by SAS ED unless you have agreed to that possibility in advance. That’s because an ED acceptance is binding on you, and they know that your willingness to commit to Penn if you were accepted into the Huntsman program does not automatically mean that you are committed to Penn if you DON’T get accepted to Huntsman. Also, that you might want Wharton as your alternative, not SAS, or vice versa.</p>
<p>The Huntsman committee is part of both schools’ admissions committees. If it likes you, they like you; there’s no second step. In the ED round, there’s only a second step if the Huntsman committee rejects or defers you, and you have asked to be considered separately by one school or the other (but not both) as a backup. RD, I think you have to designate which school would be your backup.</p>
<p>Thanks JHS. It clears a lot of the confusion.</p>
<p>If you apply to Huntsman, you can get one of five replies in December:</p>
<p>1) You are accepted to Huntsman
2) You are rejected from Huntsman and accepted to your backup ED (if you specified ED for backup)
3) You are rejected from Huntsman and will be considered in the later round for the other school (because you said not ED for the backup school)
4) You are rejected from both schools (if you said ED to the backup school)
5) You are deferred from Huntsman, and will hear back in Spring if you got in there or if not into the backup school (whether or not you applied ED to the backup school)</p>
<p>So no, you cannot be deferred from Huntsman and accepted into the backup school.</p>