<p>awaiting - we expect that you have taken calcululs in high school, which includes your senior year. So you are fine. The admissions officers know the difference between IB tracks and AP programs, etc.</p>
<p>Hi Wharton Advisor,
I have applied for external transfer admission from Columbia to Wharton at Penn and I was wondering what stage the committee is in making its decisions. When can we expect to hear the results of the decision? Also does the admissions committee give scholarships to transfer students upon admission?
Thanks</p>
<p>"What are the requirements or personal qualities a student should have to be accepted and integrate him- or herself into your college culture?</p>
<p>Stetson: A student needs to have a zest for learning and involvement in activities that shows a commitment to some pursuit that is their passion, which could be a leadership role or an outstanding musical talent or a wonderful record of community service [see BusinessWeek.com, 4/26/2006, "Exchange Rates and Cheesesteaks"]. They also could be working in a job at McDonald's to contribute to the family income. Then, they need to tell us what they've learned from all these various experiences. "</p>
<p>When you say a wonderful record of community service, what do you mean? Do you just mean a lot of hours, or is there something more specific? Would having around 1,000 hours be considered a wonderful record of community service?</p>
<p>The quality of those experiences weighs more than the quantity. A wonderful record of community service means that you had very rewarding experiences that have helped you and your community grow.</p>
<p>that article doesnt really have anything useful at all, just more obscure answers to hide their admissions process</p>
<p>It's easy to be cynical about the process but you shouldn't. The process never has been and never will be one of total transparency. Partly this is a result of (not so) "hidden" agendas - that all applicants are treated equally but that (certain) minorities, athletes, legacies, "development admits", etc. are more equal than others - this is nothing new though the racial beneficiaries/losers have changed over time. Read Karabel's book "The Chosen" for a real eye opening history of how "holistic" admissions, from day 1, was all about preserving the U's ability to implement racial favoritism (which is the same as racial discrimination) instead of pure "merit" because the "merit" (test score) results were not to the liking of the administrators and alumni donors (starting in the '20s "too many" Jews were getting in). And of course, given these hidden agendas, it's necessary to obscure the process with smoke and mirrors since even though everyone knows exactly what is going on, for both legal and PR reasons they can't come right out and say that the height of the threshold differs (and tell you exactly where the bar is set) depending on what color you are, how big your parent's wallet is, etc. Yes, the whole thing is rotten to the core but many of the institutions of our society were built on equally rotten foundations - perfection is not found on Earth, so there's no use in looking for it. </p>
<p>And partly this is a result of the fact that there really are intangibles that they are looking for that can only be addressed in broad unsatisfying generalities. The alternative (which would not be a bad alternative in my book but would not please many others) is just to have a some sort of point scoring system where you have objective criteria (e.g. admissions tests scores) and you assign points to them and take the applicants in rank order. This is exactly how many countries that do not have racial divides and are not looking for athletes/donors do admissions (and how Ivies used to do it until these questions began to arise in our society as a result of immigration). BUT the US is not one of those countries any more, so accept that there will never be total transparency for so long as these driving factors exist and that IF such transparency did exist, just as many people (the 91% who do not get in) would be unhappy at the end of the day as under the current system.</p>
<p>Wharton Advisor, i had a few questions. First of all, I'm going into sophmore year and I had 5 B's and 4 A's freshman year. Will that affect my application immensly? </p>
<p>Second Question, Does Wharton see IB inferior to AP? I plan on taking IB but if Wharton does do so, i will reconsider.</p>
<p>Hi. Whartonadvisor. I am from Malaysia and I am very interested in pursuing my studies in the prestigious Wharton. I have questions to ask. </p>
<p>1)If I had an entrepreneur experience before, would it serve as a plus point if I write it in my essays?
2)There is a question on which professor you would like to work with. Are there any renowned professors on social entrepreneur there? Could you recommend some? I have no idea where to start from. </p>
<p>Thank you very much. I appreciate your effort. ^^</p>
<p>1) WhartonAdvisor has requested before that you not ask questions about admissions here. Feel free to ask about the environment, faculty, curriculum, etc. If you really have a legitimate admissions question, call the admissions office.</p>
<p>2) I believe WhartonAdvisor is no longer at Wharton so this thread is going to fall on deaf ears. Please be aware of this.</p>
<p>lol, including calculus. i think most upenn applicants have calculus??</p>
<p>Dear Wharton Advisor,
could you tell us the average GPA and SAT/ACT scores that tend to put one at an advantage in the admissions process or at least what percentile one must be in for their graduating class? Thanks for your advice and help!</p>
<p>Maybe I can help you with why Math is important to Wharton. I work in a fortune 5 company and one son is a Math Major at a top 10 scool. Math is being increasingly used in business management for long term projections based on variables in the business operation. There is a story about a regular guy ...Bill Gates. From what i understand he was one of the strongest math Students at Harvard. When he was most active in Microsoft he supposedly woudl meet with upper level management yearly and ask them a single question. The meeting really made management sweat...and the question was something like "how many gas stations are there in the US?" Honestly it sounded ridiculous to me and could not understand where he was going. Then I started to watch the TV show numbers and it clicked- Game Theory. Predicating actions based on mathematical models. Finding out how people think and the process by which they get from A to Z. I don't know that there was an answer but it must given Gates a good idea of the intellect of his staff and how they reasoned through a problem. Advanced math is heavily used in business and people get paid a lot of money to analyze and provide statistical data. Managers at higher levels have to have good math skills to work with the data and determine what infomation is used as a measure of productivity.</p>
<p>WhartonAdvisor, how many years of working are ideal before applying?</p>
<p>@ WhartonAdvisor : I took SAT subject tests in Math 1, Math II and Literature…which two will be considered by Penn?</p>
<p>dude this thread is so old i think that guys long gone</p>
<p>Hahahahahaha, oh people on the internet.</p>
<p>lol…didn’t see the last couple of dates of posts…</p>
<p>what about science?
is there any specific science class requirement to have advantage of getting accepted?</p>