<p>I’m a freshman at wharton in need of something other than stuying/writing papers/checking out egotastic.com.</p>
<p>Feel free to ask me questions.</p>
<p>how is the school spirit so far at penn in regards to sports......did a lot of people attend the football games and are people excited about the basketball season going on now....</p>
<p>i know its an ivy league school and all but just wondering if there is a good sense of school pride rallying behind the sports teams......</p>
<p>where did you grow up what were your grades in high school</p>
<p>what were the biggest shocks when you first went to penn</p>
<p>was penn different from what you expected? in what ways?</p>
<p>what major are you? is it competitive? ultra-competitive?</p>
<p>im with pennhunter in wondering wat ur hs stats were like</p>
<p>did u get in early or regular?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for taking time out of ur amazing wharton life to talk to some anxious hs-ers</p>
<p>wags888: I presume it's nothing compared to state schools, but students tend to support their teams a lot. Football games are a lot of fun. Basketball is a big deal here and yes people are very excited. There for sure is a a good sense of school pride. Nothing compared to Ohio State, but for sure more than most top schools.</p>
<p>PennHunter: i'm not from the US, so the grading system is hard to compare. Needless to say I did very well, as did every other student here.</p>
<p>do you by any chance know a neal modi? if u do, thats sweet</p>
<p>how many wharton/business related classes are you taking right now and are there are a lot of requirements that you have to take like gen ed classes and how easy is it to get and register for classes you want to take....</p>
<p>This guy is a tool. Honestly. I should go find him and laugh at him in person.</p>
<p>Obviously I would answer questions with far more objectivity.</p>
<p>yea im thinking ur right jcov do u know neal modi (freshman wharton "religiously" despise the school but u might know him by any chance? answer that objectively :)</p>
<p>who's a tool?</p>
<p>^you? jcov, you know what to do</p>
<p>letmepass: my biggest shock was finding out how amazing the people here are, in general. Of course you have your token weirdos and uni-dimensional nerds, nut in general people here are not only cognitively smart, but emotionally smart as well.</p>
<p>competition, at least freshman year, is inexistant I find. If anything, people help each other out (of course, that depends who your friends are).</p>
<p>yes I got in early.</p>
<p>I'm taking 2 wharton classes now. the curriculum is pretty rigid first two years, but you still have ample room to explore whatever you want. (i'm taking a cinema class)</p>
<p>hahaha, let me have it "Jcov"!
why didn't you jump off that high rise?</p>
<p>JCov's just jealous that he's not the only Penn kid on CC.. ahaha. the competition continues!</p>
<p>Is wharton harder than u expected, or not as intensive as u expected?</p>
<p>much less intense, still a lot of work, but first semester is very manageable.</p>
<p>oh, there's plenty of us penn students lurking around here...</p>
<p>in general, if transitioning to college life and academics goes well, then one should have no worries about doing well during the first semester.</p>
<p>Why didn't I jump? because I cannot fly!</p>
<p>NEXT QUESTION</p>
<p>For real though, freshman year isn't that tough. 4 classes is a very, very trivial amount and if you have half a sense of time management, it's nothing. Savor those moments (even 5 and 6 can be very, very manageable!).</p>
<p>People here are talented, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they're oh so incredible or anything. When I came to Penn, I expected to be blown away by intellectuals...</p>
<p>Not so much.</p>
<p>That might be true, but I would argue that the degree of emotional intelligence at Wharton surpasses that of any other university.</p>