<p>whoops my bad i didnt know harvard was SCEA. but yes you CAN apply other places if you apply ED Wharton....you just cannot apply to a school with SCEA or ED. my friend applied ED, and got in, and got in EA at two other schools.</p>
<p>You dont have to do an econ major to go into business from harvard. All recruiters say they have no preference in major (though a quantitative field is often necessary). Lots of kids go into business with history, math and english majors. It's more about your ability to think, not what you know.</p>
<p>harvard has a higher ea than wharton</p>
<p>...dude where did u get that statistic...from ur imagination?</p>
<p>eh? Um, you don't have to be mean about it...</p>
<p>I already said that the quality pool at Harvard EA may be better as a whole than Wharton ED.
As for the statistics...</p>
<p>this is from the Harvard stat thread:
SCEA apps: 4,214 (09) - 3,889 (08)
SCEA admits: 892 (09) - 902 (08)
SCEA applicants deferred: 3,187 (09) - 2,788 (08)
SCEA enrolled: 819 (09) - 819 (08)
Deferred SCEA applicants admitted RD: 94 (09) - est. 134 (08)
** Total SCEA + SCEA deferred admits: 986 (09) - 938 (08)
** Total SCEA + SCEA deferred admit rate: 23.4% (09) - 24.1%
** Total SCEA + SCEA deferred enrolled: 883 (09) - 910 (08)
Total enrolled: 1,640 (09) - 1,638 (08)
Deferred SCEA applicants admitted RD: 94 (09) - est. 134 (08)
** Percent of class from total SCEA pool: 53.8% (09) - 55.5% (08)
** RD - SCEA deferred apps: 18,407 (09) - 15,667 (08)
** RD - SCEA deferred admits: 1116 (09) - 1,074 (08)
** RD - SCEA deferred admit rate: 6.1% (09) - 6.9% (08)
Total enrolled: 1,640 (09) - 1,638 (08)
Total yield: 78% (09) - 77.6% (08)</p>
<p>so 23.4% SCEA were admitted last year... But since Harvard apps went down this year, it'll be higher.</p>
<p>This is from Wiki,
Penn receives approximately 19,000 applications each year for its freshman class. Admitting 20.8 percent of applicants to the Class of 2009, Penn has the second highest undergraduate acceptance rate in the Ivy League, behind only Cornell University. This is largely due to the fact that Penn has the second largest undergraduate population among the Ivy League institutions. Typically, the Wharton School of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences have lower acceptance rates (around 13% and 17%, respectively) than the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Nursing.</p>
<p>so a 13% rate for regular and early. Wharton accepts 700 kids per year only. Around 1100 applied early this year. Last year, I think around 4200 applied total for ED and regular. This number goes up this year since Penn had a 20 something % jump in apps early. </p>
<p>Now you do the calculations...</p>
<p>oh, and I agree with mr_sanguine. But what I'm trying to say is that it just depends on what type of curriculum he/she wants to have... I wasn't referring to the job world. </p>
<p>and we're just giving suggestions, with or without stats</p>
<p>College/university is what you make of it. There is no single school to go to in order to become sucessful. </p>
<p>Some of the richest human biengs on Earth have one thing in common................They were college dropouts</p>
<p>I realized I posted something wrong. 700 kids per year and 13% rate for Wharton means around 5000 apps for Wharton...
Is it really that many?</p>
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<p>They also had wealthy parents who invested immensely in their business endeavors.</p>
<p>Umm michael dell wasnt handed Dell computers on a silver plate
Niether was Bill gates or steve jobs. Ever see pirates of silicon valley?</p>
<p>The key word is SOME!!! I know your not against going to college. But you increase the likelihood of success when you go to college. Especially a business school if you intend to puruse a career in business.</p>
<p>I realized I posted something wrong. 700 kids per year and 13% rate for Wharton means around 5000 apps for Wharton...
Is it really that many?</p>
<p>ya my point...wasnt tryin to be mean...just sayin wharton is easier to get into than harvard</p>
<p>Business is in your head...you dont need school to teach you how to do business. If you could then everyone from Wharton would be a centimillionaire. Wharton does one thing: open doors to get into the top places avaliable once you graduate so the few at Wharton who have the skills necessary to wrought gold can do so. And this is one hell of a good reason to head to Wharton ;)</p>
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<blockquote> <p>ya my point...wasnt tryin to be mean...just sayin wharton is easier to get into than harvard</p> </blockquote>
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<p>A 13% acceptance rate, versus what, 10% isn't a big deal. Wharton had a higher yield last year than Harvard. It also has a lower ED acceptance rate this year than Harvard. I suspect that the overall acceptance rate will be lower than Harvard's, too.</p>
<p>I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU!</p>
<p>Great stats and commentating.</p>
<p>"I'd rather worry worry about where I have a better shot than which school is better to get accepted at." KillerAngel</p>
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<li><p>That is more of a concern to me. So I CANNOT apply to ED and EA to both schools early?</p></li>
<li><p>Which one would you do ED/EA and which one RD?</p></li>
<li><p>If I were accepted, IF!, Harvard has economics... isn't that REALLY boring?</p></li>
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<p>p.s. sorry about getting wrong info on admission rates. I guess Wharton isn't that high.</p>
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<li><p>I doubt that you cannot apply to both schools early. (I think).</p></li>
<li><p>This is a tough choice. It all boils down to where you would be happiest most, regardless of academics, because they're both great curriculum.</p></li>
<li><p>Oh man, Econ is very borning, unless you can stand lectures upon lectures about how the great thinkers of the world came up with supply and demand (geez). I just finished studying this in Poli. Sci. haha. C on the test.</p></li>
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<p>You can't apply to both schools early. If you apply ED to either(not both), you can apply EA to other places. If you apply EASC to Harvard, you can't apply anywhere else. But ED is a binding contract, so you'd have to go if you get in.</p>
<p>You can only apply to one early. If you're looking to maximize your chances to either, you're better off applying ED to Wharton. </p>
<p>Harvard is most definitely more difficult than wharton.</p>
<p>I think if you think Econ is awful many business courses will bore you to tears - I think Econ beats out Accounting classes by a large margin.</p>
<p>anyone know the wharton transfer acceptance rate?</p>
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<p>i took both courses and I have to say that Accounting is more interesting.</p>