<p>Does anyone know how common it is for a Wharton applicant to own (or co-own) a business? Do they usually get in?</p>
<p>Solve this equation algebraically and you shall know the answer</p>
<p>x^x=.838328222131231231233310231920</p>
<p>x is approximately 0.9156026527...................i still don't know the answer</p>
<p>just make a whole lot of money off of ur business and forget about college</p>
<p>lol paro 10char</p>
<p>Owning a business isn't anything that special nowadays considering the ease with which you can just file a form and wahlah you become your own corporation and so forth. With that said, it all depends on teh business. Say if your business is operating with a large profit and provides an actual, solid service that fillls the niche in the market, then yes, they'll be impressed. However,most applicants' businesses do not fall into that category, so it would be considered as an "extracurricular" type of thing...it will not get you in, but it adds to your over all quality as an applicant.</p>
<p>lol - its voila!</p>
<p>x = .064239; .802786</p>
<p>now i get it!</p>
<p>My friend got into M+T and did not own a business. He may have been selected for his engineering skills though....</p>
<p>When you start a business you need to make it more than jsut annother box checked on your app. You need to show dedication, hard work, comitment, and some success. Most Wharton admits hwo started their own businesses did so not to get into collge, but because they had great ideas and the drive to succeed. Dont do anything for college because if you are rejected it all feels like a waste of time.</p>
<p>hehehe wahlah</p>
<p>I agree with Venkater. (I own my own business and I pay for it using the 20-25 hours I spend on it a week, my sweat and my sleep because I need to perform). Its quite obvious when you actually run a true operation and not a three figure annual revenue generating website "business" which doesnt have its own LLC.</p>
<p>I'm M&T, I don't have a business, and in most cases I openly mock those who do.</p>
<p>JCoveney: ?
paro46: Societal and parental pressures...:(
Cheese_itz, Venkater, Mahras: Thanks! That was pretty relieving/helpful!
JCoveney: Do you know if a lot of your classmates do/did?</p>
<p>I don't know of anyone who owned a real, legit business. Sure, some may have organized a couple of their friends to mow lawns, or owned a little "you pay me money and I go to the store and buy you stuff" type business, but nothing legitimate. I mean, they exist no doubt, and it might look good...but I've seen nothing real. So as it stands, if someone is pretentious enough to tell me they "owned a business" as some method of making themselves look big, I laugh at them. And typically mock them openly.</p>
<p>Although it takes alot less than that to get me to mock someone openly.</p>