<p>Did you mean dual degree like the M&T program? If so, getting in later is really tough. Need to go for it from the start. There is no slack in the program and the student profiles are among, if not the best at Penn. My S graduated from the program some years ago.</p>
<p>Too bad the competition with Princeton is one-way</p>
<p>oops</p>
<p>I believe that for dual programs like M&T and huntsman it is not whether competition is tought later, it's just a matter of policy: you can't enter either program after you've been accepted. So you either take it when you get in initially, or that's it.</p>
<p>Actually, you can enter M&T after freshman year. You can't enter Huntsman or LSM though.</p>
<p>^ Not anymore. They've changed it. (Not that a difference of one or two persons is going to change anything, really).</p>
<p>The "real" economics courses are in the economics department. If you are interested in financial or accounting or marketing issues, then of course those will be more interesting to you, and you should by all means pursue those classes. Economics courses aren't so good if you are interested in the interworkings of the world's financial markets. But it's rather silly to label the econ department as irrelevant. </p>
<p>I love wharton people but that's a very uh, stereotypical wharton point of view to have, always evaluating a subject on its immediate, practical uses before anything else. If you want to work in finance or accounting, then clearly the economics major isn't ideal, but otherwise I don't really see an issue. </p>
<p>I can't think of a stupid, irrelevant economics class that I have taken. True, they are based on some theoretical grounding, but the assumptions behind what you learn are emphasized, and models, the math, the logic, the reasoning, and relevant real world examples are always examined in each of the classes. I think all of this is evident when you look at stuff like LSAT scores, and you see that economics is up there towards the top in terms of scores.<br>
Average</a> LSAT Scores for 29 Majors with over 400 Students Taking the Exam
I think what this implies is that it's a major that emphasizes critical and analytical thinking, which is great for either work or graduate school.</p>
<p>To the original post. If you are primarily interested in studying business, finance or accounting or whatever, then apply to Wharton. If you don't necessarily know and are very interested in the liberal arts studies, then applying to SAS isn't a bad idea, but you shouldn't do it with the notion that you will be doing a dual degree with any certainty. Maybe a 3.75 doesn't sound very hard for someone who is still in high school, but you must trust the board when they say it's difficult to obtain and keep, and moreover that's the minimum you'd need if you wanted to be accepted as a dual degree (it is also subject to the competition in any particular year). Also, a dual degree is a great deal of work and I don't really recommend it unless you have a very clear plan of why you want to do it and what you would do with it when you graduate. People do dual degrees, but it's often 6 classes a semester along with a summer or two, or you won't have very much time to study courses outside of your chosen major(s). Which in some sense defeats the purpose of college in a few ways, since you should explore and you shouldn't be in class and studying all the time.</p>
<p>I know of people doing economics in the college and wharton. The only pure economics courses one takes in Wharton is the first intro courses (which I think they put together recently), the rest is more finance, management, and accounting, although I think stuff like econ102 overlaps with a finance course.
Too much work if you ask me, and for what? Just the Wharton name on your degree? I guess if your plans are to do IBanking then I suppose I could understand (although no one seems to expect to like that kind of work even when they pursue it), but it doesn't really appeal or make sense to me.</p>
<p>also princeton is nice and i hate stupid rah rah school spirit crap like that</p>
<p>Can you double major in SEAS and CAS or will that be a dual degree??</p>
<p>dual degree. double major would meand two majors within CAS. Double concentration is in wharton. And I have no idea how it works in SEAS</p>
<p>In SEAS it's also double major, like in the College.</p>
<p>So if you want a major from SEAS and a major from CAS at the same time it would be a dual degree?? What about engineers having a humanities minor? Is that doable?</p>
<p>certainly doable to have a humanities minor and an engineering major, if you plan it well.</p>
<p>a lot of engineers i know have econ double majors or minors; i also strongly recommend the engineering entrepreneurship minor.</p>
<p>wait, if engineers have double econ majors, would that be a dual degree then? (cause you will need to get the major from CAS?)</p>
<p>it is indeed a dual degree, but generally when we talk about "dual degree students" we're referring to kids with both a concentration in wharton and a major in seas / sas / nursing.</p>
<p>ok, so if you do double major in CAS and SEAS, do you need to satisfy the schools' non-major requirements (common-core sort of thing)? Wouldn't that be twice as much as what people normally take or can you usually get out of it by double-counting your credits?</p>
<p>yep all requirements have to be satisfied; many classes can be double-counted, but extensive early planning is essential to make sure you can graduate in time.</p>