<p>Can someone tell me about Penn's double majoring policies? Specifically if you're allowed to double major in two different fields in two different schools?</p>
<p>You can major in any number of programs in any combination, as long as you have the GPA (in some cases). You name it, you can do it if your grades are there.</p>
<p>A more specific question, perhaps?</p>
<p>mattwonder,</p>
<p>i wanna dual degree in math cas and b.s. econ. wharton.</p>
<p>i applied to cas but i plan on applying for a dual degree w/ wharton asap if i end up getting in/going. i know you need about a 3.8 gpa to dual degree w/ wharton. how difficult is this to achieve? Could I pick the right classes to make it easier to get a 3.8?</p>
<p>i know its diffiuclt to judge how “easy” it is for different ppl but here’s some objective info: i’m pretty strong in math–i’m currently taking Calc III (MVC) and it comes easily. i got a 5 on BC last year. im taking ap micro/macro this year and will prolly get a 5 on the AP’s. i’m relatively willing to buckle down on my studies although i do procrastinate like no other. so far i’ve been trying to get by on ability, but i kno this won’t be possible in college?</p>
<p>also, if you could recommend using which AP’s to pass out in college. (e.g. should i use the econ ap credits or just retake intro econ at penn?)</p>
<p>basically, any info on this freshman year process/dual degree would help a lot. Appreciate it.</p>
<p>A 3.8 is tough. It also ends up being more like a 4.0. Of course, you can try to game it to take as easy of classes as possible, but there are some prereqs you have to hit.</p>
<p>Math in college is nothing like calc. The APs for math and econ will certainly help you with Math or Wharton (or the dual degree)</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any classes in college you’d want to retake if you had AP credit.</p>
<p>Okay thanks.</p>
<p>hmm…are the prereqs difficult?</p>
<p>and generally, the higher level classes you reach in subjects like econ and math, does it get easier to get an A, or more difficult?</p>
<p>cuz the way i think about it now is that the intro level courses would have easier material with harsher curves cuz there are so many kids but the higher level courses would have less students and thus be less competetive and easier to get an A?</p>
<p>it all depends on the professor’s grading policies and the way assignments are scored</p>
<p>my friend tells me of an upper-level finance exam in which the mean was a 95/100, and he got a 92… so he’s in the lower third of the class, and effectively gets something like a b-</p>
<p>or, if you have a higher level course with 10 really smart kids, then the mean will always be high, and you’ll never really be able to slack off (relatively speaking) and still get an a</p>
<p>The classes you’ll take freshman year, be they intro classes or the classes after that, are not really upper-level classes. For what it’s worth, your first 2 years are almost all intro classes, just in different areas. So it’s not really a big deal - if you place out of math and econ, you’ll still need to take a writing seminar, foreign language, etc and other crap like that.</p>
<p>I’m a lurker on this cite and it seems that mattwonder and tenebrousfire have often been a great help with Penn course issues.</p>
<p>I have a couple of questions as well, and I was wondering if you guys could help. I applied for the M&T program, but I picked Penn Engineering as my single choice. If I get into Engineering, I’m considering getting a degree with Wharton ( I know that it’s extremely difficult) AP money is due next week for our school so I’m debating which ones I should take.
My choices are Eng Lit, Gov, Stats, Micro/Macro and Chem. I cannot take all of them (cause i think i will die), but which AP’s will be most useful in wanting to pursue my double degree? I saw the Penn AP website, but I wanted your opinions. I currently have credit for BC so I was wondering if I fulfill the Wharton prerequisite course of Math 104?</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>All of the following is based on you attending Penn. If you are still deciding between multiple universities, you should adopt a different strategy.</p>
<p>Don’t take Gov. It’s worth absolutely nothing. BC calc gives you Math 104 (also an engineering req’t). </p>
<p>Stat won’t help you if you’re an engineering student (or dual-degree with Wharton). The required stat course for Wharton isn’t rigorous enough for engineering, so unless you’re considering doing Wharton only, stat isn’t going to help you.</p>
<p>If you want to drop another one, Eng Lit won’t get you much (at all, really). It’s worth a free elective, but is not really valuable toward any requirements. </p>
<p>Definitely keep Chem for engineering, and Micro/Macro.</p>
<p>yep, all you need is the chem and the econ</p>
<p>sorry if it seems like i’ve asked this question 5 billion times, but should i take AP bio for BBB (or biochem, biology)? i have decided to take psych, bc calc, and french.</p>
<p>i’m thinking about double majoring in music and bbb.</p>
<p>thanks! and sorry for hijacking this thread.</p>
<p>For engineering (electrical), wouldn’t the Statistics AP credit help with the Math elective?</p>
<p>Stat AP is equivalent to Stat 111, which is too low for an engineer to count for credit.</p>
<p>mattwonder you said the gov ap exam is worth nothing but im a poli sci (communications) double major and wont a 5 on the ap govt place me out of an intro poli sci class?</p>
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<p>thanks guys! appreciate all your help about Penn.
My teacher is really promoting Stats in class, but I heard that ap can also fulfill Stat 101 requirement (Or can the engineering Stat 430 and 431 fulfill both school’s guidelines.)
Also, is finishing a dual degree plausible in 4 years? Let’s say if I do well on the two economics AP’s in addition to the BC I already took, would I have already fulfilled all my prerequisites for dual with wharton? I can basically just focus all my efforts on my engineering classes and not thinking about taking additional math (which I’ll probably take anyways) or economics classes?</p>
<p>thanks again.</p>
<p>Yeah nvm, Stat 111 only counts as a free elective for EE.</p>
<p>no, penn doesn’t give credit for ap gov</p>
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<p>haha thx 4 that. ugh that sux tho! my fave class that im kicking @$$ in and even when i get a 5 i still cant place out of anything :[ oh well thats life</p>