<p>If I were to apply for CAS, how easy or hard would it be to transfer to Wharton? Thanks!</p>
<p>There isn’t a simple answer to that, except to say that you shouldn’t go to Penn because you think you will be able to transfer into Wharton. </p>
<p>They do have a fair number of places for internal transfers. Maybe as many as 100, although that includes people accepted into dual-degree programs, too, and people accepted as juniors. Until a couple of years ago, the choice was done purely on the basis of GPA at Penn. They would look at how many people they could accept and who had applied, and take the top x candidates by GPA. The GPA cut-off was usually somewhere around 3.8, and probably meant that you had to be in the top 10% of the class at Penn or better. Which, by the way, is not something that’s easy to achieve.</p>
<p>Three years ago, they changed the system considerably. It is now holistic. There is a minimum GPA requirement (3.4) that makes lots of people eligible to apply, a series of course requirements, and then things like community involvement and leadership, academic rigor, and essay quality are taken into account. In addition, academic advisers serve as gatekeepers – they have to endorse your application or it isn’t considered. In other words, you still have to be a tippy-top candidate to get an internal transfer to Wharton, but a sky-high GPA is no longer enough in and of itself to prove your worth.</p>
<p>It’s not something you can count on, that’s for sure.</p>
<p>Are you fairly confident that as 100 people can transfer/dual degree into Wharton? I’ve been trying to find out that information and I can’t find it anywhere. I realize that number can change but that is a figure that is at the very minimum, better than I’ve been able to find. All the other requirements information you posted can be found on the Penn website.</p>