Wharton Stat Requirement

<p>I am just wondering if anyone can elaborate a little bit on options to fulfill the stat requirement in wharton. I know you can take either 101/102 or 430/431, but do ESE301/302 count? How do the three sets differ in terms of difficulty and extent of material coverage?</p>

<p>i have taken math 240 and 312, as well as AP stat in HS, but am only in single degree wharton. Can anyone speak about ESE301/302 in particular? thanks</p>

<p>Unless things have changed, you should be able to take ESE 301/302 for your stat requirement (check with an advisor). </p>

<p>Stat 101/102 is pretty easy from what i gather compared to the other two tracks. I think 431 and 302 cover Stat 101/102 in one semester. 431 wasn’t too difficult nor was it too fast. Stat 430 and ESE 301 are probability theory, so they’ll be more theoretical than 101 and a lot more challenging.</p>

<p>If you can take ESE or Stat 430/431 go with whichever has the better professor. I hear the ESE 301 professor for the fall is supposed to be pretty good, and I wasn’t too happy with Cai, who is teaching 430 this fall. If you got a 5 in AP Stat see if you can skip 430 (arguably toughest course I had to take at Penn) and jump into 431. 431 is pretty easy, and there were a fair number of people from ESE 301 in my 431 class.</p>

<p>If you did well in 240 and 312 you should be more than prepared enough for Stat 430 and I’d encourage you to at least try it out next semester.</p>