<p>Hey everyone! I was just wondering, since it's so easy to do a dual degree program at penn, for example you can be a regular Wharton student and take 43% of your classes in CAS, what's the purpose of being in a co-ordinated dual degree program such as the LSM and Huntsman programs? Is the only advantage/benefit of being in one of those programs the advising that you would get, and the guaranteed internships? Because, academically speaking, you should be given the option to complete 2 degrees easily whether in a co-ordinated program or not, right (please correct me if I'm wrong)?</p>
<p>In a coordinated dual degree program some requirements are waived. You would have to take more classes doing an uncoordinated dual degree as opposed to a coordinated dual degree</p>
<p>Thank you @Wharton2020 ! That is exactly what I needed to know.</p>
<p>np</p>
<p>@Wharton2020 Sorry to bother you again, but I have 2 more questions. 1) How does the GPA system work with a dual degree program? Do you get 2 separate GPAs (one for each degree) or is there still just 1 overall GPA?</p>
<p>2) This is purely out of plain curiosity, but when one is representing these degrees would they be written as BA, BS or BA/BS? (I ask because I’ve seen programs such as JD/MBA and MD/MBA programs where the degrees are separated by a slash and not a comma.)</p>
<p>@Collegian sorry, but I don’t know the answer to those questions, but maybe someone else can answer the questions.</p>
<p>@Collegian One overall GPA, and not sure about the second; I just write BS in Economics and BS in Engineering, don’t think it really matters</p>