<p>What does Upenn (SEAS) have over MIT?</p>
<p>better bioengineering / cooperation with the medical school</p>
<p>Mainly, that you won’t have 4 miserable years.</p>
<p>Penn SEAS is more balanced, takes in smarter kids than the rankings would have you believe. better weather, more diverse and interesting student body.</p>
<p>Normal people.</p>
<p>I would not turn down MIT for Penn if you wanted to study engineering. Penn is better than MIT at many things, but not engineering.</p>
<p>double majors</p>
<p>Yeah, if you’re looking for engineering, don’t turn down ANYTHING for MIT (may Caltech, if you truly hate the idea of a somewhat normal social life).</p>
<p>I’m going into engineering for undergrad, but I’m not like really really hardcore engineering. I want to do a cross of engineering and business…possibly finance. “SEAS is more balance”- How important is the balance?</p>
<p>its possible u wont be able to get a wharton degree,
but at MIT you can do whatever you want, no red tape
and sloan is nothing to scoff at, while MIT’s engineering is still tops in the nation, especially if you want to do something that complements business well, like comp sci </p>
<p>of course it comes down to fit, but MIT has an insane frat scene (in a really good way)</p>
<p>nblazer is pretty much on the money.</p>
<p>Wharton has a better business program, weaker engineering; MIT has a better engineering program, weaker business.</p>
<p>How does MIT’s dual degree program work?</p>
<p>Sloan and Wharton have vastly different business degrees,
not necessarily weaker or stronger,
and i dont even think it matters, if you go to engineering at MIT u don’t even need a sloan degree to get recruited into top IB banks if your into that,</p>
<p>the red tape between Penn and Wharton really sucks</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you.
I know that I enjoy business and only like the engineering aspect of my aspirations. MIT, after a visit, I learned is far too concentrated in what they excel at: engineering. If you want to do engineering with a few side business courses, MIT is hands down the better option. While Wharton is amazing at Business and networking, a MIT degree goes a long way (if not farther) in the engineering job-market. With that said, this is what I found out for myself. You need to prioritize between Business and Engineering and that shoulld help you make the best choice. Saying yes to Penn just for “the balance” may cost you the opportunity of a lifetime at MIT, and saying yes to MIT may cost you teh opportunity of a lifetime at Wharton.</p>
<p>Your interest seem to be fairly similar to mine. I could not stand the concentrated environment at MIT: I lack the passion required for physics. I felt at home when I visited Wharton because of just how well it fit with all that I wanted to achieve.</p>
<p>Factor in social life and long-term goals and you have your decision. MIT’s night life is AMAZING; don’t be frazzled by the ultimate-nerd reputation.</p>
<p>“Sloan and Wharton have vastly different business degrees,” what do you mean? can you give a few examples?</p>
<p>from what I’ve heard (in general and my interviewer confirmed this), MIT is much more quantitative (even more so than Wharton, which is already). also, I think mit’s business degree is better when complementing its engineering programs, since it isn’t finance oriented as wharton is so much. both schools would be great for management though, I imagine equally so. like previously said, go with what you like more. </p>
<p>a word of caution though: SEAS is not the same as wharton in terms of recruiting, even though you can take many of the same courses. just something to keep in mind. I’d go for mit personally if I were you since you don’t seem to be as interested in business considering the SEAS rather than Wharton.</p>
<p>I heard that SEAS is less hard core engineering and more business/theoretical based than MIT, is this true?</p>
<p>^it’s just less hardcore overall…MIT kids are, for lack of a better term, sick nasty.</p>