<p>How competitive a major is IR to get into?</p>
<p>my interviewer told me yesterday that he has hardly any fond memories of penn because he was always studying. i'm scared now.</p>
<p>That's his own doing. If you choose to study all the time, then you're only creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. Plenty of people here at Penn study but also know how to have fun.</p>
<p>Penn grad from a long time ago. Never went to a party, don't drink. Studied butt off to attain appropriate GPA for med school. Have wonderful memories- found my niche in the music dept. and with non-drunk friends. Don't expect to cruise and cram/write papers the night before.</p>
<p>au contraire! ( lol, I don't even kno if that's how you write it. I'm a german guy, not french. gahh french). Cramming is definitely possible...it might not work lol, but it's better than nothing</p>
<p>better than losing two world wars</p>
<p>hahah...touche.</p>
<p>I know plenty of people who don’t study at all and pull off 3.7+ GPAs every semester. They also have godlike intelligence and understand everything thrown at them. </p>
<p>I’m in engineering+wharton, and it’s killing me. I’m only in my second semester freshman year, and I’m studying a lot just to keep up. It really depends on how smart you are though.</p>
<p>In general, most CAS classes are easier, with the exception of the introductory math and economics classes. Once you get past Econ 1/2, Math 104/114/(and sometimes 240 depending if you’re taking it), you’ll be fine in the college.</p>
<p>Wharton and Engineering never really let up though. I can totally relate to that interviewer who said he was studying all the time.</p>
<p>It’s easy enough to Sandusky the younger children.</p>
<p>as a penn16er, how does a freshman even know where to start with course selection? i’m potentially interested in premed, IR, econ/finance (wuth potential interest to transfer into wharteon - i’m in the college), journalism, and - for hobby’s sake - creative writing. if i dont want my bum handed to me 1st semester in, how should i plan for my frosh year?</p>
<p>^ Over the summer, you’ll be assigned a Pre-Major Advisor from the College who will help you with course selection:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.college.upenn.edu/advising/premajor.php[/url]”>http://www.college.upenn.edu/advising/premajor.php</a></p>
<p>^^americansushi</p>
<p>Your interests sound exactly like mine! I swear it could’ve been me who wrote your post 
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<p>I’m definitely going to be haranguing my pre-major advisor. My mom doesn’t think going into IR will ER me a job. For her, it’s pre-med or bust.</p>
<p>@nebbalish</p>
<p>even more cray cray is that my mom doesnt want me to do IR either (for the same reason) and wants me to become a doctor too! small world.</p>