******Wharton: Why it's so great!******

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Why is Wharton so great???</p>

<p>I’ve heard incredible things but I want to hear more…</p>

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<p>It's "great" because people there sell their souls for money. Or at least that's the official line on campus between CAS and Whartonites. But all kidding aside- IF you only want to do Business, wharton is about as good as it gets. People walk out of Wharton with job offers- usually in finance.</p>

<p>Then again, let's look at the downside. True whartonites will have an easier time getting into the I-Banking industry relative to other Ivies (Harvard, Pton, Yale, Columbia- comes to mind). BUT-and here's the kicker- if you somehow decide that you DONT want to spend your youth (23-30) slaving over Excel working 90 hour weeks w/o weekends just for $$ and want to do something else... say doctor/lawyer instead- you're better off @ the other top ivies rather than Wharton. </p>

<p>Just my thoughts.</p>

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<p>am a sucker for money....specially if all i have to do is sit down and use excell lol...so wharton is for me...</p>

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<p>Just because you go to Wharton doesn't mean you have to work 90 hour weeks in an investment bank. If that's not for you, there are plenty of other high-paying jobs you can find that are much less stressful</p>

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<p>While Wharton is widely known for being and ibanking factory and its finance dept, all of its departments are extremely strong. The average Wharton grad gets 13 job interviews.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/wharton/surveys/Wharton2006Report.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/wharton/surveys/Wharton2006Report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>mann they make a lot of money... i think i wanna marry a whartonite =)</p>

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<p>Hmmm surprisingly Huntsman ppl don't make as much as I thought they would...</p>

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<p>How much did you expect them to make right out of undergrad?</p>

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<p>@venkater, true dat. its starting pay. u also have to include signing bonus and bonuses they get at the end of the year.</p>

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<p>Um they make pretty much the same as every other wharton major essentially. FOr something as prestigious and selective as Huntsman where no more than 35-40 ppl graduate per year... I'd expect more. But yea, ionno, back to the OP, Wharton is great- but only if you're pretty damn sure you want to do business.</p>