Penn Junior Transfer?

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<p>I am currently a sophomore at a top 25 school studying business administration and want to try to transfer to Penn for Economics. What courses do I need to take to be even considered? I'm a bit confused because unlike Wharton, I can't find any course pre-reqs for Economics in SAS. I've taken: Principles of Economics (combination of intro micro and macro) and Intermediate Microeconomics (similar to Microeconomic theory). This semester the only economics course I'm taking is Intermediate Macroeconomics (similar to Macroeconomic theory). Any suggestions for classes to take to make myself look more appealing? How about stuff I should do outside of school? </p>

<p>Reason for transferring? I was at the London School of Economics this past summer and I was surprised to find myself quite interested in economics -never felt that way about it before. Also, I am not particularly fond of my current school. </p>

<p>Any suggestions will be strongly appreciated. </p>

<p>Looking forward to hearing the responses!</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>Have you thoroughly explored the Economics Department web site? It seems to have fairly comprehensive information about the majors (there are two majors: Economics, and Mathematical Economics geared toward those interested in going on to graduate school in Economics) and their requirements:</p>

<p><a href=“http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/undergraduate-program/majors-and-minors”>http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/undergraduate-program/majors-and-minors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I did look at that, but it doesn’t specifically say any courses that you MUST take in order to be considered a transfer applicant. For example, Wharton has this page: <a href=“Curricular Requirements | Penn Admissions”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/transfer-admission/wharton-school&lt;/a&gt;. Or is there no requirement to be considered an SAS transfer. Is that it?</p>

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<p>I assume you’ve seen this:</p>

<p><a href=“Curricular Requirements | Penn Admissions”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/transfer-admission/college-of-arts-and-sciences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and this:</p>

<p><a href=“Transfer Students | College of Arts & Sciences - University of Pennsylvania”>http://www.college.upenn.edu/transfer-students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;