@BokysEdits I sent it Wednesday but they just replied
@stats87 what did they say?
oh gosh. i’m getting so nervous! I just looked through the thread from last year and it made me sick to my stomach. There were so many qualified students who got rejected early. ugh
Besides Penn, what other colleges did you apply?
@f2000sa I applied to WUSTL, NYU Stern, UCLA, Berkeley, Cornell, Mich, Stanford, and Northeastern. Might do a few other ivies, but in terms of business ivies Penn and Cornell are what I have my eyes on.
@dantealighieri Any reason you’re gunning for business undergrad in particular? Most of Penn’s peer schools will also place well into the same industries despite not offering a pure business degree.
@aoeuidhtns That is a valid point. Why business at Penn? My extracurriculars are more business and leadership focused, so the rationale when applying was that it may be more beneficial for Wharton. But what’s done is done 
I’m applying to so many schools lol. I did ea for uchicago and uva. I’m also applying to Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UC Davis, Vanderbilt, Duke, Northwestern, WUSTL, Emory, Lehigh, BU, and UConn.
Also applied EA to U of Chicago, UNC and Northeastern. Applied RD to G’town, Emory, WUSTL, Duke, Vandy, and William & Mary/St Andrews Joint Degree… Planned major is international relations. Applied to Huntsman which is a language reach. Would be overjoyed w/ CAS. Expectations are low. Briefly, 35 ACT (one sitting). SAT Subjects 770 Lit and 750 US History. Made nationals in debate and captain of ranked speech team. Normal array of APs w/ nothing below a 4. From TN. No hooks. Good luck to all
How does ED work? If you don’t get admitted to Wharton, do you get admitted to CAS or any other school? Or is it wharton or nothing?
I know with Hunrsman you are evaluated by Huntsman admissions and if denied passed along to normal CAS admissions. I saw in some posts last year that people were denied in M&T but admitted to SEAS. Unclear w/ Wharton as Huntsman and M&T are joint degree programs and Wharton is not.
@AggieMom68 It would be Wharton or nothing, as you put it
My friend just got in EA to Stanford and my AP/IB Coordinator is betting on both of us so I’m super anxious about Penn all of a sudden cuz I don’t wanna be a disappointment ripp
Also, I’m Huntsman Spanish, with my second choice being Philosophy Politics and Economics at CAS
just out of curiosity, can students do a dual degree when they get in? such as majoring in separate schools? Or can you not do that if you didn’t apply for the dual degree program when you first applied? I’m just confused.
@stats87 Students can do dual degree programs. You will have to meet with your Penn guidance counselor to ensure that you are able to handle a significantly more rigorous course load. You can fact check me in the provided sources.
Double Majoring at the College:
https://www.college.upenn.edu/dual-degree
Double Majoring at SEAS:
https://ugrad.seas.upenn.edu/student-handbook/programs-options/dual-majors-2-penn-engineering-programs/
Double Majoring at Wharton:
https://undergrad-inside.wharton.upenn.edu/itdd/
Double Majoring at Nursing:
https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/academics/dual-degrees/
Hopes this helps!
You can do a dual major (two majors at same college) or dual degree (two majors across two different colleges) from what I understand. They have coordinated and uncoordinated dual degree programs. Coordinated ones would include things like huntsman and m&t. If you were to only get into CAS or Wharton and wanted to pursue a dual degree after your first semester, that would be an uncoordinated dual degree. The primary difference between and uncoordinated and coordinated dual degree is that for a coordinated one, you can count courses for both majors’ requirements, whereas in an uncoordinated one, you would have to fill all the requirements individually. This makes it difficult for people in uncoordinated dual degrees to graduate in time sometimes, and it also requires them to take a very heavy course load. (Feel free to correct me if any of this is wrong).
You can do both dual majors and dual degrees across different colleges. A dual major gives you only one degree from the school you’re enrolled in while a dual degree gives you two degrees from two different colleges.
The difference between coordinated and uncoordinated isn’t as a simple as double counting. Coordinated programs have a specialized curriculum. A better way to look at is as a larger than normal major that allows you to gain enough knowledge to merit giving you two degrees This is the community that I would look to engage in discussion about topics of a global significance. A dual-degree is doing everything that single degree students will do, times 2. Essentially coordinated programs are designed from the ground up to provide dual-degrees and allow graduation in 4 years whereas uncoordinated dual-degrees is an option that students opt-in for but don’t provide any of the benefits of a specialized curriculum.
Some programs like M&T can be transferred into at a later point of time but some programs like Huntsman only accept freshman.
In terms of admission, there were two ways we could indicate academic preference on the application. Single college, single major or coordinated dual-degree program + single college, single major. The first is just choosing the school of preference (CAS, Wharton, etc.) with the current intended major. The latter is choosing a program like M&T, LSM, or Huntsman as preference but also choosing a backup school to be considered for if you don’t get into the coordinated program. ED applicants can choose whether they want to keep their ED binding commitment to just the coordinated program or both the coordinated program and their second preference.
Did anyone get any feedback form or something of that sort to fill out after their interview?
No