<p>is it tough to get a dual deree ? will i havto sacrafice lot of social time and become geeky or nerdy ? also , will i be able to complete it in 4 years ?</p>
<p>is there something like a triple degree ?? if yes how difficult is it ??</p>
<p>are there any other options at penn fr me to fufil my goals ?</p>
<p>I’m just curious here but what do you plan on doing after graduation? You’d probably be better off getting a better gpa with one degree. Econ is usually more theoretical while finance is more practical. Most jobs won’t require both :/.</p>
<p>pretty much nobody does econ and finance </p>
<p>you would probably do econ with math, or finance with math if you get into wharton</p>
<p>Why are you doing econ and financing (they are really similar)? Plus there is no dual degree program for that. Double major does not give you two degree, that is the biggest misconception by many people.</p>
<p>well, you could do dual degree econ and finance if you realllyy wanted to do both</p>
<p>but realistically they overlap so much that nobody finds that combination worthwhile</p>
<p>But again there isn’t a dual degree program for that, unless there is a dual degree program, you only get one degree but two major will be listed on your transcript. You don’t get two degrees unless you are in a dual degree program.</p>
<p>what do you mean there’s no dual degree program for that?</p>
<p>you can’t double major in econ and finance without being in two schools, and by definition you then get two degrees (ba econ, from the college, and bs econ in finance, from wharton)</p>
<p>and in order to do that, you would have to apply for internal transfer / dual degree with wharton if originally in the college, or apply for dual degree with the college if originally in wharton</p>
<p>it’s not a joint degree program like m&t / huntsman / nursing-hcmg / lsm, but it still involves two pieces of paper in the end</p>
<p>If people can do that, then wouldn’t having the Life Science and Management program, the Nursing and Health Care Management program obsolete? Why would UPenn have those programs if people can simply do what you say (transfer into Wharton)? Why would people want to fund those programs when people can simply get two degrees?</p>
<p>clearly you don’t know what you’re talking about</p>
<p>try searching these boards, or google, for “wharton internal transfer”</p>
<p>and i could throw any number of relevant websites your way</p>
<p>one of them is:</p>
<p><a href=“http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/academic_options/internal_transfers.cfm[/url]”>http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/academic_options/internal_transfers.cfm</a></p>
<p>any penn student / alumnus, well-informed prospective penn applicant, or decent google user knows you’re incorrect</p>
<p>Ok so I stand correct. I apologize </p>
<p>However, your statement has a serious flaw:
"any penn student / alumnus, well-informed prospective penn applicant, or decent google user knows you’re incorrect "</p>
<p>If "any penn student / alumnus, well-informed prospective penn applicant, or decent google user knows [that I’m] incorrect " then how come only you corrected me? How come out of the 109 views of this thread, only you corrected me? Even after I made many statements. I mean of those 109 views, I’m pretty sure many are Alums, current students and well informed prospective students, why didn’t they correct me? If you statement was so true, I’m pretty sure that I would have been corrected now. I would say that statement is an extreme exaggeration and incorrect especially given that the last discussion on internal transfer with dual degree was in 2008. So yes you make a correction and I acknowledge that, but the final statement went pass to border line of an correction to a personal attack.</p>
<p>Actually, I’m pretty sure most people do go in knowing about getting a dual degree without being in a joint degree program. In fact, they state it on the CAS website in the list of majors I believe.</p>
<p>others may just not have felt like it?</p>
<p>there are no errors in the factual statements i have made, it’s not an issue of being “so true”, which incidentally is not possible (facts can either be true or false, there’s no middle ground)</p>
<p>also, the last post concerning wharton internal transfer was 2 days ago</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/739750-choices.html?highlight=wharton+transfer[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/739750-choices.html?highlight=wharton+transfer</a></p>
<p>and it was also discussed in this thread, in which you posted today</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/738668-how-much-harder-acceptance-into-wharton.html?highlight=wharton+transfer[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/738668-how-much-harder-acceptance-into-wharton.html?highlight=wharton+transfer</a></p>
<p>my intent is not to demean you, nor to hurt your feelings, but to urge you to ensure the veracity of what you post, especially when readers may make very important decisions based on what you say</p>
<p>and in general, it doesn’t hurt to do a little verification research before rushing to make / reinforce / argue a point…</p>
<p>cdz512, you had no idea what you were talking about, and tenebrousfire’s statement is no exaggeration at all. Your “how come only you corrected me?” argument is pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of an econ/finance dual degree…I’m pretty sure people with a finance concentration still get a BS in economics. </p>
<p>If you want to do a dual degree, I suggest wharton/engineering or wharton/math</p>
<p>yep exactly, nobody would do econ from the college as their dual with wharton, which is why you’ve never heard of that combination</p>
<p>How good are math classes at penn in terms of quality of professors and students, etc?</p>
<p>i’m told the higher level classes can be pretty good (never felt like going that far myself)</p>
<p>intro classes are so-so, depends on what prof you happen to get (they rotate), but for the most part they’re pretty similar</p>
<p>thanks everyone for ur inputs but none told me anything about how hard dual degrees are to do. ho bout wharton/psychology ? or wharton/philosophy ? are they easy? is wharton/math easy ? how many sacrafices do u havto make to complete 2 degrees ?</p>
<p>^^ Needless to say, wut the efff???</p>
<p>Wharton/Math is the easiest. A math major entails 13 math courses. You can double count at least 3 courses towards the major [Courses</a> in Other Departments](<a href=“http://www.math.upenn.edu/ugrad/cognates.html]Courses”>http://www.math.upenn.edu/ugrad/cognates.html). That makes it a lot easier than taking a completely unrelated major.</p>
<p>There is some sacrifice to complete a dual degree. It can take an extra semester for a college major and an extra year for engineering. You can finish faster if you take summer classes.</p>