<p>New solution: if you want to contact me, send me an email at mandttransfer@<gmail><dot><com>, since Private Messages suck on this site.</com></dot></gmail></p>
<p>And responding to the person who just PMed me since I don’t want to actually wait to get to 15 posts:<br>
Internal transfer (non-M&T) rates to Wharton are definitely much higher. They accept 100+ students into Wharton every year, so you definitely have a good chance. I’d guess the rate is like 30% or higher.
Email me at the email address I gave above if you have any more questions!</p>
<p>Thanks for all the wonderful information you have shared. How did you gather the Wharton Internal acceptance rate as being 30%? Did approx 300 kids apply from within Penn and 100 get in? Do they take more internal than external transfers? Would you know the external acceptance rate?</p>
<p>What was the GPA required for internal transfer this year?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Can CAS students transfer into M&T?</p>
<p>lovemom: The 30% was just a guess. I don’t know how many apply but I imagine it’s not more than ~400, and I think close to 150 students are accepted.
If by external transfer you mean transfer from a school outside of Penn, then yes definitely there are more internal transfers accepted than external transfers. I don’t know the external transfer rate.</p>
<p>I am not aware of the GPA for internal transfer; I imagine it’s not higher than 3.7, and may be lower.</p>
<p>3176401: Not that I’m aware of, but I guess it might be possible.</p>
<p>Thank you for your post! I am an incoming freshman, in the college of arts and sciences. However, after I sent in my application, I learned about the program and fell in love with it. Now, I am set on applying for a transfer after my first year, which is possible. So a couple of questions. What would you describe as an “ideal” course schedule for a transfer applicant? Other than the prequisites (Math 104 and 114, Econ 001 and 002, etc.), are there any classes you recommend to take to have a stronger application? And any specific type of extracurricular/service project? Thanks.</p>
<p>^Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m fairly certain you have to be a freshman in either SEAS or Wharton to transfer into M&T. If you’re in CAS as a freshman, you are probably ineligible to transfer into the program.</p>
<p>Hi MnT, </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, have you ever heard of sophomores (i.e. rising juniors) applying for M&T transfer and getting in? I am hoping to transfer to Penn SEAS and was wondering if M&T is remotely possible for the future.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>^The website explicitly states that you can only transfer in as a rising sophomore during your freshman year. So no, it is not possible.</p>
<p>Responding to collegebound1202’s post - actually, I believe now you <em>can</em> transfer into M&T from the College.
In terms of an ideal course schedule, I’d say take courses that demonstrate your interest in engineering and Wharton. I would advise against taking Math 104 (you can get retroactive credit for it if you take Math114), and it may be worth skipping Math 114 as well (you can self-study/place out of it). That will give you a bit more room to take more non-required courses freshman year, and you should take courses that give you a feel for whether you’d actually want to do M&T (at least 1 or 2 courses in whichever Engineering you would be considering, and 1 or 2 Wharton courses would be good too if you’re able to).</p>
<p>I think about extracurriculars along the same lines. I didn’t do any Wharton-related extracurriculars, but I quickly got very involved in Engineering extracurriculars freshman year. Honestly, focus on activities around what you’re interested in, put a lot of effort into them, and excel.</p>
<p>Also just got a PM which I still can’t respond to (1 more post after this one). Question was:
Thanks for your previous messages. Since there are so many transferred into regular dual degree and still very few got in M&T, there must be big difference in regard to program quality, career opportunity outlook, etc. Am I right? Can you elaborate on that? What are the other differences? Why did you choose M&T rather than dual degree other than the fact that it takes more courses for dual degree to graduate? Which route is easier, Wharton then dual degree/M&T or SEA then dual/M&T? Btw, how competitive is the grading for M&T kids? Is it always curved? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Answer:</p>
<p>I don’t know too much about career outlook. I imagine most dual degree students are able to get the jobs they want, same as M&T. M&T is just a coordinated program, so they keep the number of students in it low.
The peer group and network are tighter-knit. And it has a name/reputation for itself beyond just Wharton + Engineering.</p>
<p>I don’t know which route is easier. It’s definitely more likely that you’ll get into M&T as a transfer from SEAS.</p>
<p>Grading for M&T is the same as grading for other Penn students. Most classes are curved.</p>
<p>Hello!
I just got accepted to SEAS but had applied to M&T. If I got denied during this round, can I still apply at the end of freshman year? If so, can I also apply to a regular dual degree in case I don’t get in yet again? I would really appreciate your response… Thanks!</p>
<p>Not in M&T but I can maybe answer that. You can apply at the end of freshman year -</p>
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<p>Afaik, you can also apply for a regular dual degree alongside it.</p>