<p>I'll be entering Drexel this fall as a freshman and I was interested in transferring to Wharton as a sophomore.</p>
<p>Can you guys give me some tips as to what I should do?</p>
<p>I was rejected Early Decision to Wharton.</p>
<p>My stats are:</p>
<p>Highschool
Top 5%
790M 750CR 690W
800 Math IIc, 750 Chem
5's on 7 Science & Math related APs</p>
<p>Not too great ECs in high school [varsity sport for 2 years, like 40 hours of volunteering in the summer]</p>
<p>A friend of mine got into wharton with lower stats, but his ECs were pretty good. You have amazing stats, so I guess that yo should impove your ECs and work hard during freshman year.</p>
<p>Yeah, ECs, recommendations, and those essays...those are the hard parts</p>
<p>Do you have any tips on how to improve my ECs? I mean like what should I focus on, should i try starting a club or what?</p>
<p>Also, should the focus of my essays be business?</p>
<p>you don't necessarily have to start a club but try to show leadership ( specillay since you want to transfer into a biz school liek wharton). You could organize activities and whatnot and have that reflected in a recommendation from your club sponsor. The main tip with ECs ( and I know its something that everyone says, but its just because it is SO true) is do what you enjoy, not simply what you think will look good on your resume. You are much more likely to gain leadership and awards etc in a n activity that you enjoy.</p>
<p>Regarding the essays, maybe you could try to merge your interest in business somewhere in your writing, but don't necessarily make it the main point of your essays. They know you're interested in business, but don't make them read 600 words of why you want finance or marketing. You are better off writing about a fun and interesting activity or experience thats related to business or something along those lines...hope dhtat help, but take my advice with a grain of salt ( I'm not a wharton student, I got into CAS)</p>
<p>"Tips on transferring into Wharton from Drexel University [Freshman]?"</p>
<p>LOL
i hope your education is drexcellent.</p>
<p>On a less mocking note, it's a pretty steep drop from Penn to Drexel...with stats like that, you should have had no trouble getting into some great "new ivy" schools. What brought you instead to Drexel?</p>
<p>well, absolutely no ivy-success and a great scholarship brought me to Drexel. I dont see what's to mock, but i am quite serious about trying to transfer as a sophomore.</p>
<p>It would be hard, very hard to transfer as a sophomore into Wharton from any school. That said, try to get the highest grades you can at Drexel, and don't try to pad GPA with fluff courses. Take courses that are parallel to Wharton freshmen. Good Luck.</p>
<p>i signed up for these fall courses:</p>
<p>1) Spanish [Intermediate]
2) Calc II (equivalent to 104 [even though i have a 5, i think i can better inflate my GPA this way])
3) Econ 101: Honors Curriculum
4) Writing</p>
<p>haha well that looks good. That is pretty similar to my 1st semester load (im an entering fresh at wharton)</p>
<p>econ 010
stats 102
writing seminar
spanish
management 100</p>
<p>Wharton undergrads are required to take 37 course units to graduate. That works out to taking 4 or 5 courses per semester. Believe me, one should take the five courses during the first 2 years because uppper division classes are much harder and time consuming.They are encouraged to take 5 courses during the first freshman semester; you may want to add one more course to your schedule.</p>
<p>You may be interested in looking at this.
<a href="http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/curriculum/worksheet.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/curriculum/worksheet.cfm</a></p>
<p>umm im not sure if i would like to do that.
I think im gonna take 4 courses in the fall, maybe 5 in the spring. I'm not sure. But yeah i'll worry about the course credits when/if i even have the slightest chance of getting into Wharton as a soph-transfer</p>
<p>I think what they're saying is that taking 5 classes right now is a prerequisite to "even having the slightest chance of getting into Wharton"</p>
<p>Remember, in US News undergrad business schools, Penn/Wharton is #1 and Drexel/LeBow is #99. You can't cut a single corner.</p>
<p>but they are hard courses, I am taking Calc II & Calc III afterall. And i've never heard from anyone that taking 4 courses in your first semester can be bad for transfer chances</p>
<p>If you think taking 5 courses is too hard to do at Drexel, how would you convince Wharton admissions that you can handle 5 courses at Wharton?
Graduating from Wharton is not a cake-walk,that's why students who made it through are coveted by employers.</p>
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And i've never heard from anyone that taking 4 courses in your first semester can be bad for transfer chances
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Yes, most universities only require 32 course units for graduation, so you will be fine taking 4 courses per semester, but Wharton is a different beast, they require 37, more than any other department at Penn.</p>
<p>I thought Drexel doesn't follow the semester system?</p>
<p>not sure where that "37, more than any other department" came from, most engineering departments require 39-41 credits... and that doesn't count the joint / dual degree requirements.</p>
<p>I don't think that 4 courses vs. 5 will make the difference - frankly the chances of transfer are highly remote - there are maybe 25 or 30 spots/ year vs. a zillion people who would love to transfer. I think they could fill their transfer quota just from people on CC who have expressed a desire to transfer - often this consists of people who applied and didn't get in but can't accept the fact that no means no and the answer won't change if you ask again. There is a word for this - it's called "delusional". They probably get only a few hundred actual transfer apps a year because most people realize at some point that they don't have a chance. But that doesn't reflect the true magnitude of how remote it is to get in. I'm guessing that the potential pool of people who would have the desire to transfer is in the many thousands (again vs. the 25 or 30 actual slots available). Instead of pursuing a transfer I'd pursue something with a more realistic chance of success, such as winning the Pick 6 lotto. </p>
<p>It's really a mistake to attend one school with the intention of transferring to another. You won't bond properly with the school you're attending and you'll miss half the experience. Drexel is a fine school and you will be able to pursue your life goals with a Drexel degree. Put Penn and all other schools out of your head and apply all your energy to making the best of your time at Drexel - make friends, contacts, etc.</p>