<p>Hey guys! So I'm pretty set on applying to Huntsman ED. Besides the enriching curriculum the double major provides, I've heard of people do triple majors (I know--probably brutal at Penn) and I'm a huge CogSci buff (I heard BBB is super from people in it).</p>
<p>Here is my question: what language do you think would be better for me to apply with? I've spoken Russian at home for years and have done a lot of interpreting with it for a foundation that brings kids over here to get heart surgery from Russia. In short, I'm fluent and have actually gotten some very humbling press coverage for it! On the other hand, I love speaking Spanish and am getting a recommendation from my teacher for it. Although I did not take the SAT II, I did score a 5 on the AP Spanish Language Exam (pretty sure I'm the first one in my school without any outside of school background in Spanish) and when I spoke with the director of Huntsman, he said that could demonstrate sufficient mastery in the language. </p>
<p>Russian is a much rarer catch at Huntsman; but, I've heard the AdCons over there really value kids that have a certain background and try a language different from that background. So what do you think? If I could get any input from past applicants or current UPenn students (especially Huntsmanites) that'd be great.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice Nadia, I think I was gonna go with that anyway. And prinki, I don’t know if I’m a “math freak” but I know that Huntsman admissions tend to be more holistic than Wharton or CAS (they take target language in to account I’ve heard). But my math grades are fine I think :)</p>
<p>You do not need to be a “math freak” to get into Wharton. That is pure exaggeration. You need to be competent in math and be comfortable with it but you really do not need any extraordinary ability in math to excel in Wharton. A lot of people I know in Wharton really have no special interest or ability in math. They excel in other areas such as leadership and applied problem solving. Many Wharton students have not placed out of math 104 and many don’t even take any other math classes after that. You do need to have some math background to well in classes like BPUB 250, but from what I have heard it is all much less theoretical than much of the math in the econ major.<br>
Also, one thing to keep in mind is that what you think of as “mathematics” in college is much different from what it is in high school. In high school when you think of someone as good in math, many times they are actually just good at doing computations, so if you have done well with this in high school you should be able to handle the math in Wharton.</p>