Hello!
I was wondering if it would be possible to transfer externally to CAS in my junior year, and if I get accepted (a major “if”), transfer to Wharton over the summer (meaning file any applications needed to do so)? Thank you, I really appreciate it!
Highly highly unlikely. If you transfer into CAS you should expect to stay in CAS for your career at Penn. If you want to attend Wharton then apply to transfer into Wharton.
Penn is aware of the game people some applicants try to play by applying to a less competitive school and then trying to transfer into a more competitive school (Wharton) and make internal transfers exceedingly difficult. The odds of Penn seriously considering an internal transfer from CAS to Wharton for a transfer student who has not even taken a class on campus are infinitesimal.
I do not think that Penn intentionally makes the internal transfer difficult. .There are just too many students applying for internal transfer to Wharton.
Dual degrees with Wharton may be an option. It may be too late to start it after sophomore year.
@Pase66 internal transfer for a student who started out at Oenn as a freshman is not very difficult provided that the student maintains a good GPA(~3.5/3.6 or more) and can show actual interest in business.
Internal transfer to Wharton for students who transferred into Penn externally from another college is expressly not allowed. https://www.college.upenn.edu/transfer-within-university
https://undergrad-inside.wharton.upenn.edu/internal-transfer/
A dual degree with Wharton is an available option for external transfers to come to Penn as sophomores, but not those who come in as juniors. Of course acceptance to the dual degree program is not a guarantee.
Point is if you want to study business and you would not be ok with an Econ or other major at CAS, apply straight to Wharton.
Pretty sure it is harder to transfer into Wharton as a Penn student than it is to apply for Wharton from an outside school
@doorrealthe definitely not true. Having a 3.5+ GPA and demonstrated interest in business gives a Penn CAS, SEAS, Nursing student very good chances of transferring into Wharton. An external transfer into Wharton needs to have 3.8-3.9+ and compete for the very few spots open to external transfers with kids from other top 20/30 schools. In my class which was a few years ago, i knew 5 kids from non-HYP ivies who had transferred to Wharton. Wharton external transfer is similar to HYPS external transfer, total crapshoot.