<p>and get mediocre grades (like slightly below their average which I assume is curved to B-?) or get above average grades at a school like Rutgers or Fordham? This would be for accounting major, not finance.</p>
<p>Yes, Wharton 2.5>rutgers 4.0</p>
<p>Not really in accounting if you plan to stay in it. Grades matter nearly as much as school and the courses are all pretty similar. Hiring firms pay about the same to all hires.</p>
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<p>No one knows for sure especially if the OP is still in high school. All I can say is Wharton will open doors for you ( you can use their career websites for life )and it is hard work. Yes, grades are important. There's no sense to speculate unless you have admissions to all the schools you mentioned. If you get admitted to Wharton, it means the school thinks you have a chance there.</p>
<p>If you get in, go with Wharton, work hard, and you won't regret it. It is generally true that for accounting, your school does not matter. But if you're at Wharton, you can do a whole lot more than if you went to Rutgers or Fordham.</p>
<p>I would disagree that anything less than a 3.0 GPA at Wharton is better than a 4.0 at Rutgers.</p>
<p>What is the price difference per year?</p>
<p>I think UPenn is free for any students that have below $75 k or $100k income so that means I wouldn't have to pay.. according to my sister who is currently a student there. I probably wouldn't pay much for Rutgers or Fordham either since I think I will get some financial aid and some merit money as well.</p>
<p>Last I checked , UPenn is free for families making below 60K. I highly doubt any private institution will give you a tuition waiver if your family makes over 80K.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't really remember the exact number she gave but it was probably 60k</p>
<p>I think it depends upon what you are planning to do in the future.</p>
<p>Are you planning to go to graduate school or law school?--In that case, you would be better off at Rutgers with the good grades.</p>
<p>Is this going to be your last degree?--then better to go to Wharton--since in 3 years or less, nobody will ever care what your GPA was.</p>
<p>Are you planning to go into politics?--then Wharton is probably better because the "prestige" factor will make a difference in the election results.</p>
<p>Do you plan to start your own business?--Then better to go to Rutgers, because at least you'll be learning at a pace that you can handle--and this will let you learn what you need to know for the business you start--and you won't need to learn all the fancy capital ROI analysis models they teach at Wharton.</p>
<p>Obviously, the correct answer is that it is better to go to Wharton and get a 4.0--but Rutgers is not a terrible school--and I'm sure they have a very competent business school also.</p>
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<p>This is definitely not true. Many firms now do a thorough back ground check on their potential employees and will require you to prove your stated degree by submitting transcripts. There have been too many instances in which resumes are padded with false degrees.</p>
<p>My S, a graduate of Wharton, a veteran of 3 years IB, was asked to submit his transcripts by his present employer, his second job.</p>
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<p>It is definitely true. The poster did not say that employers don't check to see if you really have a degree. What he stated was that employers don't care about GPAs once you have been removed from college for a few years. This is the case for most non-entry-level positions.</p>
<p>BTW, if you can go to Wharton for free, go to Wharton.</p>
<p>Yeah.. hopefully I can get in.. lol.. that will probably be the hardest part..</p>
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<p>Requesting transcripts serve many purposes. One is to verify your degree, how well you did in school (GPA) and the courses you had taken. My S's employer did not seek the school's verification that he indeed graduated, they wanted a transcript of all 4 years.</p>
<p>Perhaps other firms don't care, but IB and PE firms certainly care and not just for entry level posiitons.</p>