<p>Hi Everyone. I'm a sophomore at Wharton, and I don't know whether I should give a try - transfering to Harvard. By the end of my sophomore year, 13 business-related classes, and 6 liberal arts classes, including 2 language classes. Won't get that many credits if I transfer, right? So far, I haven't been in love with business & wharton. But, its just that Im not in love, i DO NOT hate it. About my future career, I'm not sure yet.. MAYBE business? something else? this is just another dilemma. Why Harvard? Well... I don't want to go into details, but there are some pretty compelling family-related reasons.<br>
I applied to Harvard RD out of high school, but I was waitlisted, and I dont know what happened, probably rejected.<br>
I am aware that Harvard transfer is extremely competitive. Do I even have decent chances of getting in? </p>
<p>Oh that was my Wharton GPA. I was told that for a junior transfer, college GPA matters a lot more than high shcool GPA does. right?<br>
My high school GPA was around 3.85? Until junior year, it was straight A's, and, you know, I didnt really care at the end, and got a couple of B's.</p>
<p>You stand as good a shot as just about any applicant. What concentration are you going to be applying to? This can sometimes affect admissions decisions.</p>
<p>People here are wowed with the Wharton name, (and they should be!).</p>
<p>But, Harvard clearly states in its transfer admissions page that it desires transfer students to have done a strong liberal arts curriculum with transferable credit and those is professional, vocational, technical and performance programs are not eligible. I really wanted to attend Wharton myself and know from my research in high school that students spring into a very professional business education early on. Well, transferable credit is a very big factor and they probably would prefer another student over one who might require one or more extra years to graduate.</p>
<p>THAT SAID, Harvard makes exceptions and changes and is definitely not your regular red-taped state school. </p>
<p>BUT, have you considered pursuing a dual degree at Penn and getting a degree from Penn college? That might be the best option for future career or even for future academic goals.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice. I was worried about that too, the fact that I'm from a business school. However, TECHNICALLY speaking, Wharton is not a vocational school, since graduates receive B.S. of Economics. I've been searching for somthing like "Harvard wants students with liberal arts curriculum with transferable credit." Although this may be true, I don't find this anywhere on the website. So, I guess I still have a chance. </p>
<p>I have another question. For the junior standing transfer, how important are SAT1, SAT2's? And, am i even a junior transfer?? ( as I said above, most of my classes are business-related. )</p>
<p>From what I've heard (and I'm sure you have too) Standardized scores are less important for junior transfers. Your very high scores are not really going to help you that much. You said something about compelling family reasons- are you a legacy (that still helps even now), do you have close family ties to the university? Also, what are you going to major in at harvard? Do your liberal arts classes/ SATII scores include your new field of interest? (Make sure they do!)</p>
<p>Would you be willing to transfer in as a sophomore to "make up" for lost liberal arts credits? (I don't know if thats possible) I really think you should go ahead and contact the admissions office and ask them questions. Yours is a fairly unique situation, and they welcome inquiries from applicants.</p>
<p>P.S.- Good luck. You seem like the kind of applicant that could have gotten into Harvard under other circumstances. I hope you find whatever it is you want.</p>
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<p>There are exceptions, of which Wharton is one.</p>
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<p>It does not matter anyways; he has an outstanding GPA at one of the most rigorous and competitive programs in the nation.</p>
<p>I would be surprised if he were rejected from Harvard.</p>
<p>nspeds, how do you know that there are exceptions? Given exceptions, how do you know that wharton is among them?</p>
<p>I don't want to be offensive, but don't state your speculative guesses in a factual manner, and yes we know wharton is competitive, prestigous and rigorous.</p>
<p>Whatever. Point is that you should call them to see how your situation effects your admittance. And please post the results- I'm curious.</p>
<p>The Wharton program is very different from many other undergraduate pre-professional and business programs at others schools. It fully integrates the liberal arts into the program. </p>
<p>If you have a GPA that's >3.8 at Wharton; I would think you have a great chance. Just don't screw up your essay...</p>
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<p>Thank you windcloud.</p>
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<p>I do not want to be offensive, but read the stats of students who were admitted before stating the opposite in a factual manner...</p>
<p>...and you should follow your own advice, by the way:</p>
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I've been searching for somthing like "Harvard wants students with liberal arts curriculum with transferable credit." Although this may be true, I don't find this anywhere on the website. So, I guess I still have a chance.
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<p>Oh, and I have the paper application as well. Nowhere on it does it state anything about a 'liberal arts curriculum.'</p>
<p>Minads - write good essays and I would guess that you have a 95% chance of being accepted into Harvard. I believe the majority of students accepted into ivies are often from other ivies or schools of similar quality. Think of it this way - you are applying from the best business school in the nation with a near perfect GPA and honors courses, as well as excellent test scores. You'd have to have a really awful reason to be rejected, unless something just got in the water in Cambridge.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the comments as well as encouragement. Oh well. WHARTON CLAIMS the aspect of liberal arts curriculum is well incorporated into the wharton curriculum. In my own opinion, its curriculum is heavily business-focused, and this is why im a little bit worried.<br>
I yet have another question for you. I've trying to find last year's transfer essay topics, but i was unsucessful. Does anybody know what havard and stanford essay topics for transfer were? Thanks a lot!!</p>
<p>No. 6 eligibilty requirement: "Students are eligible to transfer only from a liberal arts curriculum that is similar to Harvard's. Candidates whose education have been in vocational, professional, technical or performance programs will not ordinarily qualify. "</p>
<p>Furthermore, I know that having enough/right credits to graduate on time is a significant factor. (i.e. people are often not admitted to transfer engineering programs because they haven't taken enough intro science/engineering classes freshmen year and would be left behind)</p>
<p>Again, I've said in my first post that Harvard makes exceptions and is not strictly "by the books." That "ordinarily" clause might pertain to the OP, thats why I suggested contacting the admissions office.</p>
<p>.....This is my last post on this thread, because I've stopped adding any new information.</p>