<p>Hey does anyone know anything about the JWS program? I was invited and it seems pretty cool from what I have read online. How many students are invited? Anyone have any experiences with it? It it like an honors program/are classes going to be harder? What are some advantages? Thanks in advance everybody!</p>
<p>I graduated from Wharton as a Joseph Wharton Scholar and Benjamin Franklin Scholar two years ago. From my experience, the main draws of JWS and BFS were the small class sizes and dedicated academic advising teams. I’m not sure how many students are invited but the program was small, ~20 per year if I recall correctly.</p>
<p>I satisfied the Wharton honors requirement by taking honors sections of MKTG101 (Intro Marketing), FNCE100 (Corp Finance), MGMT101 (Intro to Management), and WH399 (Senior Thesis). These are basically just smaller versions of the normal class. For example, the FNCE100 class had lectures of about 15 people while the normal version had lectures of 60-80 people. WH399 is JWS’s research requirement. It would be a stretch to say the classes are harder. In fact, some of the honors classes had much better curves than the regular versions.</p>
<p>More detailed info on JWS here:
<a href=“http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/policies_forms/research/JWS_Program_Information.pdf[/url]”>http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/policies_forms/research/JWS_Program_Information.pdf</a></p>
<p>I also took four Benjamin Franklin Seminars. These are very small discussion-based classes which change every semester. Check out the list below to see examples: [Center</a> for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships](<a href=“Penn CURF”>Penn CURF).</p>
<p>It’s also worth noting that non-JWS/BFS students can still get into the honors sections, they just have to apply. They’re usually accepted though. So not being in JWS/BFS will not stop you from taking classes you want.</p>