Fall 2014 Transfer Applicants

<p>@delinquente‌ I applied to Stanford as well:) But it is more for fun. Transfer admission rate is crazy: 1500 applicants, 30 accepted (15 from ccs 15 from 4 your colleges), 6 are US veterans.
Wharton is also difficult to get into, but realistic at least:)</p>

<p>@ZaZa94 Can I ask why you’re unhappy at Williams? </p>

<p>@juvenis Williams really isn’t as great as I thought it’d be- it was originally one of my top 3 (along with Yale and Princeton) but it really hasn’t met my expectations. I maxed off at the Italian program here in one semester, and I find the economics classes here to be filled with kids who have 0 diversity in interest and 0 diversity in general. I’m the only gay kid majoring in Econ, and probably the only one who wants to go to Econ grad school and not just become an investment banker. Williams is absolutely a great place if you’re from Darien, CT, you’re white, play squash/lacrosse/field hockey, and went to Deerfield or the like. If that isn’t you, good luck having a good time here - the social scene for gays (and other minorities for that matter) is nonexistent and the school seems to treat minorities as if they’re just a statistic and then dump them off without any help. That’s slightly coherent, I think…</p>

<p>@ZaZa94 That’s a shame. I’m sorry about that. Is Williams just indifferent and apathetic toward LGBT, or are the students more against it? I would’ve thought Williams, being in the NE and a liberal arts college and all, would at least have some LGBT scene.</p>

<p>Btw is it really hard to get an A there? My classmate who ranked near the top in my school said it’s damn hard to get an A. Idk what he’s studying though.</p>

<p>To be particularly honest, I think it’s just the intrinsic nature of the school, a small school in the middle of nowhere doesn’t really attract many students who don’t associate with the “norm” even if they’re accepted. It’s hard to get an A here, I’ve only gotten 6 As out of 12 classes that I’ve taken. </p>

<p>I digress though, this is the Penn transfer thread, not the why do I dislike Williams thread. </p>

<p>Yeah sorry. I was just curious</p>

<p>Is anyone else from cc applying to penn as a transfer? This thread was poppin’ last year and now I feel like it’s my life story. </p>

<p>2 more weeks!</p>

<p>@wantwharton Did they announce an exact date?</p>

<p>@Juvenis May 5th, 3 PM EST</p>

<p>@Samatmag‌ do you think Stanford or Wharton is better for a business career? </p>

<p>Entrepreneurship: Stanford hands down. Wall Street-type big bank finance, IB, and strategic consulting I’d say they are about the same. I am basing my argument purely on the observation of outputs I have seen over the years with people I know.</p>

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<p>Maybe for Silicon Valley-focused tech entrepreneurship, but not entrepreneurship in general:</p>

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<p><a href=“http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/aboutWe.html”>http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/aboutWe.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For much more, see the entire Wharton Entrepreneurship site here, and the pages linked therein:</p>

<p><a href=“http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/default.aspx”>http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Not that you asked me but Wharton is better for traditional business careers and the east coast, while Stanford is better for newer business careers (tech, VC, startups) and the west coast</p>

<p>@delinquente‌ you’re splitting hairs when comparing those places; any top school will jockey you into a position to be successful (although there’s obviously a confound that only the best talent goes to top schools). It all comes down to what you do once you get that first job, but if you were to make a decision on Stanford vs. Wharton it should mostly come down to personal fit at that point. Be wary, it’s bad to make decisions on bridges that haven’t been built yet. </p>

<p>Thanks guys. Haha yea just wondering about the two in case I got really lucky to get accepted to both. Hopefully a 3.9 at a top 20 private college with great ECs would cut the line.</p>

<p>@delinquente the most important factor in transfer applications seems to be fit - one of my friends here at Williams was rejected to Wharton with a 4.0 (and presumably higher SAT) and I was accepted to the College with a 3.54 (I obviously know they aren’t the same, but he was just doing it for the name whereas I actually fit better at Penn socially and academically). If you convey fit well enough, you should have a good shot. Bear in mind that a lot of transfers have the support of athletics, so Stanford (or Wharton) may have veryyyyy few academic admit seats, and they’ll go to people who are superlative (whereas the College or
schools with typically larger transfer classes have room to take students). My two cents may be worth more (or less) than two cents - and if you don’t get in, I doubt it will imply perpetual failure. </p>

<p>@ZaZa94‌ Yea I did convey my fit in my essays. Fit is important but I believe the initial screening is GPA. Anyway, we’ll see how it goes. I’m not too worried about not getting into any of the two schools because I already knew I got into another ivy that I applied to.</p>

<p>@delinquente Makes things much less stressful doesn’t it?</p>

<p>@delinquente ugh I’m so jeal, I only applied to penn - all my eggs are in one basket </p>