<p>of couse wharton is the most competitive…which ones do you guys think follows that</p>
<p>engineering</p>
<p>where does the general college stand</p>
<p>I would say the College is more competive than Engineering. The College has several world renowned departments, while I'm fairly certain Engineering has none.</p>
<p>Admissionswise:</p>
<p>Wharton
Nursing
Engineering
College</p>
<p>Competitiveness once accepted:</p>
<p>Wharton
Engineering
College
Nursing</p>
<p>Admissionswise:
Wharton
College
Engineering
Nursing</p>
<p>And I can't speak for the competitiveness once accepted part since I'm only applying...but I heard engineering is usually the most cut-throat</p>
<p>No idea how thisSHHHisBANANAs got that list :P</p>
<p>thisSHHHisBANANAs's list is probably correct</p>
<p>For admissionswise, the College has more applicants (thus lower acceptance rate), but Engineering has higher stats. So the more competitive depends on what category you fall in.</p>
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<p>It's weird, because Nursing has a class of about 90 per year and only about 200 applications, but it's such a specialized school that it's still really competitive.</p>
<p>isn't the college more reputed than the engg dept at UPenn?</p>
<p>well, since the competitiveness of admission is essentially a measure of how difficult it is for an applicant to be accepted, acceptance % is probably a good indication of how competitive to get into a school is. While engineering students have higher SAT scores (i don't believe 'higher stats' in this case includes high school gpa, but i could be wrong), that is a trend across the applicant pool when compared to the college; the competition for admission isn't really determined my comparing individuals outside of the pool to those within it, but rather by looking at the individuals within their repective pools. That said, schools like Wharton and Nursing (Engineering to a lesser extent, because there is a substantial diversity of programs within the school) are highly specialized, and so the applicant pool is much more homogeneous than the College's, leading to intensified competition. Overall though, i think admission percentage is still the best indicator, especially because there is such a large gap comparing wharton/the college to engineering/nursing in this area.</p>
<p>So my list goes like this:
Wharton (very selective and very specialized)
College (very selective and not specialized)
Engineering (not very selective and specialized)
Nursing (not very selective (44%!), but, very, very specialized)</p>
<p>I know it seems like I am dismissing the degree of specialization here, but really I just don't think it enough to make up for the double-digit gaps in admission percentages.</p>
<p>Admissions-wise:</p>
<p>Wharton
College
Engineering
Nursing</p>
<p>Program Competitiveness:</p>
<p>Wharton
Engineering
Nursing
College</p>
<p>I still don't think a completely fair assesment has been presented. In brief, I would say that the four schools focus on different aspects more than others for admissions: Wharton - leadership/awards, Engineering - GPA/scores, College - ECs/essays, Nursing - clinical experience/interest. Now to say that, for example, one quality is more important or "harder to obtain" than another is a subjective opinion. Relying purely on admissions statistics is misleading, because you don't know who applied, and what the university was looking for in a particular student body for the particular school within Penn. Now granted, my list is terribly vague and not entirely factual, but I feel it captures the general gist of admissions.</p>
<p>However, once there, I would say Engineering is the most difficult while Wharton/College (pre-med) are the most competetive.</p>
<p>once in wharton, can u have a life? Especially if u are considering dual or double major within the school?</p>
<p>O boy, Penn is such an incredible school :-) I don't exactly understand one thing, though. I'm going to apply to the College and possibly major in Biochemistry.. is it possible to also minor in Finance or Business Administration at Wharton?</p>
<p>You can take the classes, but Wharton has "Concentrations" rather than majors/minors, so in order to get a degree from there you have to dual degree with Wharton. (I think, don't quote me on it)</p>
<p>Yeah, I think Flavian is right about that. Wharton doesn't give you a degree if you didn't apply/transfer into that school, otherwise there would be a lot of Wharton degrees going around. (Don't quote me on that)</p>
<p>They are both right about not being able to get a wharton degree if you aren't in wharton and you can quote me on that. You are also limited by the number of wharton classes you can take if you are not a wharton student.</p>
<p>Now if I wanted to get a dual degree, would I have to apply this year to the College and Wharton or can I do that once (or rather if.. lol) I get in?</p>
<p>is it much harder to transfer to wharton as a sophomore than applying as a freshman (for ex. as it is in u of texas-austin and many public schools)</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm pretty certain it is much harder to transfer, because most of the time, you can only get fill the spot of another student who may have dropped out of Wharton. Don't quote me on this</p>