HI, I heard that anyone in other school at Penn could get a Wharton degree as long as he/she maintain GPA above 3.70. He/she can apply double majors in Wharton and take required classes and get Wharton degree. If he/she has GPA above 3.7,it is easy to get accepted by Wharton. Is it true? Anyone can confirm it?
Where did you hear “that”? Post the URL. Internal transfer to Wharton is very difficult. Few make it. A 3.7 GPA does not lead to automatic acceptance of an internal transfer from from within Penn even though a 3.7 is not that easy to attain at Penn. And there are course requirements for transfer applicants.
fogcity. Thanks so much for the clarification. That is what I thought. There are always some rumors around. I just
want to get definite answers from experienced people.
@applypenn the official minimum gpa you need to apply to transfer into Wharton or do a dual degree with wharton is a 3.4. of course the average gpa of those who are successful in transferring is a bit higher than that, but i know of people with gpas in the 3.4-3.5 who managed to transfer or do a dual degree…in any case you can take as many wharton classes or be in all the wharton affiliated clubs regardless of whether you are a wharton student or not so dont stress too much about it. if you are interested in business apply to wharton from the beginning but if you wanna study something else first and then go into business you can do it just as easily as a non wharton student at Penn.
p.s depending on what you are studying even a 3.4-3.5 is quite hard to attain at penn (see engineering, sciences…) let alone a 3.7.
Regarding Penn95’s comment
as a non-wharton student … This is not the case. There is a limit ( something like 4-5). You may be able to take an additional 1 or 2 if you manage to get credit for required courses through APs (scores of 5 typically required). And some coursess required for economics (i.e. statistics) are taught at Wharton.
maybe if your roommate dies…
Actually- @Penn95 is correct, students are permitted to take as many courses outside of their homeschool at Penn that they would like. While only 4 courses can be counted towards the degree requirements of any student in the College, any student who wishes to take more than 4 is perfectly within their rights to do so. In addition, specifically for the College, if a non-college course fulfills a college requirement (which they sometimes do by luck or by petition) it is counted as a College course, freeing students to take an additional non-college course that will count towards their degree.
https://www.college.upenn.edu/non-college-courses
In general, however it is perfectly reasonable to take as many courses as you can manage outside of your homeschool. And 40% of a Wharton education will actually be comprised of courses housed outside of Wharton itself meaning that quite a few courses end up outside of their homeschool.
With regard to dual degrees and internal transfers, the best way I can describe it is as a “hassle.” It is not really the difficult for an intelligent student who realizes that their passions would be better served elsewhere. It is not really that easy for a student who has no legitimate reason driving their desire to switch. Having had many friends who transferred from Wharton to the College (it happens more often than those outside of Penn would assume) and a handful who transferred from the College to Wharton, I can definitely say that for those students, their acceptances had much more to do with the reasons they gave for internally transferring than the quality of their academic application; though all of them did meet the basic requirements.
I do think it is accurate that with a 3.7 you would typically be admitted, but it is not a rule.
They also consider other factors. For example, a lower gpa may work if you have a strong combination of rigor, “Why Wharton?” essay, and demonstrated interest through work experience, research, and ECs. Alternatively, an even higher gpa may not help if you have a weak essay and no demonstrated interest.