<p>Hey bern700,</p>
<p>How is Wharton? I applied...IF i get accepted, what am I in for?</p>
<p>well it is really amazing. The academics are awesome! I've enjoyed all my classes and have had pretty good profs. The "curve" sucks though. So you really have to be on top of things if you want to do well. Like on my last econ midterm, for example, the median on the test was a 23/25 so over 50% of the class of like 200 missed only 2 questions. So if you missed more than 2 questions you practically got a C!!!! Despite the harsh curve i think the best thing about wharton are the students. When you meet people you just think that in the future they are going to be a valuable contact in the business world. I've met kids that have been CEOs of million dollar businesses, kids that have huge political influence in their countries, son and daughters of the richest and most influencial people in the world. It is an amazing group of students. The network is amazing...Another thing that is awesome is recruting. I've been taken out to dinner or drinks by recruiters at top i-banks and I'm only a freshman. It is awesome!</p>
<p>damn...are curves are the school of arts and science better or worse than the curves at wharton??</p>
<p>The course bern is referring to IS an SAS course.</p>
<p>yeah that's a SAS course however over 90% of the students are wharton students so because of the competition the class basically sets the curve as if it were a wharton curve.</p>
<p>First, the amount of people that take econ 1 and econ 2 is between 800 and 1000. Considering that quite a lot of the wharton students place out of those classes, and that the entire Wharton class of 2008 is between 500 and 600 students, I find no 90%.</p>
<p>Second, your assumption that there are a lot of Wharton students in the course and therefore it is more competative is simply not true. A myth that seems to persist, but simply is unfounded. The course is curved as a college course, around B or B+. And the Wharton students do not perform better than the college students - if anything, the opposite is true, though I have no data to back it up.</p>
<p>ok i was talking about my section...because i believe each section is graded separately. So in my 200 person section the vast majority are wharton students. I just made an assumption. Sorry. That class is graded on the college's curve...however, my prof told me during o.h. that because of the competition, caused by the wharton students, the curve becomes much harsher so you basically have to ace the test if you want to get an A.</p>
<p>Hey bern, I'm applying to Penn and I'm from Mexico too!! I'm really glad that a Mexican is currently studying at Penn. May I know what part of Mexico are you from? What high school did you attend? Thanks!</p>
<p>There are plenty of mexicans at Penn. And it is not hard to find them: they are always drinking vodka on the first table to the right after the stairs at Monte Carlo.</p>
<p>hahahahahahah spinanlol...im one of those monte carlo people. Well Rudess I'm fromhe Guadalajara but I studied h.s. in the US. In Guadalajara I went to ASFG. There are plenty of Mexicans at penn. In my class there are about 14 of us. Over all there are like 50. All the intl latinos hang out at monte carlo on thursdays...it is awesome.</p>
<p>Monte Carlo? Crowded and sweaty. And prude latino-girls that are practically impossible to pick up. But they do know how to dance though.</p>
<p>if you're not latin is not the same thing, though. We all know each other, hang out, travel together, and we have the same cultural background. We have our own little world going on within penn. Americans are used to going out to frats, getting drunk, and trying to hook up. That's not what latins are about. Latin Americans are more about just chilling, dancing, having some nice drinks, and just having a good time. If you really want to hook up, there are plenty of American girls that go just to hook up with latin guys - so that works out. and yeah latin girls are prude. It's the large religious influence in latin america.</p>
<p>I know Bern. The main reason I go to Monte is because I meet all of my latin friends there. I love Monte, it is by far the best nightclub organized by Penn students. That and 114. Did you enjoy 114 last night, bern?</p>
<p>i was really sick last night, stomach flu, so I just stayed in last night. I heard it was pretty decent.</p>
<p>im trying to figure out who you are...we probably know each other.</p>
<p>im an international applicant. from peru. i just got accepted to northwestern but waitlisted at georgetown. but i really want to get into wharton!! what are the stats of admittance rate for internationals? or for southamericans?</p>
<p>Honestly, I have to stick up for the Wharton Curve a little.. Take some Engineering classes and you'll be loving the Wharton curve.. all of my science/math classes last semster were curved to a C+.. which means only half hte class gets above a C+, and about 10% gets an A.. where as in my Econ class (the same one Bern700 is talking about ,though I took it first semester), about 75% of the class had a B or higher.. I know in my wharton class this semester (OPIM 210.. good class, I recommend it) about 30% will receive As, and 50% will get Bs.. <em>much</em> better than any engineering class..</p>
<p>yeah i agree with mnasy, the wharton curve does not compare to any engineering class curve...</p>