Penn- apply to Wharton undergrad or declare an applied math major

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if there is an advantage for my DD in applying to Wharton or going with a liberal arts/applied math major? She is interested in either business/finance/entrepreneurship or something more math-based. Trying to see if she should ED and what wold be the best option for her for admissions. TIA!

[Anonymous]

Penn announced a 4.9% acceptance rate for the class of 2029. Wharton is probably slightly lower than that.

[Anonymous]

If she doesn’t have a good business EC to list on the activities list of the common app then apply for applied math.

[Anonymous]

OP needs to provide more information about your DC. Stats? ECs?

[Anonymous]

Wharton unhooked is impossibly hard given athletes admitted there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wharton unhooked is impossibly hard given athletes admitted there.

athletes are distributed fairly evenly among undergrad schools with SEAS having the least based on percent. Wharton has about 10%

[Anonymous]

What are the stats? Low likelihood of admission to either but if she has obvious wharton intentions and ECs make sense for W and yet she applies to applied math to get the small admissions edge, they will reject

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wharton unhooked is impossibly hard given athletes admitted there.

athletes are distributed fairly evenly among undergrad schools with SEAS having the least based on percent. Wharton has about 10%

Yeah, this is the biggest myth about Penn athletic recruiting. My kid was talking to the coaches for baseball and they said they had 3 Wharton slots for 9/10 recruits. Wharton is 25% of the undergrads at Penn, so that's roughly 25% (because you can't recruit 2.5 players...they round it to 3).

Considering athletes are 10% of the student population, that means they are generally 10% of each Penn school though I do believe it is skewed towards CAS and it's less than 10% for SEAS.

[Anonymous]

OP- thank you, all that's helpful. She's a rising junior, 4.0 UW (private doesn't offer AP) highest rigor, many ECs, research experience, and created an interesting entrepreneurship social justice program at her school. No idea if she'll get in, was just looking for strategies. Seems like even though likelihood is abysmally low, go for Wharton bc she is more business-y than straight math. Haven't done ACT yet. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wharton unhooked is impossibly hard given athletes admitted there.

athletes are distributed fairly evenly among undergrad schools with SEAS having the least based on percent. Wharton has about 10%

Yeah, this is the biggest myth about Penn athletic recruiting. My kid was talking to the coaches for baseball and they said they had 3 Wharton slots for 9/10 recruits. Wharton is 25% of the undergrads at Penn, so that's roughly 25% (because you can't recruit 2.5 players...they round it to 3).

Considering athletes are 10% of the student population, that means they are generally 10% of each Penn school though I do believe it is skewed towards CAS and it's less than 10% for SEAS.

But Penn ED acceptances include ALL athletic recruits which takes up a huge percent of the ED spots. Even if athletes are only 10% of the final enrolled class, they may make up a much larger percent of the ED acceptances. Also lots of legacy admits in ED.

[Anonymous]

Applied math is the more flexible major, go that route. Finance, quant, consulting, phD, computational research, law, all options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wharton unhooked is impossibly hard given athletes admitted there.

athletes are distributed fairly evenly among undergrad schools with SEAS having the least based on percent. Wharton has about 10%

Yeah, this is the biggest myth about Penn athletic recruiting. My kid was talking to the coaches for baseball and they said they had 3 Wharton slots for 9/10 recruits. Wharton is 25% of the undergrads at Penn, so that's roughly 25% (because you can't recruit 2.5 players...they round it to 3).

Considering athletes are 10% of the student population, that means they are generally 10% of each Penn school though I do believe it is skewed towards CAS and it's less than 10% for SEAS.

But Penn ED acceptances include ALL athletic recruits which takes up a huge percent of the ED spots. Even if athletes are only 10% of the final enrolled class, they may make up a much larger percent of the ED acceptances. Also lots of legacy admits in ED.

That’s a different point than athletic recruits mostly going to Wharton.

They make up roughly 20% of ED acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Applied math is the more flexible major, go that route. Finance, quant, consulting, phD, computational research, law, all options.

Math is not a means to an end.

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Anonymous wrote:Applied math is the more flexible major, go that route. Finance, quant, consulting, phD, computational research, law, all options.

Math is not a means to an end.

All college degrees are a means to an end. Unless one does not plan on seeking employment or applying to grad /professional school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wharton unhooked is impossibly hard given athletes admitted there.

athletes are distributed fairly evenly among undergrad schools with SEAS having the least based on percent. Wharton has about 10%

Yeah, this is the biggest myth about Penn athletic recruiting. My kid was talking to the coaches for baseball and they said they had 3 Wharton slots for 9/10 recruits. Wharton is 25% of the undergrads at Penn, so that's roughly 25% (because you can't recruit 2.5 players...they round it to 3).

Considering athletes are 10% of the student population, that means they are generally 10% of each Penn school though I do believe it is skewed towards CAS and it's less than 10% for SEAS.

But Penn ED acceptances include ALL athletic recruits which takes up a huge percent of the ED spots. Even if athletes are only 10% of the final enrolled class, they may make up a much larger percent of the ED acceptances. Also lots of legacy admits in ED.

That’s a different point than athletic recruits mostly going to Wharton.

They make up roughly 20% of ED acceptances.

Not all athletes are recruited. Percentage of ED athletes are lower than that.