<p>I looked through the UPenn website at all the specific Wharton concentrations, and I have a couple questions</p>
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<li><p>When you apply to Wharton do you specify what concentration you specifically want to be in? i.e Finance vs accounting... marketing vs real estate etc... Or does that come after your are accepted?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a heavy quant focus on all concentrations within Wharton? For example, if one were to be in the Environmental Policy concentration would there still be heavy math like Multi - var and Calc BC to learn? I know Wharton as a whole has a heavy math emphasis, but I'm not sure if that is because most students are in Finance. I think more than 50% major in finance. </p></li>
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<p>Wharton does not have a math heavy focus by any means. That’s a complete myth. Most students I knew in Whartob took only math 104 and were not overly interested in math at all. The math knowledge needed for finance classes is very basic. For example, I knew kids in my major, physics (the most math heavy major besides math itself) who took finance and they thought it was incredibly easy while a lot of the Wharton students really struggled.</p>
<p>@Poeme @fogcity Thanks guys.
So when you apply to Wharton do you specify what concentration you will major in? Poeme,for example when you applied to UPenn did you state that you were going to Major in Physics, or did you just apply to the SEAS school.</p>
<p>OP no you do not specify a concentration when you apply. My son who is a rising sophomore at Wharton says that he will not determine his concentrations (either 2 or 3) until the end of this upcomoing year. At that time he will have finished all of his basic requirements (including 2 finances, 2 accounting, Managment 100, Marketing, 2 legal studies, econ and OPIM). Then he will decide what concentrations to pursue. </p>
<p>I originally thought I would major in chemistry, so I put that down when they asked for my interests. What you state on your application (for CAS and Wharton) is not binding. You don’t have to declare until the second semester of sophomore years.</p>
<p>By the way, physics is in the college, not SEAS</p>