<p>Does anyone know of the statistics for undergraduate admissions to Wharton? (# of students who apply, # of students accepted, etc.)</p>
<p>Also, what are some typical admissions criteria for admission to Wharton as an undergrad? Is business / entrepreneurship experience in high school a must? In other words, if I do not have my own business or have not been a part of some business-related endeavor, will Wharton automatically think that I am not cut out for admission to the school?</p>
<p>The acceptance letter said 5,200 kids applied for the Class of 2010, and I assume around 500 were offered spots.</p>
<p>Business / entrepreneurship experience in high school is not a must. I, for example, had no econ classes, no business classes, no DECA, no starting my own business, no interning for some sort of business-related firm, no business-related ECs, etc.</p>
<p>And you applied to Wharton out of high school and got in?</p>
<p>I know this one kid from my high school:</p>
<p>1600/2370 SAT
36 ACT
2/350-4.888
President of Culture Club and founded tons of activities that the school still does today
First generation Russian Immigrant
One of top 20 high schoolers in the country as listed by USA Today
Tons of other amazing stuff...</p>
<p>Applied to Wharton...REJECTED</p>
<p>No matter what you do, business or not, its still a crap shoot.</p>
<p>Yeah on the Penn tour they told us that if you apply to Wharton, you have the same chance to get in as someone applying to the college of arts and sciences. But I can't believe that such a prestigious school with so few spots available would accept the same percent of applicants.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, Cavalier, the College is also quite prestigious and there are a lot of people that would like to attend.</p>
<p>I didn't mean in any way to construe that the College is not prestigious. Rather, I was trying to emphasize the idea that Wharton itself is very prestigious and accepts far fewer applicants each year than the College. I would be extremely grateful to attend either school.</p>
<p>You can only apply to one of the undergraduate schools, correct?</p>
<p>Yes, I applied to Wharton right out of high school.</p>
<p>yes, only one, unless you apply for a joint-degree program</p>
<p>From my school 5 kids applied to Wharton ED. Out of those 5, I was the only one with no business experience whatsoever. The others had been pursuing interests in business for years: taking marketting classes, taking econ classes, doing FBLA, DECA, starting their own businesses, internships with firms, etc. They all thought I was the one with no chance because I didn't do anything of the sort. They all got rejected.</p>
<p>There you go. Better to have no business experience to unlearn!</p>
<p>That's not to say that business-experienced people will get rejected. I know people in opposite situations too. It's really what you make of the opportunities presented to you.</p>
<p>I think it is unfair to match applicant for applicant. The process is so subjective that a number of things could have caused the occurance sweetnsarah is speaking of. The whole process has a sort of randomness that sometimes is given to much credit as "black or white."</p>
<p>Well, sweetnsarah, your story is good news for me. Although I have an interest in business, I have not pursued any business-related ventures during high school (aside from selling ads to businesses to raise money for the yearbook, if that counts). Maybe I still might have a shot.</p>
<p>I was just pointing out that you really don't need business experience to get into Wharton, halopeno.</p>
<p>I know, but I'm just pointing out that you getting in, when the five people who had business experience didn't goes much deeper than business EC's. There are plenty of Business people getting in to Wharton every year. I think one statistic from last year was like 26 people starting their own. I'm not disagreeing, I'm just raising an additional point.</p>
<p>Point well taken.</p>
<p>Interestingly, those other kids all had higher SATs and GPAs than me. I guess I see your point.</p>
<p>Really getting into Wharton is about making the most of what you do with your time, whether it's business or something not business.</p>
<p>But of course admission to any top school has a little randomness. There are just too many qualified applicants to make totally fair decisions.</p>