<p>That serves as a way to transfer to Wharton......I am thinking of chemical engineering and sciences as I like penn and sciences are my interests (other than Business, and yes, my interests are quite diversed...) but my scores are not competitive enough, could anyone please advice on this?</p>
<p>If you are really trying to apply to Penn to any of its extraordinary schools in order to backdoor into Wharton, you really shouldn’t be applying here. Go somewhere with a decent program that you can competitively get into with your stats because what you are saying is kind of offensive to the other schools and the students who got into those schools.</p>
<p>Wait… so you are picking the school that is the easiest to get a high GPA so you can transfer into Wharton…</p>
<p>Wouldn’t the easiest be the subjects that you are best at?
What if you aren’t transfered into Wharton?</p>
<p>It sounds rather desperate if you are risking your whole education to transfer into Wharton. Yes, Wharton is a good school, but if you want to go into business, apply to business schools. Give Wharton a shot, but try other colleges as well. It seems idiotic to apply to a non-business school with the hope of transfering into business, especially when transferring in is rigorous.</p>
<p>Take a step back and try to get a sense of how stupid this logic is. Sorry, just trying to help. Best of luck.</p>
<p>I sincerely apologize if anyone is offended by my post - I don’t mean to offend others by this post, my underlying statement is that Wharton is one of the schools that has a comparatively low admission rate shown on the internet, and that’s it. Penn is a great school and individuals who got in are undeniable brilliant students, but what I believe is that the choice of different schools depends on the interest and career preference of a student. Even if I have the opportunity (hopefully) to get in, I might not transfer because I might feel that engaging in sciences is probably more interesting. But what I am trying to say is that I have been to Penn and I like the college a lot, and I’m considering which program to apply for.</p>
<p>Other students have tried this, and the admissions office is well aware of the strategy. </p>
<p>The easiest admission may be LPS IF you’re at least 21 and have been out of school for several years. Also, if you get into LPS you can’t transfer.</p>
<p>If time travel were an option, that would be your best bet. When I went (late 60s, early 70s) Wharton was the fallback for students who couldn’t qualify for arts and sciences. We ridiculed Wharton kids.</p>
<p>I think if you like the sciences, but also want to get an education from the Wharton School, you should apply for a dual degree program between SEAS and Wharton.</p>
<p>would it hurt to apply for the Jerome Fisher double degree program? My program choice if I’m not accepted by the Jerome Fisher will be Chemical Engineering, but what I’m concerned is if being rejected by Jerome Fisher also negatively affects my chances of getting into Chem. Engineering…</p>
<p>If anything it helps. They will get more essays, thus they will see more of you and they will see you have interest in the school.</p>
<p>I say study what you love, where you love and if it’s not business, you can get an MBA later down the road, either full or part time. Taking a convoluted path to Wharton is cheesy. Business is about taking risks and you are here looking for security. Either apply to Wharton or somewhere else. Not to include those who transfer because they changed their minds about career paths.</p>
<p>Penn offers Dual degree program application to any undergrad in the spring of freshman year. Ie; you can get BA from CAS and a BS from Wharton. Nothing cheesey about it.</p>
<p>Plenty of students try the backdoor approach, the easiest way is to apply for a dual-degree after your first year rather then a straight up transfer. The easiest school to get a high GPA in is definitely CAS (while avoiding the science classes). Perhaps doing an anthropology major or something and dual-degree with that. Otherwise stick with your engineering passions. I would definitely apply M&T with engineering backup if that’s what you’re interested in.</p>