<p>How would you compare degrees from the College and Wharton?</p>
<p>Wharton is a B.S. degree and the College is a B.A.</p>
<p>I mean what sort of things come with each degree/opportunities/ skillsets/options/tracks/etc</p>
<p>Well guessing from what aj said:
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Every year there are only about 5-10 people total [out of 400-450 graduates] that go onto anything besides IB or consulting.
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most people from Wharton go into IB or consulting! </p>
<p>And college, depends on what you major in, but if you refer to the other link about what econ majors are doing, you get a good idea. More variety in the college, but they overlap.</p>
<p>wharton leads to money
the college leads to poverty</p>
<p>legend, bern is only kidding.</p>
<p>From my understanding, a Wharton degree opens up doors for just about anything, but I imagine that a degree from the college (it is a prestigious ivy league school) will do the same. Go to where you want and do what you want and success will come. There is no damn secret path to success, there are only those who will succeed and those who will not. They can all take different tracks/options to achieve the same result.</p>
<p>Chill legendofmax. I don't like this whole Wharton-is-a-must idea. You're not even at Penn yet, people change, so don't fret over things that may or may not happen months from now. Many people who graduate from Wharton end up opting out of the financial sector few years down the road because 1. we're all too young to be so absolute about our life time careers 2. people tend to just think "Wharton" and money, and it turns out that is not the case. 3. Wharton UG isn't strictly business, ppl have the option of going onto graduate school or whatnot. Bottom line is, I've been reading your posts and you seriously need to just focus on the "now"...take care of your college classes first...then take all of your own personal/academic/career goals and evaluate it, then decide. </p>
<p>College is just as good as Wharton, different people want different things...so drop this "If I get to Penn, i should get a dual degree, because w/out Wharton, I'm nothing"...the roads to wealth are many, and people need to stop this infatuation with Wharton, think about the bigger picture...geez.</p>
<p>Hey bern700, since I'm a SAS student (or will be in a week), can I borrow a dollar? I guess us College students will be borrowing from the Whartonites for the rest of our lives :D </p>
<p>P.S. When I come to your bank for a loan, will I have to put up any collateral?...lol</p>
<p>In a week? is it that soon? 2 weeks, I think.</p>
<p>In response to the OP: Lightning strikes you and you die suddenly but painfully. This practice of dropping business is so rare, so they don't see fit to publish the consequences of it in the viewbooks as a footnote.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, Wharton students not pursuing business is not uncommon - although most still end up as preprofessionals, al be it not in say ibanking/consulting/realestate, etc. </p>
<p>I know as an M&T, a good number of us end up in engineering/medschool and a fair # of plain jane whartonites everywhere year pursue a non-profit as a mgr or director.</p>
<p>well said Catch-22</p>
<p>Catch-22 is right in that it is by no means necessary to go to Wharton to end up successful in business. There are tons of people who go to SAS & SEAS every year who end up becoming very successful in IB, consulting. There are some Wharton students every year who pursue things besides business. Going to Wharton will not hold you back from pursuing other opportunities and it may even give you an edge since its fairly unique to go to Wharton and end up doing something different, especially right after graduation [some wharton alums will go do consulting/IB for a while and then decide to make a career switch into a different field--but very few go to wharton and decide immediately that upon graduation they're going into a non-business field or grad school]. So don't feel that if you go to Wharton you are 100% committed to IB or consulting--despite what your wharton classmates will say [and believe me they'll have their opinions], there are other fields and if you decide to pursue other interests, you just have to be proactive and go after them.</p>
<p>P.S. I never considered working for a non-profit to be a 'different field.' Some Wharton students go into that every year, but the work they do is almost identical to the work a consultant would do--financial analysis, marketing etc. for a non-profit instead of for a regular corporation.</p>
<p>Why are people making all these assumptions about my intentions and opinions (mainly Catch)? I'm not even saying I will switch, but I want options to be open. This isn't hard to grasp, guys.</p>
<p>OK so I'm one of those people that applied mostly to business schools and was set on studying business. Then over the years I began to realize that I did not enjoy nor excel in Finance or Accounting but did very well with creative/people involved subjects like Marketing and Management. When recruiting time came around senior year I HATED having to dress up in a suit and "pretend" with everyone. I couldn't imagine myself working in a corporate environment. And now I don't and I am very happy.</p>
<p>A lot of people from Wharton go on to work in non-traditional areas (ie outside of consulting and financial services) like non-profits, music/entertainment industry, law/med school, PhDs, etc. So don't worry, we make out just fine. We're not doomed or shunned by the school (I actually think they like us because we're different).</p>