<p>For undergraduate business, I have to decide whether to apply ED to Penn (Wharton) or to Northwestern.</p>
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<li>Does Northwestern even have an undergraduate business program?</li>
<li>How are factors like location, girls, social scene, etc.?</li>
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<p>Stats:
GPA: ~93 (3.7)
SAT: 2260 (660 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
AP: 5, 5, 5, 5, 4
Senior Courseload: Very Heavy (6 APs)
Extracurriculars: President, Treasurer, Business Editor, respectively.
Comm. Service: ~110 hours.
*Attended 2 summer programs at Penn (One at College, one at Wharton).</p>
<p>Any insight would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Northwestern does not have undergraduate business, although their Kellogg school of Management does offer a certificate program to undergraduates.</p>
<p>However, Wharton is by far the best undergraduate business education available, and for me, the other factors were great at Penn as well…</p>
<p>hope that helps!</p>
<p>It appears that Northwestern only has an Economics major (which is similar - economics is a class all Business students must take) for undergraduates, but has an MBA (Master’s in Business).</p>
<p>“The Department of Economics at Northwestern University is one of the largest departments in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. It offers an undergraduate major and minor, a special four year BA/MA, and a renowned PhD program.”</p>
<p>Wharton is often considered the very best business school, perhaps in the world. Therefore it is highly competitive. This means that it is pretty much a reach school for anyone who applies. One thing to mention: Wharton requires high school calculus for admittance.</p>
<p>You have good enough stats for either school, and it seems like you have more knowledge and history with UPenn. I’m pretty sure that half of the freshmen class at UPenn is made up of ED applicants, who are not the majority of the applicants - therefore ED has a higher acceptance rate (not sure what it is, however). Some statistics say that ED at Northwestern has a 40% acceptance rate (17% higher than RD).</p>
<p>Apply to Wharton, hands down. Wharton is the best in terms of recruitment for investment banking/finance (assuming that’s where you’re going).</p>