<p>I know they are pretty discouraging of applying to a different school just so you can transfer to wharton later on. Just saying. Because once you DO get in it isn't a walk in the park to transfer to Wharton. You need at least a 3.7 GPA if you want a good chance at getting in. And if you don't, then what?</p>
<p>To quote jason777, a current Penn student:</p>
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<p>So yeah. You'd have to stay in the school (CAS) you get accepted to for at least a year. Why have that year filled with stress from trying to maintain an uber-high GPA, and wishing you were in another school (or another college altogether because you're not content)?</p>
<p>Instead of "planning" to go to CAS, get a super high GPA and transfer to Wharton, just go and buy 46,000 lottery tickets so you can "plan" to win the lottery. Your chances would be around the same. You can't build a "plan" around something with such a low chance of success.</p>
<p>thats a rediculous statement.....the chances of winning the lottery are far better than getting into wharton</p>
<p>As a student who began in CAS, I'd advise only transferring if you get into CAS and realize that Wharton is something you'd like to do instead. I would not advise planning/wanting to transfer before even arriving -- that simply means you applied to a school that wasn't something you were the most interested in. This is pretty dangerous, as you run the risk of being stuck there. Getting a 3.7+ isn't always easy. It's basically an A- average, which means you are probably going to need a lot of A's if you foresee yourself getting a B somewhere.</p>
<p>Just to let you know, the M&T SAT average is like 1550 or something. It's quite selective, and you really need to have some bang in your numbers. A 640 Math is a little low for something as rigorous and number/tech/math-heavy as M&T. Wharton is also quite number-heavy. I'd try to get that number up if you can.</p>
<p>Basically, just do the best you can, and apply to where you want to apply. Only transfer if you find it to be a reasonable/feasible/desirable aspect after taking CAS for a ride, if you decide to apply and get accepted there. If you want Wharton from the start, apply to Wharton.</p>
<p>Trying to backdoor into Wharton from the College is just silly. The point of being in Wharton is to be able to take the Wharton curriculum, not to be able to "go to Wharton". First and foremost, if you spend a year in the College you're going to MISS MANAGEMENT 100 FRESHMAN YEAR. I don't even know how that works out (it does, but it probably sucks compared to taking mgmt 100 when you're supposed to). </p>
<p>And M&T (and joint degrees in general) is supposed to be more selective than Wharton (They aim for 55 class size ... there are 59 this year). But it's also more awesome :P</p>
<p>Cutoff this year was 3.79......</p>
<p>About missing MGMT 100, transfers actually take it in the spring of sophomore year (or junior year if you transferred in after sophomore year).</p>
<p>Still, though, do NOT matriculate into the College if you just want to transfer into Wharton. Have you asked yourself why you want to go to Wharton? If you really want to do econ, then perhaps the College is a smarter choice because the BA</a> in Econ from the College is much heavier in econ theory than the BS</a> in Econ you get at Wharton, which instead draws from accounting, finance, marketing, management, and other related fields, and has only one real econ course. Look at the requirements for each degree for further clarification. Also, realize that as a College student you get access to all of Wharton's recruiters as far as I know, and even though you'd be studying pure econ you can still take finance courses or whatever in Wharton under the One University policy. In fact, if you want to go into finance, it may be more advantageous to major in math in the College and take finance courses as electives because recruiters like that they really developed their quantitative skills while benefiting from Wharton's awesome finance department - almost every math major who didn't go to grad school became an analyst or consultant. Look at the career</a> placement results of various majors in the College.</p>
<p>Anyway, the point is that if you want Wharton for the employment opportunities then, well, you don't have to go to Wharton to get a great job in business. And if you want Wharton because it's business then you may be better served by the more econ-heavy curriculum in the College.</p>
<p>I was aiming for Econ anyhow.</p>
<p>Thanks for the positive response, theoneo.</p>
<p>I really enjoy posts that have some significance behind them much more than egotistical **** like Percy's post.</p>
<p>No problem, Ghaszaszh.</p>
<p>Oh, and I just found an article that reinforces my point about benefiting from the same recruiters: <a href="http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/10/04/News/Want-To.Do.IBanking.With.That.English.Ba-2330569.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/10/04/News/Want-To.Do.IBanking.With.That.English.Ba-2330569.shtml</a></p>