<p>Thanks for the awesome reply :) very informative.</p>
<p>On a slightly different note, how developed is the environmental movement on campus? I know that Penn is not a by any stretch of imagination a "Green" school, but what have your experiences been? </p>
<p>Do Wharton students see how profitable environmentalism can so easily be?</p>
<p>Milhouse,</p>
<p>I know a few guys that went to the quant side of things and let me tell you, it's very very difficult to get in. Keep in touch with your contacts. You're also looking at a Math/Stats major on top of finance for quant stuff. Programming too, probably. And saying you want to do quant stuff is saying you believe EMT, at least in its weak form. </p>
<p>Also, you should know that the basic model of (most) hedge funds and investment banks is gone. That means what you saw in high school will likely be very different than what you end up doing, in terms of leverage, liquidity, and how they deal with derivatives.</p>
<p>Greencapitalist,</p>
<p>For most of the business students, it's not really even on the radar (at least amongst the people I know), except for maybe solar. Wharton is very much a traditional finance/capital markets school.</p>
<p>There is a club called Social Impact Club, which is kind of environmentally related. They recently had a Green investment type forum. Penn Investment Alliance (the student-run mutual fund) took a long position on LDK Solar recently.</p>
<p>CNET actually has a good day to day Green Tech coverage, if you're genuinely interested. Green</a> Tech - CNET News</p>
<p>This is from one of the best blogs out there, SeekingAlpha: Fossil</a> Fuels vs. Green Energy: What's a Better Investment? - Seeking Alpha</p>
<p>Wall Street hasn't really picked up on it fully yet either. Most banks lump "Green Energy" within their energy coverage group, if they even have that distinction at all.</p>
<p>There's a new class next semester on the technology behind renewable energy.</p>
<p>unfortunately, i know that lol
but hey, im no expert and really didn't know what was going on anyway</p>
<p>Thanks, Yes I've heard of the Social Impact Club it sounds really cool.</p>
<p>Yup I am genuinely interested- I'm sort of a bleeding heart environmentalist who understands that the government and business have to harness market forces to make any real difference to the environment. Nice links, thanks.</p>
<p>It's really awesome that Penn is beginning to introduce more and more environmental courses (it already has over 80 by the way) since we need business, and everyone else to embrace environmentalism as soon as possible. </p>
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