If you get rejected from Jerome Fisher but accepted to Wharton...

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<p>Can't you just take all the required courses for the BS in economics at Wharton in addition to taking all of the required courses for a BSE in the engineering school? </p>

<p>What's the difference between being in the program and earning the two degrees? (which, to my understanding, is possible because of the "one university policy") </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>From what I gather, it’s not possible to earn two degrees if you aren’t in both schools. You can take some courses, certainly.</p>

<p>That’s just what my alumni interview told me though, so you might want to check up on it.</p>

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<p>^This</p>

<p>Also, there’s more to being in the program than just the curriculum you take, from what I understand.</p>

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<p>runnerxc: yes, it is possible to earn degrees in both schools if you are not in M&T. However, you would still need to submit a dual-degree application after your freshman year (but getting into this is much easier than M&T). The difference is that M&T is a “coordinated dual degree program”, meaning it has courses that are unique to M&T which help you complete all the requirements for both schools. You CAN do an “uncoordinated dual degree”, but it will be harder to complete all the required courses in four years since you won’t have the advantage of the special M&T classes.</p>

<p><a href=“https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/acadopp/dualdegree.cfm[/url]”>https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/acadopp/dualdegree.cfm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/internaltransfer_dualdegree/Internal_Transfer_and_Dual_Degree_Application_Information.pdf[/url]”>https://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/internaltransfer_dualdegree/Internal_Transfer_and_Dual_Degree_Application_Information.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Is it possible to internally transfer to M&T? I really want to apply there now but I haven’t taken a science SAT subject test and I didn’t do research or science competitions or anything like that in HS. Also, I haven’t done business-related ECs. I’ve recently become interested in science and business, so M&T sounds ideal but I don’t think it’s realistic. Do people transfer from Wharton or CAS to the program?</p>

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<p>Yes.</p>

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<p>The M&T program waives a bunch of requirements and allows you to double-count other courses, so your total credit requirement is less than what it would normally be. You can definitely do a BSE and BS Econ, but expect to work your butt off to graduate in 5 years.</p>

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<p>You can take both as a dual degree, but it will cost twice as much as M&T.</p>

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False, you don’t pay extra tuition to pursue a dual degree, you pay the standard rate for the time it takes to complete the two.</p>