How to become someone like Joyce Meng? How many people at Wharton are as accomplished as her?

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I just saw Joyce Meng’s resume (http://www.joycemeng.com/joycemengresume.pdf) and I am so impressed. How to become someone like Joyce Meng? How many people at Wharton are as accomplished as her?

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4.0 GPA for the joint program… That is very impressive.

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If I had to guess I would say there are 15-20 people every year at penn who are at that level. There are a few people with similar grades (i.e. 3.95+), doing the M&T and LSM programs, or single science or engineering degrees, which are all much more rigorous academically than Huntsman and also have amazing research projects going on, amazing internships, all sorts of awards etc.

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I’d guess than less than 1% of Penn undergrads (so less than 25) graduating yearly are like her.

How to become like her – I think you either have it or you don’t; hard work helps but only to a degree. Her academics are phenomenal, but realize that lots of Penn grads have what she has work-wise – lots of analysts at every ibank in NYC, followed by hedge fund jobs, and even launching your own fund. If you want that – you can have it without being a Rhodes Scholar.

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David and Jack Cahn, twins, are at Wharton, class of 2018. I expect to hear a lot from them in the future, not as Rhode Scholars but more along the lines of Donald Trump. They graduated from Stuyvesant High in NY and are noted for losing a student government election. They were even profiled by New York Magazine.

Joyce Meng attended Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology in Fairfax, VA. She is one of eight Rhodes Scholars from her high school, seven of whom graduated 2000-2009. Lucas Brown graduated the year after Joyce. He attended Oberlin and received a Ph.D. in economics from Oxford in three years (he took a year off to work on the 2012 Obama campaign). He also has an impressive resume. https://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/in/lucasmbrown

Robert Fisher graduated from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga and he is a Presidential, Truman, and Rhodes Scholar. https://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/in/robert-fisher-b1105670

Colleges didn’t make these people successful; they showed up on campus that way. Their success is due to their own personalities and effort, their K-12 experiences, their parents, and mentors.

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LOL at the above post. I’m sure the Cahns are nice people but they’re far from brilliant.