Upenn (Wharton) versus MIT (Sloan)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>My primary focus in college is to finish a bachelor in business, but I want to balance my business education with, perhaps, a liberal arts joint-degree or minor. I consider myself a visionary entrepreneur, and I hope to pursue some entrepreneur project during school. So I applied, among other colleges, to MIT and Upenn (both have leading undergraduate business programs). I do not know where to go. </p>

<p>Wharton is constantly ranked first in the Nation. It has some innovative classes, such as management 100, and incredible business resources. It is not neccesary to note that Wharton historically has produced several busieness leaders. </p>

<p>But I think that Upenn's undergraduate business program is too much focussed in business and does not allow students to broad their knowledge in other fields. For example, the typical Wharton's sophomore curriculum includes accounting, marketing, management and finance, all in the same semester. Also, it would be easier and more productive to pursue a entrepreneur project in MIT, with all the technological resources, than in Upenn, with all the business resources. </p>

<p>MIT's business school is also very reknown, but MIT itself is too much oriented into math and sciences. MIT has several good entrepreneur competitions and Sloan has good business resources. </p>

<p>I do not want to let go away the MIT's offer of admission without being sure that Upenn is what I really want.</p>

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<p>if you go to MIT you can cross register at harvard for all of your liberal arts desires....did you get into both?</p>

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<p>i am pretty sure I will be admitted to both. because i live in puerto rico (i am part of a minority group), i have a perfect GPA, a good SAT and i am in the top 5 % of my ~225 class.</p>

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<p>if you say so...i hope you get in</p>

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<p>Does puerto rico count as international?</p>

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<p>no, we r us citizens and we count as domestic students</p>

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<p>The system is sincerely unpredictable. Worry about this in a few months, if you still need to.</p>

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<p>Very true.</p>

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<p>i acknowledge that fact and i really hope that one of those colleges does not accept me (it would be a tremendous favor), perhaps none of both colleges accept me,</p>

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<p>actually i have been accepted in the early response program of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)- my safety and has a good business school.</p>

<p>i have a good feeling about my Upenn's and MIT's application.</p>

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<p>Wharton</a> Undergraduate Program</p>

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<p>SO you've been accepted to neither but are already heart-broken at having to make a decision between the two.</p>

<p>Despite what your mother may tell you, you're not that special, sorry</p>

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<p>If only a perfect GPA and good SAT were guarantees at Penn and MIT....</p>

<p>good luck to you though</p>

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<p>I'm starting to realize how acceptance rates can be so long
Many delusional and misinformed applicants.
Nothing but cultivated hope in a world where we are told, "you can do anything"
hah.</p>

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<p>There is nothing wrong with hope. And he is not completely delusional. If he does indeed have a perfect GPA and his "good" SAT means 2250+, then he is a very strong applicant as an URM.</p>

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<p>No, not completely delusional but he sounded as though he was guaranteed into both and was just going to pick which one he wanted.</p>