<p>Would majoring in Business with a focus in Finance and taking Pre-Med courses be a death sentence at Penn? I want to see whether it is possible</p>
<p>You’d have to get a dual degree in Wharton and CAS to do that, which means fulfilling all the requirement for both schools, which, especially with wanting to do pre med classes, would be virtually impossible to complete in 4 years.</p>
<p>Unless you apply to and are accepted to the LSM program</p>
<p>No, you can take premed courses if you are in Wharton without doing a dual degree. I don’t think this would be too hard to do if you plan your schedule well.</p>
<p>But do you think I could manage somewhere around a 3.8+ GPA and be able to hang out with friends and such?</p>
<p>It’s not unheard of. As TYBG pointed out, it will probably be easier for you to do finance and fulfill premed reqs if you’re in LSM. I personally have several friends in LSM who go through college with both med school and banking in mind (which is mind boggling to me). </p>
<p>It’s impossible for anyone to tell you whether you can manage a 3.8+ and have a social life while doing finance and premed. (I heard there’s a kid in the M&T program who’s the captain of the men’s lacrosse team and has a 4.0). Only you would know after a semester or two at Penn if you’re one of these people. </p>
<p>I will say that finance and premed are perhaps two of the most cutthroat majors at Penn.</p>
<p>Damnit. What’s the advantage of doing LSM though? I would think it is more work considering it is essentially double majoring.</p>
<p>“Pre-med” just needs to consist of fulfilling the few required courses for Medical School. Typically, thee are: Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Calculus. There is no reason you couldn’t take those classes at Penn while completing a Wharton degree. Of course, you also have to prepare for and do well on the MCAT.</p>
<p>I mean I know you can take the classes. My question is whether it’s manageable.</p>
<p>I want to know so I know whether to apply to Wharton or CAS.</p>
<p>Given that it’s possible to do two degrees in the dual degree programs, of course it’s possible. You are only talking about 5 classes…</p>
<p>it’s absolutely possible. granted, you may be giving up the ability to double/triple concentrate like a good amount of whartonites do, but if you’re interested in med school, it doesn’t really matter…not sure why you’d choose wharton to inevitably go to med school, but to each his own. also you may be facing a tad tougher of a battle in convince admissions that you’re interested in med school as opposed to a typical CAS major</p>
<p>I would apply to LSM and then choose either CAS or Wharton as your backup choice (I believe Penn’s application allows you to be considered for single-degree admission as your second choice in case your dual-degree application is rejected) depending on what it is that you want to do more.</p>
<p>@Reallypeople My question is how great is the workload though</p>
<p>@axc I plan on applying to a MD/MBA program after undergrad not just med school. If I do a single major at CAS it would most likely be just Biology but I have interest in Business as well. So to follow my interests, I want to major in Business and fulfill my pre-med requirements.</p>
<p>@powerbomb Yes the app asks you to choose between CAS or Wharton and I don’t know which one to choose because of this.</p>
<p>And for some more clarification, I do want to finish everything in 4 years.</p>
<p>lsm requires more courses as it fulfills two degrees. doing wharton with a single concentration + pre-med reqs would be fewer (especially if you’re coming in with AP credits as many are, and wharton accepts a good amount of them). if you love lsm and all that it speaks to, then go for it. but it is markedly more difficult than the latter option b/c lsm requires a concentration in wharton + a science major in the college + both wharton and the colleges own gen ed reqs (although 2-3 classes fewer, admittedly).</p>
<p>I don’t actually think I’ll get into the LSM program.</p>
<p>In terms of workload and freetime though how would it be? Single majoring at wharton and pre-med courses?</p>