<p>Leo Markel</p>
<p>Voorhees, NJ (south jersey)</p>
<p>Russian</p>
<p>Sooooo many things i love; here are some: volleyball, crime and punishment by dostoyevsky, politics, MUSIC, model UN, etc.</p>
<p>I wanna meet you guys when i get i ~first get there....ive been at penn a lot, so i dont need the familiarizing time</p>
<p>pce, leo</p>
<p>aish aish baby.. ah old gov school times!
haha aishwarya and i went to nj gov school of international studies together</p>
<p>its dostoevsky....</p>
<p>ive seen both spellings actually...who cares!...icystarlight and aish - dan tavana told me about you....where in NJ are you?</p>
<p>i'm from NJ too baby</p>
<p>ahhh!! i wanted to go to gov school int'l so badly gahhh
but eeh person last yr who's @huntsman right now didn't get into int'l either
i'm jealous, i feel like i shud've applied huntsman</p>
<p>anyway, btw.. any person from JP stevens (NJ) on this board? yet another nj kid got into huntsman, too.</p>
<p>haha..hey joanne...i miss gov school too =(...dostoyevsky..i'm from north jersey...near morristown...town's called parsippany..but no one's ever heard of it..so i just say morristown =)</p>
<p>so many njers. where are the mass people? better yet, where are the mass people who live in towns where starbucks is the most exciting thing?</p>
<p>haha yeah
manasi was telling me u got into huntsman =P not u specifically, just.. "friend from parsippany"
so what's the total NJ count so far? lol.. it was crazy, last yr twooo from EB got in or something.
i only know kim h. n sunny s. from ur school.. cuz they're on my board =P</p>
<p>leo im in plainsboro.. thats by princeton</p>
<p>ang - parsippany hills? (i know where that is)</p>
<p>yea!! i go to par hills...who do u know from there?</p>
<p>Aish</p>
<p>hmm....i know no one by name, but im sure i can identify a few ppl from the vball team (not like it matters or anything)....do you know anyone from eastern? (other than stacy and dan)</p>
<p>alita,
let me know when you want to get together. Sorry I haven't posted, but I have been busy non-stop the past 48 hrs.</p>
<p>random question - does anyone know if they sell Huntsman Program t-shirts/hoodies? I have a wharton one but it's not exactly right...</p>
<p>i doubt they do....i have a wharton one as well (given to me by my friend who got into harvard)....my friends joked around that i should make huntsman hoodies; i could get that done if you guys want em....</p>
<p>on a side note, we are all soooo hardcore about penn - 'tis nice</p>
<p>hell yeah . i mean if you were to find enough people to put an order together i'd def. buy one</p>
<p>customink.com is an awesome site for designing shirts. you can basically do anything, any color.. cheap too. checkthat [=</p>
<p>gotya...ill run that by u guys on huntsman day</p>
<p>btw guys... this was a reply sent by my friend who's currently in huntsman and is in china studying for the semester.. he gave me some pretty good insight (lol this was back in june so thats why hes still talking bout ED and stuff)</p>
<p>1) its not more work than regular wharton. in terms of wharton core classes, we
only have to take 10 whereas normal wharton kids have to take 14. we also dont
have to take wharton electives in subjects that we arent concentrating in.
huntsman is more if you are interested in taking international relations and
area studies classes. after frosh and soph year, other than the mandatory
huntsman history class that we took fall semester frosh year, i have taken all
wharton classes. also, being in huntsman, you can get into all the honors
sections for wharton classes, which is good because the curves are easier. there
are two options for applying to huntsman early, if you dont get in early you can
choose to apply to wharton early decision (its like 2 shots at early decision),
or you could say you want to be considered for huntsman program regular
decision. and socially, a lot of huntsman people just chill with each other, but
i wasnt one of those people. the only huntsman person i see a lot is my lambda
bro who is also huntsman my year haha. all of my other friends are
college/wharton people. but i am still friendly with huntsman people, they are
pretty cool, just not in my immediate group of friends.</p>
<p>2) in terms of language, i got a 700 on my SAT 2 chinese, so yeah, youve already
beaten me there. and my friend from korea who applied to huntsman with korean,
switched to chinese frosh year, and that was the first time he ever took
chinese, so if he can be in huntsman im sure your chinese is more than good
enough. so far i have only taken 2 semesters of commercial chinese, advanced
commercial chinese, advanced reading and writing, and advanced spoken mandarin,
and they were all pretty easy as long as you keep up.</p>
<p>3) competition in wharton in general is pretty crazy. a lot of huntsman kids
study super hard, but then theres a bunch like me who only study on the day
before/of exams. the results are mixed, im pretty sure my grades are better than
alot of my classmates who study way more than me, so it really depends on your
study style.</p>
<p>4) i think the program is cool. its definately different from plain wharton, and
i guess the IR and area studies classes are good breaks from boring management
finance accounting classes that you would otherwise be taking. its also
something to talk about at interviews, because it is a program with only a
select number of students. like my year there is only 30 ish, but usually its
around 45 and this years frosh class is over 50. but its a select group. and
studying abroad should be good. i go abroad in the fall, and was looking forward
to it the past 2 years, but now i just want to go back to penn to chill with my
gf and friends, so i kinda dont wanna go hahaa. plus i have been interning in
shanghai for the past 3 months, so i will have spent freaking 6 months in
chinafobland. and i really cant stand local chiinese people. so i cant wait to
go back to jersey/philly in january haha.</p>