<p>Plenty of places inside and outside on campus to find a nice, quiet, relaxing atmosphere. I also come from a very hot place, and I actually prefer the weather here. Seasons are lovely! And yeah, today was really hot, and I hear tomorrow will be even warmer. Come to Penn!</p>
<p>Penn’s AP credit page says English Freshman Free for a 5 on the lit and language tests. What does that mean and can you get credits for both tests or only one?</p>
<p>FightingQuaker, when you said this “The roommate-matches made through the internet that I’ve seen have generally not turned out well,” how many matches were you talking about? Are you saying that everyone you know who got a random roommate assignment wasn’t happy?</p>
<p>Out of the ones I know, only two worked out. It’s a small sample, sure, but the point is to not expect a match made in heaven, or think you will have no problems with someone you met over the internet.</p>
<p>I’d say that many people who found each other online and then decided to live together found that they weren’t as generally happy as the vast majority which was just randomly placed by Penn’s housing lottery system. Granted, I only know a few people who did something like that, but nevertheless, two out of three were unhappy, whereas probably 90% of my friends who were randomly assigned (myself included) loved their roommates.</p>
<p>Ohhh I read it wrong. I didn’t know that matching on the internet meant people actively choosing their roommate. I was worried that you meant random matching never worked out. I feel better now lol thanks for your help.</p>
<p>hey,
I am a senior high school and i wanna apply to penn ED undergraduate.
I wanna pursue a medicine major later so which undergraduate school should i apply to ? and how much is the acceptance rate for that school ?
im so confused…
help plz:)</p>
<p>Hi, I’m a senior, and very interested in Penn.
While I’m not completely sure of my intended path, I want to pursue international development, with a focus on economics/business. </p>
<p>Can anyone give me any suggestions about courses at Penn that would fit in with this? Or, alternatively, any highlights about Penn related to my interests. I know that Wharton offers the Hunstman program, but I don’t think I will be applying to Wharton just because of how difficult it is in get in.</p>
<p>Any advice? Thanks!</p>
<p>@paranda: There’s no such thing as a “medicine” major. You major in, honestly, whatever you want and you satisfy pre-medical requirements that are delineated by medical schools. So, you could have an English major, a Biochemistry major, and even an Engineer be on the pre-medical path. Since there’s a lot of overlap between science majors and the pre-med requirements, you often see pre-meds majoring in those fields.</p>
<p>@Aeri: If business is your focus, then Wharton is probably your best bet. What are your stats like? You shouldn’t count yourself out of the game if you haven’t tried yet. </p>
<p>However, the College does offer a major in Econ (I think it’s much more theoretical in nature than Wharton which focuses on the practical).</p>
<p>Also, you can learn about the various Wharton concentrations here: [Concentration</a> Options & Requirements](<a href=“http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/concentrations/optionsnrequirements.cfm]Concentration”>http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/ugrprogram/advising/concentrations/optionsnrequirements.cfm)</p>
<p>Aw this thread is cute :)</p>
<p>I’m a Wharton freshman. I was pretty active on CC last fall/spring. feel free to shoot me any questions via PM or post here!</p>
<p>Hi Upenn students, </p>
<p>I am applying to Upenn this year as a junior transfer from a liberal arts college. I want to continue studying Economics as my major. Is it possible that I can get double major in Math and Economics at Upenn? I do not intend to apply for Wharton as a transfer student, so the college is my priority, I love liberal arts education. </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>You can certainly double major, but here are your limiting factors. </p>
<p>First, you need to figure out which of your courses from your current school will count toward requirements at Penn. Supposing that you took twenty courses in your first two years, you probably will be able to fulfill a few of the general requirements and some elementary economics requirements. You will need to know the bare minimum that it will take to graduate from Penn.
After that you need to figure out which courses you’ve already taken can count towards the math major at Penn. It is very common for economics majors to double in mathematics since the disciplines are quite related, but the College policy is that a double major must take at least 18 unique courses (i.e. you can double count up to six courses between your two majors, but you still need to take a minimum of six courses that will JUST count towards math and six courses that will JUST count toward economics; one course from each major can also count toward a sector requirement, as well… look all this up on the college website, [The</a> College](<a href=“http://www.college.upenn.edu%5DThe”>http://www.college.upenn.edu)).</p>
<p>Once you transfer in you have all the options that a freshman has, but you just need to be realistic with how long you want to take to get your degree. You can theoretically count zero of your old courses and just take an extra two years to graduate. If you want to graduate four years from your original matriculation at your first school, though, the double major will be very tough to swing unless you can count a LOT of courses from your current school toward Penn. Possible? Yes, especially with summer courses. Likely? No… you would probably need an extra semester or two to complete the double major, and honestly that is pretty common at Penn, so you’d be in good company.</p>