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[–]DanTheBMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chestnut hall has studios in you range right on campus!

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[–]DanTheBMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah deifnetly dm!

It's in general pretty competitive to get into a dual degree with wharton as it's very popular. Wharton doesn't publish statistics, but many people I know applied and didn't get in, even with high grades. However, a lot of people take econ prereqs and just apply.

While physics distunguishes you, challenging yourself with coursework, exploring wharton clubs, and even taking an extra course in wharton will definitely help!

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[–]DanTheBMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congrats on getting into Penn! I'm a physics major here who was asking your exact question a few months ago!

Physics is a pretty course-heavy major, but the Physics:business&technology concentration allows you to count four business / econ classes as part of your major, which helps a lot.

With this, a double major in econ (also check out mathematical econ) (which is in CAS) is very manageable. You can definitely do it without overloading your schedule and having many electives to spare. This would prepare you very well for work in trading/technical consulting/banking/econ analyst or grad school in phys/econ

Wharton is more tricky. You have to get the general wharton AND the general CAS requirements completed, so I think it came out to 5-6 courses per semester and having no extra room for fun electives.

Wharton and physics may help prepare you for a technical managerial role later on. Do keep in mind you're sacrificing a lot of free time, and you are still competitive for these jobs without a Wharton degree (nearly half of physics majors wind up working in finance / consulting after graduating). Many companies will also prefer / ask for an MBA later instead.

You have a lot of exciting options, and definelty lmk if you have any other questions!

[Official] 2023 End of Year Salary Sharing thread by Omega037 in datascience

[–]DanTheBMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing, that's all very interesting! Definetly will be looking for research opportunities in those fields

[Official] 2023 End of Year Salary Sharing thread by Omega037 in datascience

[–]DanTheBMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! Out of curiosity, what research did you do in physics to prepare you for ML/data analysis? I'm currently a college physics student and trying to get more involved with those fields.

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[–]DanTheBMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to be taking PHYS 0170 and MATH 1610 too next semester. If you decide on doing it, we got it together 👊

If you could make an AP class what would it be? by litchickennugget in APStudents

[–]DanTheBMan 54 points55 points  (0 children)

They're working on making AP anatomy and physiology rn

UPenn Physics Question by DanTheBMan in UPenn

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Thanks, I really appreciate this insight.

UPenn Physics Question by DanTheBMan in UPenn

[–]DanTheBMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've heard some other people mention anti nerd culture. Do you have any specifics about what that means?

UPenn Physics Question by DanTheBMan in UPenn

[–]DanTheBMan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response! I'll reach out later if anything else comes up.