<p>I want to know if anyone is applying to Wharton, but not Huntsman or Jerome Fisher, and why...
Is this because you guys are simply not interested?
I raise this issue, because there's nothing to lose (other than 1 more essay) to be applying to the dual degree and choose the single degree program.</p>
<p>Yes, the competitiveness is crazy, but that aside...</p>
<p>Or is it not 'really true' about UPenn's claim that there's no disadvantages for rejected dual degree students for admission to single degree? Anyone afraid that applying to the dual degree that you are not likely to be accepted to rather just hurts your change for admission to single degree?</p>
<p>Thanks~</p>
<p>If you don’t have any interest and don’t have the background for any of the jointdegree programs, it is truly a waste of your time to write the extra essay. Your time might be better spent sleeping or having fun. It shouldn’t hurt your chances at being admitted to Wharton, but who knows. Lots of people apply to Wharton alone because that is all they are interested in.</p>
<p>the above post is right on. If you have no interest in what the programs have to offer, why bother apply? That’s like saying why not apply to Harvard as a history major since it won’t affect your chances in Wharton --because you don’t want to go to Harvard for history! (ignoring costs associated with additional applications)</p>
<p>When Venkat says “it is truly a waste of your time to write the extra essay”…</p>
<p>I would just like to say that it is truly a waste of your time to study what is not interesting to you.</p>
<p>What if you are interested but you know you basically have no chance, lol? Then is it worth applying?</p>
<p>If you actually want to do the program then it is worth applying to. There is nothing to lose and a lot to gain. If you do not want to do the program, however, it can tack on a lot of extra work (assuming you somehow get in) which you will not want to do. Chances are you will drop the non Wharton part and have a bunch of electives that get you nowhere and a freshman GPA you’re not too proud of.</p>
<p>My M&T essay made my application. I applied because I’d always wanted to do both fields without having to choose between one and I fell in love with UPenn for this very same reason. </p>
<p>Apply if that is what you want to study. Save yourself the trouble if you’re only doing it because a) you’re being told to by your parents and b) you think the program will somehow make you superior to your peers (this can be incentive to apply I suppose but it shouldn’t be steering your application). From what I’ve heard, most of the dual-degrees are designed in a manner where you truly need to have the pasison for what you’re learning to get through them and succeed.</p>
<p>Yeah, no point in studying something you aren’t interested in. Doing a dual or joint degree program is a lot of extra work.</p>
<p>Plenty of single-degree Wharton students do just fine for themselves. It’s not like a dual/joint is going to give you a huge boost. It’s really something you should pursue if you have a true passion for it.</p>