<p>how much harder is it to get into wharton than CAS?</p>
<p>also, is it possible to transfer out of wharton and into the CAS once enrolled?</p>
<p>thanks! :)</p>
<p>it is considerably harder to get into wharton than cas. also, it's extremely hard to transfer from cas to wharton...but not impossible.</p>
<p>yep, you can go from wharton to the college, no problem.</p>
<p>If you go to CAS, can I take your spot?</p>
<p>alright, thanks guys. so if i'm not positive i want to do business or finance (i'm also seriously considering med..) then i should apply to cas?</p>
<p>Well it's really YOUR choice.
I mean, if you inclined towards med and not sure about Wharton,
may be CAS is for you.</p>
<p>If you are interested in both science and business, you should consider the LSM</a> program. Then you're a part of both the College and Wharton, and you take science and business classes.</p>
<p>how competitive is the LSM program? is it harder than just applying to wharton?</p>
<p>It is NOT "considerably harder." Marginally more so, perhaps, but "considerably harder" is either highly exaggerated or simply a decade out of date.</p>
<p>thanks. that's great!</p>
<p>The difference between the College or Wharton or LSM or anything is not necessarily harder, just different. Wharton has a more specific purpose than the College, so it looks for different criteria. Same thing with LSM. When you apply to a joint degree program, they don't check to see whether you're qualified to be admitted into the College and then Wharton; they check to see whether you're qualified to be admitted into LSM. Simple as that.</p>
<p>Yes, joint degree programs have higher average SAT scores, but they also have different requirements. For someone whose strengths are creative writing and activism, it would be "more difficult" to get into Wharton than it would for someone whose strengths are math and leadership.</p>
<p>If your application includes experiences that demonstrate an interest in both science and business, then it will be easier to get into LSM. Otherwise, it would be best to choose just one school.</p>
<p>If you want numbers, over 200 people applied to LSM last year, and 35 were admitted. So it may seem like it's easier to get into than just Wharton or the College, but the applicant pool was self-selected. Almost everyone who applied met the minimum requirements (outlined on the program website), and some of them were undoubtedly admitted to just one school, not the joint-degree program. So the numbers are basically useless without more information about the applicants and their cumulative acceptance rate into Penn.</p>
<p>Transferring to the College from Wharton is actually not as simple as just saying "I want to transfer" and then it's done. I've known a couple people who were doing horribly in their Wharton classes, tried to transfer into the College, and were not accepted. It is much harder to transfer into Wharton because of the sheer number of people who try to do it. But the College won't take a Wharton student with horrible grades. Why would they want that?</p>
<p>thanks so much for all the responses. i ended up applying to CAS for economics. i mean, i can always change my major if i decide to go the pre-med track right?</p>
<p>i looked into LSM...not the type of science/business combo i was looking for, but it looks like the suggestion helped someone out :)</p>
<p>You're probably better off starting in SAS then either getting an MBA later on or getting lucky and transferring into Wharton after a year if premed doesn't work out. That's the route I'm taking anyway. Unless I bomb chem lab (high possibility) I'm still in range for the possible Wharton transfer (though I'm not 100% if I'm premed or if I want to go into business).</p>
<p>'It is NOT "considerably harder." '</p>
<p>I guess that depends on the meaning of "considerably". The admit rate at Wharton is about half of the College admit rate. Most people would say that is "considerable" but I guess that doesn't include some people who are in CAS. </p>
<p>I really don't understand the sensitivity on this issue that is so strong that it leads to denial of the obvious. If Wharton didn't exist, the College by itself would be an excellent school and everyone who attends should be proud. But the nature of things is that comparisons will be made. Wharton is the #1 undergrad B-school. A lot of people from all over the world want to attend it so they can hopefully make a ton of $. It's a relatively small school so the # of seats is limited. So why is it necessary to deny the obvious and say that Wharton is not harder to get into when it clearly is? This does not make Wharton "better" than CAS, or the people there "smarter", only harder to get into.</p>