<p>i really like the program. but is it really worth it to give it a shot? honestly? i mean they accept 45 ppl every year. and i bet these 45 ppl have near perfect SAT scores along w/4.0 GPAs and stellar ECs. so 'normal' kids would never even have a chance at it. getting into Penn is hard enough. but Penn's Huntsman program? that's almost impossible for someone like me. </p>
<p>so i thought, should i just forget it and not waste time on the huntsman essay but instead put more time into the other essays?
does anyone have huntsman statistics or somethin?</p>
<p>guys? anyone? i know huntsman is really competitive. but HOW competitive? is it virtualy impossible for someone who's not an all-around stellar student to get in?</p>
<p>I'm considering the same thing here, too. I think Huntsman's admission rate is well below 10% but other than that I haven't really seen enough successful Huntsman applicants to compare to, either. I know only one person got in from my province last year and she opted to go to Yale instead...</p>
<p>It sounds like a good program.
But either way, if you're not accepted, they look at your other major and school, so it's just extra work to do the app.
I personally think it shows passion and interest in the school, even if you're not accepted.</p>
<p>So is it possible to get rejected by Huntsman early and still get into your secondary choice in ED? The other lingering concern of mine is that would a Huntsman rejection weaken the applicant's case to the second-choice school (be it CAS or Wharton)?</p>
<p>yeah... and no huntsman doesnt require perfect sats etc. a friend of mine was accepted. But then, maybe it was because of a demographic slot that she filled. Or maybe her essays were perfect.
Anyways, she went to yale.
hold on.
holy pegasus, is your province bahrain by any chance?</p>
<p>@abhimanyuk: lol no...I'm from Canada. But I don't get why people would choose Yale over Huntsman...if they applied to Huntsman (which is quite a specific option) in the first place. And Bahrain isn't a province anyways...I wouldn't try to insult the kingdom like that ;)</p>
<p>I'm a student in the Huntsman Program. I would not be dissuaded from applying simply because you are afraid of not being admitted. While the Huntsman students are very talented, we are by no means perfect. It is simply untrue that you need a perfect GPA and standardized test scores to be admitted. Plenty of us did not have pristine resumes in high school, but most of us were passionate about whatever our interests were and we expressed that in our applications. Also, applying to Huntsman (or any other coordinated joint-degree program) has zero impact on your chances of admission to your single-degree choice. I was very worried about the truth of this claim prior to applying, but I have since been assured that it is indeed the case that single-degree decisions are made without regard for rejections from coordinated-joint degree programs.</p>
<p>i'm not ultra competitive in the pool of applicants. i guess only mediocre. the program accepts about 50 ppl each year out of perhaps 600 students. w/a 2160, i honestly think i have no chance. so instead of wasting my time writing an "okay" huntsman essay. i thought it would be better to just leave it out and put more time into the other required essays. </p>
<p>PS. do you know the statistics of students admitted to huntsman?? like the avg SAT scores, GPAs, etc? thanks. that would be a lot of help!</p>
<p>Huntsman doesn't just accept "perfect" people. One of my friends who's pretty normal who got in (regular) had an SAT score of between 2100 and 2200 (I think), I think, so you shouldn't discount yourself just because you have a 2160. As for his gpa, we have a scale of 11, and advanced/AP classes aren't weighted, so that probably wouldn't help you.
I applied early and find out in less than a month, aaah...(I also wrote my essay in the end of August, completely redid in the end of september due to the financial crisis...)</p>
<p>I was going to apply to Huntsman, but I changed my mind during the last week.
I think it's a great program, but then I realized that it probably wasn't for me as I was allured more to the international relations part of it, and not really to the business side.</p>
<p>Obviously can't tell you what to do but what do you stand to lose by applying to Huntsman if you are truly interested in it? </p>
<p>I say go for it anyway. Who cares about the statistics, put your best foot forward and see what becomes of things. You could be surprised. Then how happy would you be that you took that chance.</p>
<p>The Huntsman program is really not that competitive. The only thing that you need to get into Huntsman is to demonstrate an interest in languages and culture. These students are no smarter than the average Wharton undergraduate.</p>
<p>I have met too many Huntsman students who are struggling through Calc I and Business Econ (which was about as hard as my community college economics class)</p>