Nothing like some overly broad generalizations and stereotypes. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Penn’s undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences is about the same size as Brown’s undergraduate student body, has more top-10 and top-20 liberal arts departments than Brown, has lots of great intellectual and liberal-arts ECs (Philomathean Society, Kelly Writers House, Penn Humanities Forum, numerous theatre and performing arts groups, etc., just to name a few) and produces as many grads who go on to get PhDs and pursue academic careers as does Brown. And less than 30% of Penn undergrads are in fraternities or sororities (which Brown also has, incidentally).</p>
<p>And guess what? Thousands of students apply to both Brown and Penn every year, and–if accepted to both–choose between them in about equal proportions. So while these are certainly distinct schools, their undergraduate liberal arts communities and programs are not as different as you imply (taking into account, of course, Penn’s distributional requirements compared to Brown’s open curriculum). There are many reasons for a non-preprofessional, liberal arts student to pick either of these fantastic schools. :)</p>
<p>Feeling a bit dim - is there any way to change the housing application to that of an incoming sophomore’s at the moment? I want to apply to SophEx (fat chance, I know), but it seems the application is still running under the assumption that anyone entering through the decision portal is an incoming freshman. Perhaps this is just a work in progress (like the financial aid page, it seems).</p>
<p>I got accepted into the school of nursing!! I am beyond excited!</p>
<p>I haven’t seen any stats from people who have been previously accepted into the school of nursing, so here’s my stats!
Stats:
2010 SAT
4.2 High School GPA
3.94 College GPA at San Diego State University first semester
As far as extracurriculars go, I had an on campus job at SDSU. In high school, I was a volleyball captain and swam on the varsity swim team. I participated in student government and the broadcast journalism program. I also have a second degree black belt in karate. I hope im not forgetting anything!</p>
<p>anyone have convincing for wharton over brown as someone whos very entrenched in browns community (friends, clubs, fraternity,etc.) even with finance/ib aspirations?</p>
<p>I can’t see my finaid package, either, but I think Penn would give more money than vandy. Also, I’d choose penn over vanderbilt any day. I’m also counting on Penn to give me more money than Columbia…but I don’t know which one to choose…</p>
<p>@flyingtomato, what was your reason (in your application) for leaving brown to go to wharton? and what were your stats at brown, if you don’t mind sharing? and what was the transfer process like, approaching your professors/advisor at brown telling them you want to go to wharton? who did you have to talk to to get the transcripts?</p>
<p>i’m a HS senior this year who will be attending a top school this fall, I never applied to wharton/penn because I didn’t realize how much i loved business until very recently. but now i really regret this decision. what do you think made you stand out in the transfer pool?</p>
<p>@jamesbond1 I’m also transferring from a “top school” (Wash U…if you can call it top). I approached the transfer process with the mindset that it was the same no matter where you go to school. Asking “what it’s like,” especially in terms of such trivial things as approaching professors, is really something you don’t need to worry about. The best way to go about doing something is to do it. As far as getting transcripts goes, every school will have an easy way to get those. You should really be checking out schools’ websites and your own college to answer your questions. The easiest way to gauge how well you stand out in the applicant pool is to figure out how well stand out at your own college, not just in terms of high school stuff, but in terms of what you’ve accomplished during your 1st/2nd years at college.</p>
<p>@weirdalsuperfan,
Thanks for answering! When does one typically start his/her transfer application? If I do decide to apply for transfer, I will be applying during my 1st year because I just can’t see myself spending 2 years at an institution (in my case, UChicago) and leaving. But I won’t have many college grades yet at that point, will I?</p>