<p>I was wondering how hard is it to transfer to Wharton? Is it pretty much imposible? This year i’ll be a freshman at northwestern, majoring in economics. But now I am starting to think i would be better off attending a school with an actual undergrad business school.</p>
<p>If you are looking for statistics -> 24/378 ~ 6.35% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>It is difficult.</p>
<p>isn't that the rate for internal transfer?</p>
<p>How many do they take internally?</p>
<p>lol i thought that was the above stat</p>
<p>well i know that for last year there was something like 6 students who were able to transfer. The only way that you can transfer in is that someone has to transfer out. This just shows how hard it is. And it is hard.</p>
<p>Where'd that stat come from?</p>
<p>That is the rate for external transfers this year. That stat came from my academic advisor - so its correct.</p>
<p>"well i know that for last year there was something like 6 students who were able to transfer. The only way that you can transfer in is that someone has to transfer out. This just shows how hard it is. And it is hard."</p>
<p>Hi everyone - I advise both external transfers as well as internal transfer and dual degree students and this statement is not true. Wharton starts with an incoming class of about 512 students, but we graduate classes of about 650 students. Students do not need to drop out of Wharton for us to take more students. We add students every year through internal transfer, dual degree, and external transfer processes.</p>
<p>Mishra's information is correct. We typically take about 20-25 students each year as external transfers, the bulk of them being sophomores. If you want to transfer to Wharton please make sure to look up the tranfser requirements online on the admissions website. In addition you should speak to a Regional Director who works with Transfer Students to get a sense of how this process may differ from the freshman admissions process.</p>
<p>For internal transfers and dual degrees (the pools are not separate so it doesn't matter which you apply for): over the last 3 years, this is our average number of admits and cutoff GPA: 91 rising sophomores (3.66), 21 mid-year sophomores (3.52), and 8 rising juniors (3.54). Keep in mind that these numbers change every semester - this year the cutoffs for rising sophomores and juniors were both a 3.70. We don't give out application numbers because it's a skewed figure - a lot more people would apply if we didn't have minimum GPA requirements and course requirements so the numbers are deflated. We will be updating our website soon to include more information and statistics about the process.</p>
<p>If you know as a high school student that you want to study business, you should apply directly to Wharton. Do NOT attempt to apply to the College with the goal of transferring to Wharton.</p>
<p>I am sorry if that statement is false, but that is what was said during my campus tour. Someone in the crowd asked the tour guide that question and that was his answer.</p>
<p>lol penn tour guides are notorious for giving away bad info. There was an article in the dp about it last year</p>
<p>well he didnt give a lot of other specific facts so I'm alright. Just that one. He described a lot of things about the school that truthfully i either didnt need to know or i could have guessed.</p>
<p>WhartonAdvisor,</p>
<p>Thanks alot for all the stats! I'm interested in a dual degree and it sure is good to know that more than 6 kids get in each year! 120 internal transferees is a good number, but ofcourse depends on how many students, on average, apply each year....so how many students apply each year?:)</p>
<p>Please see my above answer.</p>
<p>"We don't give out application numbers because it's a skewed figure - a lot more people would apply if we didn't have minimum GPA requirements and course requirements so the numbers are deflated."</p>
<p>If I say that we don't give out numbers, what I really mean is that we don't give out numbers :)</p>
<p>WhartonAdvisor, one quick question please :]</p>
<p>i'm thinking about applying as a junior transfer and i know that potential juniors are expected to have completed in addition to the 1 year of econ and calc, two semester of accounting and two semesters of statistics. if an applicant only has 1 semester of calc and 1 semester of statistics, would that person's application not even be considered? thanks!</p>