Is it easier to get into Wharton as a female?

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<p>Do you think so?</p>

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<p>simple answer: overall…yes (and this is the same as women in engineering or men in nursing)</p>

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<p>maybe slightly. but it’s 60% male so it’s not like they’re striving for a perfect balance or anything.</p>

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<p>does anyone have statistics for applicants?? # of male vs. female applicants??</p>

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<p>The lady at the Wharton info session said they were trying to raise the female percentage actually.</p>

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<p>^ and they’ll do so by recruiting more girls and improving their marketing to girls, not by lowering admissions standards</p>

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<p>ChoklitRain… they aren’t immediately going to receive the amount of highly highly (as in Wharton) qualified female applicants that they need to drastically increase the amount of women in Wharton compared to men. </p>

<p>I still don’t think that being a woman is that much of an advantage though, given that slightly less qualified Wharton applicants are still extremely qualified. This does seem to indicate, however, that getting into Wharton as a guy will probably be much more difficult than in previous years. Getting into Wharton as an ORM guy will probably be most difficult.</p>

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<p>“getting into Wharton as a guy will probably be much more difficult than in previous years”…based on what? the lady at the info session told you(a girl) that they were trying get more girls, because that’s what she figured would get you to apply. there is no indication of a serious change in admissions policy, just a lady who is paid to market the school doing her job.</p>

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<p>choklitrain, i guess i’ll have to implement this theory next year when i apply.
if i get in, it’s probs not going to because i’m “the best”</p>

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<p>For the record what I was referring to was the lady presenting the Wharton school to the people who were already admitted, at Penn Previews. She said that they were striving to get a higher female percentage. It would <em>most likely</em> be true that it would be easier to get in as a woman, if only slightly, as the admissions people may look more favorably upon female applicants.</p>