<p>Hey guys, current junior in HS right now, and I'm beginning to seriously weigh my college options. Wharton is one of the schools on my preliminary lists and might become a top choice if I decide to lean towards business over economics as my college major.</p>
<p>I am concerned about whether I can handle the Wharton workload though. I plan to play college baseball and that itself would require a yearly time commitment. I'm diligent with my work and feel that I can manage both academics and baseball at most top schools, but I'm a little weary after hearing how much work there is for a business major at Wharton compared to, say, an econ major at Harvard/Stanford. Without my sport I would not hesitate to strongly consider Wharton but that is not a possibility unless I get injured.</p>
<p>Is the Wharton workload exaggerated? Can athletes there manage both without seriously compromising quality of work?</p>
<p>From what I’ve been told from coaches it’s usually easier for athletes (with similar stats to those that aren’t athletes) to adjust to college work loads because they are better at time management because of all of the years they spent managing time studying and practicing throughout high schoool.</p>
<p>^ Yes, that is generally true and is probably a reason why I’ve developed decent work habits. But still, there is only so much time an athlete can devote to schoolwork.</p>
<p>Right. I’m pretty sure most of the recruited athletes apply to CAS (that’s what I was advised to do), so it might be difficult to find someone on here that is an athlete and at Wharton.</p>
<p>Also, at Penn you can major in economics (from college of arts and sciences) but still take business classes at Wharton. You might be interested in that if you decide to study economics.</p>
<p>I hear that athletes are encouraged to do CAS but looking at some rosters it seems a few are at Wharton as well. So I take it athletics shouldn’t severely inhibit my ability to do well there?</p>