<p>After stanford early rejection, I thought I would play it safe and apply to the College. PPE really interested me because I DO like political science and felt that it would be an interesting major.
Here I am, accepted to the college and of course thrilled. But I will basically not go into a science field or engineering or the like when i graduate at all.
Chances are I will be looking at going into business...
Will I be overshadowed by an entire graduating class from Wharton?
I am guessing that a PPE major with emphasis in Politics would get some sort of a job... and then I would probably go for an MBA a few years down the line but... I dont know
Most people asked when I tell them Penn... O wow you want to do business right, well thats the best!
and then I just think...
ya, it coulda been
lol
I am visiting in a few weeks and I'll see how I like it
but
Well does anyone have any advice or anything</p>
<p>I am definitely not going to bank on transferring in, though I will see after a semester where I stand, but at this point its not even an option or in consideration.</p>
<p>These include breakdowns by individual major.</p>
<p>I think you'll find that even if you don't transfer into Wharton, you'll have many career opportunities--including excellent positions in business--as a graduate of the College. Of course, even as a student in the College, you can take Wharton courses. And, later on down the line, there's always the possibility of an MBA.</p>
<p>Hi there. I also applied to Penn as PPE but later switched to International Relations.</p>
<p>IR is a great major, and numerous Wharton classes count towards the IR major's requirements.</p>
<p>I beat out several College and Wharton students for a cool job with an Indian conglomerate. So not only can you do just as well, you can do better--and you can enjoy your undergraduate time MUCH more than you would fulfilling wharton requirements like real estate, opim, accounting...</p>
<p>^ Agreed. I'm barely a freshman, but I've talked to a bunch of people ( like at places I would love to work) and they are all just impressed by Penn. They don't obsess on whether you're ion wharton, seas, sas etc. They just care that you know how to think.</p>
<p>Yeah. I mean... I'm sure Penn is an amazing school, but just coming from the west coast, it seems that if people know about penn... their extent of knowledge is Wharton, which may be why I am feeling this way. I have a feeling when I visit it'll be more clear, but right now I just have like... no idea what to expect.
I pretty much know nothing about the school (other than what one just sees on its website) or area... heck I wrote about Fresh Prince and Rocky in my essay and admitted I was completely foreign to Penn.
But in a good way I guess :)
THANK YOU!</p>
<p>You can't help other people being narrow-minded ;)</p>
<p>You'll go very far with the college. Me, I'm planning on coming back for an MBA. Undergrad shouldn't be spent doing business, dangit!</p>
<p>Anyway I hope you can come out to visit Penn and see how great it is.</p>
<p>Fun fact: the average SAS alumni salary is higher than a Wharton alumni (when you discount people in the finance industry). Finance has been anomalously lucrative for the last two decades, but that is probably coming to an end now.</p>
<p>I don't think I'll come back for grad school here. I think it's an awesome school, but I'd like to have a different view of the world by going to grad school somewhere else.</p>