In your opinions: Is Wharton significantly harder to get into than CAS?

[cbreeze]

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The allegation that schools look at different profiles can be made. Nursing looks for different kind of students than Wharton.

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OK , give me examples.</p>

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The claim that "“The calibre of Wharton students is on par with HYP” can be made, as can be made any claim, but that doesn’t make it correct. I am contending it is meaningless.

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<p>Meaningless to you. Were you rejected by Wharton?</p>

[Rudess]

<p>Meaningless to whoever follows the reasons I gave for it to be meaningless. No, I was not rejected by Wharton given that I’ve never applied to it thank you very much. FYI I graduated from Penn Engineering+CAS, applying to Engineering originally, and never applying for any kind of dual degree with Wharton.</p>

[muerteapablo]

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however, it is even harder to move to Wharton from CAS once a student at Penn…

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<p>Actually, you just need a 3.8 GPA for freshman year, which really isn’t that difficult.</p>

<p>EDIT - if you aren’t an engineer.</p>

[flyingllama]

<p>Does a freshman year 3.8 GPA from Penn guarantee one’s transfer into Wharton? Or is it a qualifier?</p>

[muerteapablo]

<p>guarantee.</p>

[flyingllama]

<p>no way???</p>

<p>I’m guessing there would be no such guarantee into Wharton if I went to another school and got a 3.8 freshman GPA?</p>

[muerteapablo]

<p>nope. only CAS - they happen to hold it in high esteem, obviously. If you got into CAS and you can maintain a 3.8, you’re considered Wharton level.</p>

<p>This speaks to what cbreeze said earlier:

if you’re good enough for CAS, then you’d probably get into Wharton

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[GetToCollege]

<p>@Flyingllama</p>

<p>Your Stats = Wharton is harder</p>

<p>Not easy to ‘transfer’ CAS into Wharton</p>

<p>Better chance for CAS admission</p>

<p>Good Luck! :D</p>

<p>(Get great grades then go for MBA @Harvard Business School)</p>

[flyingllama]

<p>I’m aiming for a 3.8 GPA anyway, so CAS definitely makes sense for me. I’m definitely applying CAS.</p>

<p>Besides, Wharton would be an outlier if I applied. I’m not applying to any other business programs. Wharton would make more sense if I was applying to Ross/Stern/McIntire etc, but I’m applying to Duke/Northwestern/Dartmouth etc.</p>

<p>Thanks for telling me that little detail.</p>

<p>GetToCollege: yes HBS is a goal as well! and thanks for the luck! :D</p>

[ilovebagels]

<p>CAS -> HBS makes for a much happier llama. Or bagel-enthusiast.</p>

[ChoklitRain]

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nope. only CAS - they happen to hold it in high esteem, obviously. If you got into CAS and you can maintain a 3.8, you’re considered Wharton level.

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<p>it’s not about being “Wharton level.” someone with a 3.8 in CAS will ball on the majority of Wharton’s students. it’s a simple matter of there being limited openings in Wharton, so they order the transfer applicants by gpa and then take as many people as there are spaces. the cutoff is usually around 3.8 but not necessarily.</p>