<p>I am a incoming Penn Freshmen (LSM Class of 2017) and I am interested in taking some summer classes during Penn Summer Session. One of the Wharton classes that I am interested in taking has a prerequisite of FNCE 100. My question to all of you is how strictly are prerequisite enforced for such classes. I have taken the equivalent of FNCE 100 at another university and so I have the knowledge that I would have gained in the class. Does Penn even look if you met prerequisites when you register for a class? If they do, can the professor grant permission for me to take the class anyways?</p>
<p>Depends on the class / professor. Some professors go so far as to manually remove students from the roster that haven’t taken a prerequisite. Moreover, regardless of whether or not you know the FNCE 100 material at whatever level, Penn won’t accept transfer credit for a Wharton core class, I’m pretty sure.</p>
<p>Finally, don’t try to be a hero by taking 200-level FNCE classes before sophomore year (I’m assuming that’s what you want to take). Students in those classes are especially savvy compared to an incoming frosh. Get some dumb prereqs out of the way, like math / science / whatever.</p>
<p>@emblem101: As a current LSMer, if you are to take summer classes (which I don’t particularly recommend, but that’s because I tend to recommend using summers for internships, friends, and travel), take easy gen. ed courses that fulfill sector requirements. If you need help finding them, feel free to shoot me an Inbox message.</p>
<p>Taking classes during the summer isn’t my first option. I am trying to get an internship but it isn’t easy down south here, since there aren’t nearly as many finance firms as up north. Also, is there any reason why I should take general education courses rather than finance courses. The only reason that I can think of is the fact that Wharton courses cost more during the summer session.</p>
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<p>With all due respect, did you not read my post?</p>
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<li>Wharton likely won’t let you enroll in those classes because you haven’t taken FNCE 100. Wharton is the top undergraduate business school in the U.S.; why would they want to accept transfer credit for FNCE 100?</li>
<li>You’re going to be really overshadowed in core FNCE classes by sophomores and juniors.</li>
<li>You shouldn’t try to be a hero. I don’t want for this to sound mean, but people are going to think you’re kind of a dick if you come into Penn your first semester having taken those classes.</li>
<li>Wharton students in general don’t want to take gen ed classes, so you might as well just get them done with earlier rather than later.</li>
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<p>“Taking classes during the summer isn’t my first option. I am trying to get an internship but it isn’t easy down south here, since there aren’t nearly as many finance firms as up north. Also, is there any reason why I should take general education courses rather than finance courses. The only reason that I can think of is the fact that Wharton courses cost more during the summer session.”</p>
<p>The traditional Wharton core is such that you take Finance 100 & 101 in your sophomore year. I recommend taking Gen Eds because they fill requirements and, if you pick the right ones, are easy enough to ensure a solid GPA before you even start at Penn (essentially, easy A’s to pad that GPA).</p>