<p>Hi guys,
I got accepted at this year's LBW and was pretty excited. However, I'm concerned that it is not the best use of my time this summer for getting into highly selective colleges. So how prestigious is this program and how much of an impact does it have on admissions, specifically Wharton's? Would it be a better use of my time and money to just get a job the entire summer?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>My friend who got to go to LBW for free thanks to Questbridge says the lectures were boring but the people she met were amazing. Majority of them ended up getting in to Penn and other ivies but there were still a good amount that got rejected. Then again, her interest was never in business -she is going into math so what she says is boring may not be so to the people actually into business. I feel it would be a good way to gauge how Wharton is and how Penn life is. But I dunno because I didn’t do it.</p>
<p>It is prestigious to some extent, but it’s not a program you should go to just because of how it will look on a resume. It doesn’t really impact admissions—some were accepted, and some were rejected. The lectures are interesting though, and the business plan competition taught us a lot. Most of us got into amazing schools, but I’d say that it’s because of our regular activities, essays, and stats rather than this program. If you’re interesting in entrepreneurship or marketing, LBW is definitely worth it. And if you’re interested in attending Penn, you can learn a ton about the school, what it has to offer, and the campus.</p>
<p>So getting into LBW probably means that you have pretty solid stuff anyway?</p>
<p>I got in too. I don’t know if it helps in the admission process, but I am going anyway. According to the description and the schedule from last year, it is the summer program that fits me the best.</p>
<p>LBW.is.awesome.</p>
<p>A ton of my friends who will be apart of Penn and Wharton 2016 did LBW. However, I didn’t do LBW and beat out a kid who did do LBW from my high school when applying to Penn ED. LBW is an ok representation of the caliber of admissions at Penn, but not good enough (you must consider all of the strong kids who didn’t apply to LBW but still want to get into Wharton/Penn)!</p>
<p>I’d say 50-60% of LBW kids end up at Wharton…who knows how many would have ended up here anyway, but it’s definitely a plus. And LBW is a pretty kickass program–a number of my friends are going to be RTAs this year, you’ll have a great time. And it wouldn’t really make sense to turn Wharton down this summer and then tell them Wharton’s your dream school six months later, but maybe that’s just me.</p>
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