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This school is very academically competitive. The days of high school GPA inflation are over, but that does not mean it is impossible to earn A's and shoot for that 4.0 again in college. Everyone around you is very intelligent, so it will be more difficult to distinguish yourself from other students on the academic level than it was in high school, but again it is not impossible. Work will be tougher, but that's why you come to a school like the U of P, isn't it?

that i would feel pressured to do business and if i didnt do business or something pre-professional, i would be looked down upon

How difficult it would be to find housing after freshman year.

i don't know

It's a great school. My choice would have been easier.

That Wharton undergrads get all the best jobs.

Terrible on-campus housing.

To take advantage of all it offers. there are a lot of extra-ciricular opportunities and fun and interesting social activities.

When you hear people say Wharton is career-focused, I don't think it really hits what that means. It is VERY career-focused... every class I take works with cases (finance modelling cases, brand management grou pprojects, etc.) and there is not a lot of room to "explore"... I would have loved to take a photography or architecture class but there is really no space to explore. Your freshmen classes are basically chosen for you; by the time you reach soph yr your gpa is crashing so any "extra" space is used to take grade booster classes.

I wish I knew how big of an adujustment to campus life I would have to make. I also wish that I was more outgoing during my first semester becuase I believe that since it is a large school that is full of opportunity, it's important to stand out and really get involved in everything.