<p>Re: Work-Study… I happen to be manager of the Penn Student Agencies store (I’ll be assistant manager starting in March to give myself more free time), and I will likely need some new hires in the fall. Drop a line in September!</p>
<p>Re: Penn Course Review… when choosing classes, think about what you want. Do you want a big lecture or a small seminar, or something in between? Do you want a tenured professor or a graduate student teaching the class? Do you want to challenge yourself or go a little easier. Then look at Penn Course Review. Pay particular attention to the response rate PRIOR to Spring, 2009 (prior to Spring of '09, there were paper surveys, which meant that only students who WENT to class would fill them out… therefore if you saw a class where 20/150 students responded, you can guarantee that attending the lecture was not very important and/or it was rather boring). Also pay attention to the detailed statistics from semester to semester. From there, talk to people who have had the teacher/professor before, and if you aren’t sure, just sit in on the first lecture to see if you like it. You can decide to enroll in the class later!</p>
<p>I have another question about work study. I have $3000 in work study in my financial aid package. I calculated at roughly $7 per hour and 30 weeks of school, I’ll have to work for 14 hours a week. Will it be very difficult to work that much per week with the Wharton workload? Should I use a loan instead to cover a part of work study?</p>
<p>@ work study: I don’t know how many hours a week students typically work but two things to keep in mind: Most jobs at Penn pay <$7/hour. My friend works at Penn Student Agencies and gets between $11 and $12 an hour. The LGBT Center reportedly pays the highest per hour on campus. Also, you can get work study jobs where you can do your work (the front desk in your dorm, any of the “centers” - Womens, Civic, Greenfield, Career, or just work at the library).</p>
<p>question; If I am applying to engineering and not creative writing, will it be that important or will it hurt my app if I don’t submit the optional essay? did any of u get in without the optional essay?</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the answer! I was really worried about that for awhile, haha. Glad to know it pays more than $7. </p>
<p>Sorry to bother you again so quickly, but I have a really quick question about AP/IB credit. From what I’ve heard about the curve in core classes, I really want to waive them with credit. I know that in each category of General Education, only 1 cu is allowed, and after taking that in consideration, I came up with 6 cus that I could exchange with AP/IB. What I want to know is if exchanging that many credits is realistic, and if you don’t mind sharing, how many AP/IB cus did you exchange for? I really want to use the extra time to do another concentration and a minor. Thanks in advance. :)</p>
<p>@ optional essay: They say, with those essays, that they are never actually optional. Obviously, it is another chance to show you are invested in the application. But I have heard of people that have gotten in without it.</p>
<p>I looked at that page already, and I located 6 courses that I think I could get credit for. But wait, do you mean that we can’t use exchanged credits to waive requirements within, say, science & technology, or social structures? So basically, we get the credit, but we still have to take other classes in the sector to fulfill the course requirements?</p>
<p>I believe it varies, depending on the school. What’s your school?</p>
<p>This applies to the COLLEGE:
A score of 4 or 5 in an A.P. language exam may place a student out of the Language Requirement. No other part of the General Education Curriculum can be satisfied with A.P. credits.
After arriving at Penn, students should check their transcript using Penn InTouch. If expected A.P. or I.B. credit does not appear, they should contact the Office of Transfer Credit and Advanced Placement, (215.898.6080 or <a href=“mailto:xfer@admissions.upenn.edu”>xfer@admissions.upenn.edu</a>) and ask if Penn received the A.P. or I.B. scores.</p>
<p>I’m going to be in Wharton. I really want to get out of some of the course requirements so that I could do a minor in the college. Thanks so much for your help, your valiant deeds save the lives of countless prefroshies, lol.</p>
<p>Happy new year, btw. It’s 12:01 AM here. :)</p>
<p>" only one cu in each of the General Education Distribution categories (Social Structures; Language, Arts & Culture; Science & Technology) can be fulfilled by using AP/IB credit. Any additional AP/IB credit can be used to fulfill Unrestricted and Non-Business Elective requirements (up to 10 cus of credit maximum).</p>
<p>What exactly does “freshman English free” mean? I got a 5 on the English language exam and this is what it says I receive. If I take the literature exam and get another 5, is it possible to get two of these credits?
I applied as a chemistry major, so I was also wondering how hard it is to pass out of Intro Chem, assuming that I use the Oxtoby text book to study and have taken AP Chem, Physics C, and Calc BC (I have heard that college level chemistry is very math and physics based).</p>
<p>@ passing out of chem: I only know people who have not successfully passed out of chem with the exam. You could alternatively just get a 5 on the AP exam and that would be taken care of. If you know any students at Penn, try to get ahold of one of the chem finals to use as a practice/guide.</p>
<p>Oh, I read on the website that if you want to take more chemistry at Penn, you have to take the placement test to pass out of intro even if you do get a 5. Do you know which one is harder, 101 or 102? Maybe I could just study to try to pass out of one semester.</p>
<p>@Poeme: Chem 101 has a lot of quantum/basic physical chemistry stuff (orbitals, particle in a box, etc.) which a lot of people find difficult. Chem 102 I found overlapped a lot with IB Chem HL (and I hear there’s a lot of similarity with AP Chem too), so for me 102 was a lot easier to understand.</p>
<p>What do you do in the MGMT100 class exactly? Are the groups randomly selected? Is it difficult to get a high grade in that class? </p>
<p>Also if someone could tell me more about the cohort system in Wharton, that would be great. It seems interesting, but I don’t see any description on the Wharton site that covers info about the cohort system in depth. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>mgmt100 is unlike any class you’ve ever taken. You are put into a randomly selected group of people and after some team building challenges/exercises you are given a project to do for a nonprofit organization. The entire semester is a combination of team management and client satisfaction.</p>
<p>High grades aren’t hard but you must be a people-person to do it. Everyone knows that the dominant strategy is to fail your teammates (to help put you on top with the curve) but if you can kiss/lick enough behinds, you can make the grade.</p>
<p>@College Residential Programs: I highly recommend Freshman Experience. I am in it in Harrison this year. Great program (no requirements/commitments) and you get to live in the high rises (kitchen and bathroom!). @Safety of College Houses: I have not heard of any problems from high rises or the quad or hill (or any of the other houses for that matter). I consider campus to be very safe (coming from a female engineer who walks from DRL to Harrison all the time at night).</p>
<p>Thanks, these posts have been really helpful!
Regarding housing…is there a huge different between apartment-style living and normal doubles? Is bathroom cleaning done by the staff for bathrooms shared by a lot of people (like in the Quad), but not for, say, apartment-style living?</p>
<p>^^^ Correct. Apts/bathrooms in Harnwell, Rodin, Harrison are not cleaned by staff - also you have to provide your own toilet paper. Idk about Stouffer/Mayer (also has kitchenettes, but idk about bathrooms). Also, in apt style housing, you usually have your own bedroom, though there are one room doubles. For example, three people live in my apartment in Harnwell. We all have our own bedrooms.</p>
<p>Quad rooms sometimes have sinks…no bathroom/kitchen. You use a communal co-ed bathroom on the floor that is cleaned by staff. You can have a minifridge, of course, and stuff like a coffeemaker.</p>
<p>If you are a freshman, it is unlikely that you will get into a high rise unless you are in a residential program.</p>
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