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<p>Excel - of course there is a more in-depth analysis of each applicant. Boxes is right - the process is very holistic, thorough and looks at the entire applicant. You should contact your Regional Director if you have questions about the admissions process.</p>

<p>Penn Student - there is certainly something to be said for graduating from college with more than one degree (regardless of what those two degrees are). Anyone in one of our specialized joint degree programs is going to be highly regarded but I can't comment on how big of a difference or an advantage it actually is because I'm not a recruiter. I would recommend looking at the Career Services website for the Salary and Survey reports.</p>

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<p>Is there a Regional Director for German applicants? If yes, how can I contact him?</p>

<p>You should look online on the Admissions website. <a href="http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/contact/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Their phone numbers are listed there - if you want an email address you will need to call the number listed to request it.</p>

<p>WhartonAdvisor: how long does it take the adcom to make decisions if the applicants are admitted or rejected? Do they do additional things?</p>

<p>Thank you WhartonAdvosir and username 321 for your advice.
I spoke to some of my friends who already graduated from Wharton and from the M+T program, they mentioned that taking 2 degrees reduces the number of extra electives one can take? In addition, by doing the M+T, one would be able to take only 4-5 Wharton concentration focus courses apart from business fundamentals classes. Don't you feel that you will miss out on several other higher level wharton courses (something that Wharton and its faculty is known around the world for!) that one can otherwise take? Since Wharton also allows a minor in Math or in Computer Science, isn't that quantitative enough?
I would like if people and also WhartonAdvisor could share their views on this. Thanks alot.</p>

<p>of course you will have to go less indepth in both of your degrees if you are planning to do two in the time it usually takes to do one, but that's the tradeoff. It's just your own personal taste</p>

<p>Exactly what the previous poster said. It's a trade-off. If you're truly interested in engineering, you should be more than willing to drop a few potential wharton classes for SEAS classes. Anyways, at the risk of upsetting WhartonAdvisor...</p>

<p>Here's a big hint for you. A lot of what you learn in college you learn the night before a test, regurgitate it, and forget it. Even if you learn it throughout the semester continuously, odds are 2-3 years later when you graduate you will forget the majority of it. Employers know this and train you starting from scratch. While the great faculty are good for grad students who work directly WITH them, a student being TAUGHT by them gets less benefit (NPV is NPV regardless of who teaches it). The point of college is to teach you how to think. So take a few case-based classes and you'll be fine.</p>

<p>Collegebound - you should ask those specific questions to a Regional Director.</p>

<p>Pennstudent - I agree with the other posters. Joint degree programs aren't for everyone. If you want to go more indepth in either area, a dual degree might be better. Or if you're only slightly interested in one area, consider just taking classes in the other discipline or getting a minor (although Wharton doesn't give minors). The joint degree programs are going to be more structured, and that is something you should take into consideration while also realizing that you leave here with TWO degrees as a part of a very prestigious group of students.</p>

<p>Username - that didn't upset me. I graduated from college 4 years ago and it's true that I've forgotten a lot of the details. I do think that Wharton grads have an advantage going into their first jobs because they are typically way ahead of non-business students in their understanding (even after training). It also depends on what you go into though.</p>

<p>I asked to speak with my regional director (Kathryn Bezella) and nobody knew who she was.</p>

<p>They literally JUST hired people, I am not even sure when they officially begin their first day of work. You should give her a month or so to adjust as she may not be able to answer your questions since they haven't gone through training yet.</p>

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<p>I've heard from several sources that Ivy coaches recruit "boosters" that are athletically decent but academically great, say, val+4.0+2250+, to sort of increase the average of the recruited athletes. Is this true for UPenn? I'm a decent 100m dasher, 11.0 sec, it never occurred to me that I could get recruited, but if this "booster" story is true, I might have a chance?</p>

<p>if this "booster story" that pearfire is referring to, then the student have to contact the coach in order to find out if he/she is quailified as a "booster" for the team?</p>

<p>huh? doesn't m&t have less required classes than a regular seas+wharton?</p>

<p>pearfire, if you think you can improve to 10.7-10.8 you shouldn't have a hard time getting recruited and getting admitted as an athlete, which is a lot easier</p>

<p>well... 0.3 sec doesnt sound like a lot, but it really is... 11.0 is my top time, and since I don't really have track practice, I'll have a hard time breaking the 11 sec</p>

<p>people just dont tend to realize that in any sport, once you get your time to be really low, it is hard to lower it even a few hundreths of a second.</p>

<p>yeah... .3 seconds on the 100m is a LOT, esp when you're in that area. But the best way to go about this is to talk to the coach and ask what you guys can do for each other.</p>

<p>Pearfire - I'm not an admissions officer. If you have admissions questions, you need to contact your Regional Director.</p>

<p>MichaelJ - yes, M&T has less total CU's than doing Wharton/SEAS as a dual degree student. But, the requirements that M&T's do have are more structured (so you have less classes that you can actually choose). So while the dual degree gives you more credits, you have more flexibility to take classes that you want to take. So in some sense we are both agreeing and disagreeing at the same time... I don't know if that made sense.</p>

<p>WhartonAdvisor, what distinguishing qualities would you attribute to the Huntsman students and to the curriculum of the program? Did they seem to have more work and be more stressed out than everyone else? How did their living situation in King's Court affect them; did they feel isolated from the rest of the freshman class on the quad? Where have your friends from the Huntsman Program gone on to after Penn? Do you have any advice for approaching the dual, and seemingly disparate, environments of Wharton and CAS? I know this is a lot to ask at once, but I hope you can answer everything. Thank in advance.</p>