<p>I was looking at their program offerings for a possibile major until I spotted the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program. How tough is this program. It looks interesting, and the flexibility is certainly a plus in my opinion. </p>
<p>How many of you are majoring in this subject area? Would it serve as a foundation for Investment Banking, as well as offer a good background for a top business school? Thanks!!</p>
<p>It's a very popular major on campus. Not overly difficult, but none of the majors are overly difficult except for the hard sciences/math/engineering types.</p>
<p>Can it serve as a foundation for IBanking? Sure, but almost anything with a lot of analytical courses could, and same for top business schools. Of course if you are totally set on the soulless occupation of IBanking, there is Wharton.</p>
<p>I would never get into Wharton at the undergraduate level. Way too hardcore for my interest. I need a balance for the four intellectual food groups: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Sociology. </p>
<p>I'll leave Wharton alone until the time is right to get my MBA.</p>
<p>PPE = My Dream Major, essentially.</p>
<p>It's actually the reason I applied early... only, it's the reason I applied early to Yale. Yale's got the same idea of a program, only it's Ethics, Politics & Economics. The student who interviewed me at Yale just happened to be an EPE major, and she told me a ton about it; at Yale, at least, about a fourth of those graduating in the major'll go onto top business schools, another fourth to top law schools, and the rest straight to major companies or a wide range of other areas, not all of which are directly related to the major. </p>
<p>It really seems like an amazing combination, though, and it's been one of the main reasons why I'd like to go to Yale or Penn (and why I'm applying to Duke--they've got PPE as a certificate program). And I ended up deferred early at Yale, so now I'm focusing on getting into Penn--my original plan was EPE undergrad and Wharton grad, but I'll probably end up applying to Wharton for undergrad mainly since I have a few hooks my dad (Wharton alum) is working on to get me in, and then I'll have the option to double major across schools and take advantage of PPE and Wharton majors.</p>
<p>I always just called it PPE</p>
<p>Me too - that's what they call it in the UK don't they?</p>
<p>yay, this is my major! honestly, when i visited the campus and heard it spoken about at the info session, that is the moment i decided to apply to penn (of course other things helped me towards that decision). it is also the reason i applied ed to penn, i'm so excited for this fall! i'm interested in maybe using it to eventually pursue law and business degrees after college. but it does seem to be a very flexible major.</p>
<p>PPE as a program originated at Oxford I believe. </p>
<p>And @redlinekid, if your idea of the four intellectual food groups is Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Sociology, then you probably belong at a school like LSE.</p>
<p>This major is a big reason why I applied early to Penn. I asked my interviewer about it and she said that it's really flexible (and popular), although some people eventually end up double majoring in political science and philosophy because they dislike the required economics courses.</p>
<p>PhatAlbert,
I don't believe that I'd get in to LSE. However, I wouldn't mind Oxford or Cambridge for a second BA as a graduate student.</p>
<p>bcitsno,
Are the economics classes at Penn as difficult as the Wharton courses?</p>
<p>redlinekid2,
haha I'm afraid I can't answer that. I actually just got in CAS so...my guess is as good as yours.</p>
<p>wow.... and i thought i was the only one that put that major down =/</p>
<p>@bcitsno.</p>
<p>The economics department in the CAS is not actually that great. For economics courses, Econ001 and 002, CAS kids take them separately from Wharton kids, which is a good thing. The Wharton kids would always ruin the curve in econ otherwise.</p>