<p>I've read up a bit on what Wharton is looking for, and it seems as thought they place a great emphasis on math - math team, competitions, courses, etc.</p>
<p>In my focus on business, I've concentrated more on leadership and communications, such as within StudCo and MUN, than math, like math team.</p>
<p>What do extracurriculars look like for acceptance at Wharton?</p>
<p>captain of econ challenge team (2 yrs)
founder and president of investment club (3 years)
treasurer of robotics club (2 years)
very business oriented</p>
<p>debate: with a ton of awards</p>
<p>and other kind of BSy things </p>
<p>There is no generic mold for wharton student ECs. Being business related is not really that important, given that kids with that sort of experience almost always come from exclusive/wealthy communities where parents are willing to provide their children with the money to invest in stocks and/or know some who can help them get an internship at a hedge fund etc.</p>
<p>my grade in math class has been consistently my worst grade each year and i’ve never participated in math competitions, math team, etc</p>
<p>like rferns said, there’s no set mold. i was mostly involved with student government, student newspaper, music, and volunteering with children. not much to do with business and/or math</p>
<p>i got into wharton. i didnt expect it, as i really didnt do anything significant or related to business. i was captain of a couple of sports teams, wrote a scientific research paper, and have taken way too much calculus. thats pretty much it</p>
<p>law firm, US SBA, and finance internships</p>
<p>speech & debate, mock trial</p>
<p>I was accepted to M&T this year and I have no business or math extracurriculars. However I was the founder and president of a tutoring organization and was involved in other community service organizations. Also, I was involved in Science Olympiad. I believe that they’re generally looking for dedication to one extracurricular and your impact on the organization. This type of involvement lends itself nicely to admission essays and looks far better than a broad range of leadership positions.</p>
<p>hey i got into wharton. i didn’t really have any business related extra curriculars besides for the investment club at my school. I did, however, have an internship at an investment bank this past summer. My extracurriculars were as follows:</p>
<p>editor in chief of senior yearbook
layout editor of school newspaper
co-captain of model congress
captain of debate team
commissioner of peer tutoring
senior mentor
member of the investment club
model un
participated in outreach for developmentally disabled
mock trial</p>
<p>wharton is not only looking for business oriented students. they look for more students that display leadership characteristics.</p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>^ agree with this post</p>
<p>you totally don’t need business EC’s to get into wharton you just have to be the man</p>
<p>edit: wait… internship at an IB? i’m jealous…</p>
<p>it’s not necessary to have super strong math and business related classes/ECs, etc. but i definitely think it helps.</p>
<p>i didnt have any real business-related things, but i took both AP econs and went to some summer programs related to econ. i also took math through multivar and lin alg by graduation. so, while i didn’t have any business ECs per se, having a strong background in related fields definitely helped.</p>
<p>got into M&T as well, but had a big business/math background:</p>
<p>co-captain of math team, research paper on applying AI to equity pairs trading, founder of investment club, internship with hedge fund</p>
<p>I got into LSM with</p>
<p>baseball
student council
math tutor
worked in labs
worked at a hedge fund a long time ago
manage money in the stock market (not that much though)</p>
<p>that’s about the hastiest I can mention those things.</p>
<p>wharton’s “great emphasis” on math is just taking the most advanced math classes offered at your school. once you get here you are not even required to take anything past math 104 (equivalent to calculus BC) and I know several wharton students that have had to start off taking 103.</p>
<p>I only had two standout activities</p>
<p>Debate
Student Government</p>
<p>and TASP, but it’s not really an “activity”.</p>
<p>nothing to do with business or math, although for student government I’ve organized fundraisers that involved tons of planning and working with local businesses (which I didn’t really specify on the application anyway)</p>
<p>I didn’t apply to Wharton but my boyfriend did and got accepted
He did a lot of MUN stuff too but he also had a bunch of math awards… and a lot of compunerdy things
But I think what’s more important is that he was the leader in just about every activity he was in. Sports, clubs, etc…</p>
<p>I got in. I think because I had a lot of leadership positions:
President - Key Club
Captain - Golf Team
President - DECA
STATE VICE PRES - DECA (huge)
Co-Founder and treasurer - Young Republicans
Youth Coordinator - Youth Golf program</p>