<p>I was really set to be a business major in high school, but I'm not sure if it's what I want to do anymore. I'm interested in pursuing academic economics, and I think Wharton may be too narrow for me. Nothing against Wharton -- it's been awesome -- it just isn't for me. Is it possible to transfer to HYP, and if so, do you guys have any suggestions on that?</p>
<p>What about transferring to Penn’s CAS econ?</p>
<p>You definitely cannot get into Princeton as a transfer. They don’t accept any transfers at all.</p>
<p>Ur right I forgot that… Does anyone know anyone who transfered from Wharton?</p>
<p>I’m rather confused as to whether or not you actually are a Wharton student since many of your other posts would suggest that you are a prospective student trying to weigh the prestige/benefits between HYP and Wharton. </p>
<p>Are you actually a Wharton student or not?</p>
<p>Yeah I’m currently a Wharton student. I thought it was for me back in hs and maybe it still is… But I wanted to know if anyone had transferred before. I applied ED (Wharton was my top choice bc I wanted to just be an ibanker)… But now I wish I had taken more time to think it through. I’ve had concerns about the prestige and that kinda thing but its mainly just been curiosity of what other people think… In my mind Wharton is just as good as HYPSM or anything else (and a lot of people both in academia and on the street agree with me) especially for finance and ibanking, but it might not fit my needs if I want a more theoretical approach to econ and a liberal arts education. Ik plenty of kids who turned down HYPSM for W because they thought it was MORE prestigious… But they’re hardcore business and after some time at Wharton idk if bschool was right for me.</p>
<p>Btw this is a shared account among siblings/a mom so it may not always be consistent</p>
<p>Hmm, I see. You’re definitely right in regards to getting a more liberal education at HYP (maybe less so at MIT). However, transfer rates are very low (below 1% at Harvard), but you might have a <em>slight</em> advantage coming from another Ivy. However, I think you should look into trying to enroll in some courses at CAS, if that is possible. Or just simply transferring to CAS for Economics would be even easier and probably your best shot. </p>
<p>As far as prestige is concerned, nobody - wall street or not - would laugh off a Wharton (and UPenn) degree. Wharton may also help you in getting admittance to grad schools at HYPSM in the future.</p>
<p>One of the questions any Admissions Office asks themselves when looking at transfer applications is “Why us?” Yale is more clear on the issue than Harvard:</p>
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<p>As you can receive a liberal arts education by transferring to the UPenn College of Arts and Sciences ([Policies</a> Governing Transfer Within the University | University of Pennsylvania - College of Arts and Sciences](<a href=“http://www.college.upenn.edu/transfer-within-university]Policies”>Policies Governing Transfer Within the University | College of Arts & Sciences - University of Pennsylvania)) that’s the first question an Admissions office is going to ask. Why us and not UPenn?</p>
<p>At least for me there r some really well known and important economists at HYP… Mankiw at H, Schiller at Y, etc. the profs at Wharton/Penn r all successful (especially as consultants) but they’re just not as academic. I want to study under a Nobel prize winner or something cool like that… And Idt penn has that for me. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>I want to be really clear, btw, that I’m not Wharton bashing… Wharton is awesome. The school is fun the city is great and for business it’s probably unbeatable (unless maybe u want to go England and I don’t lol). Like I said I have a bunch of friends who turned down Harvard and Stanford for Wharton… I just think I confused econ with business when I applied.</p>
<p>Oh and newyork… Do u know if Wharton sends many kids to econ phd programs? I’m thinking I might want to try that if I don’t end up transferring.</p>
<p>I don’t have any numbers, but if you can do well at Wharton, where an understanding of economic concept and theory is probably more than likely a must, then I can only imagine you would have an edge for those PhD programs.</p>
<p>And, unlike professional schools, it probably wouldn’t matter much if you didn’t enter the workplace before applying to Graduate school, meaning you could apply for admission right after your bachelor’s.</p>
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<p>Lol, who are you talking to “on the street”? Don’t most laymen confuse the University of Pennsylvania with Pennsylvania State?</p>
<p>Newyork that may be a good option for me if I don’t end up transferring. I’ll definitely think about that.</p>
<p>And I meant on Wall Street. Granted I’ve talked to probably like 3 people about it… They all said Wharton was great but then again that might just be because I go there lol… And yes as a Penn student people always confuse us for Penn State. My best friend is at PSU tho so I try not to make fun of them too much (:</p>
<p>^^Lol Merivongian, you do realize that Goldman Sachs is the single biggest employer out of college at Wharton right? Wharton does amazingly well on the street. Read it and weep: <a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/files/WHA_2012cp.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/files/WHA_2012cp.pdf</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, the amount of Wharton kids in Goldman IBD is quite absurd.</p>
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<p>Yes yes yes, I am very well aware that UPenn is a great school! I just found it amusing because there are multiple idiomatic uses of “on the street” that don’t refer to Wall Street, but a more literal street.</p>
<p>And you do realize the Merovingians were a famous Frankish dynasty ruling much of Western Europe… and you’ve just butchered their names! :(</p>
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<p>No worries, it was all in jest. Wharton’s great for business/econ. Certainly on par with the other top schools.</p>
<p>^Hey, cut me some slack! I wrote that post at midnight when I was half-asleep. And the “i” and “o” keys are right next to each other lol.</p>