Definitive Wharton Clubs Rank
honest perspective from a freshman studying PPE who just went through club rush, based on recruiting outcomes, selectivity, and overall vibes
Tier 1:
WITG/WUFC
PUCP
WUEC
PEVC
Tier 2:
WHFC/MUSE
180 Consulting
PIIC/PennSEM
WUDAC
Tier 3:
GRC
SICG/USBC
PMFC/WUPP
WUHC
Tier 4:
WRC
WBLA/PUBS
WUAC
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I'm in WUFC, WITG SSG, WUDAC, THEOS, WUHC, WUEC, PEVC, and MUSE. Do you think I can get a job at Mcdonalds?
Sorry no, you'll need to join WUPO to even have a chance
Depends on technicals performance. Heard they are getting more selective. 2024 SA are coming out already
Who the fuck cares, join whatever you vibe with and don’t decide based on clout, its literally just clubs in college. But if you're actually trying to rank, only your t1 and like half of t2 are relevant, add wax and all the not Wharton sanctioned clubs that you skipped, and break out by subcommittee because there's a lot of variance
Can we add Theos and Castle to T1?
I cannot believe this is real. Thank God I went liberal arts and not W. That seems like a horrific existence.
I'm sorry to hear that you weren't smart enough to get into wharton (or engineering), good luck getting a job after that internship.
at HYP brotha have fun at trade school
You cant believe what is real?
can’t believe anyone gives a shit about school clubs.
fyi for all you anxious freshmen (been there) i’ve never had anyone comment on clubs—just research publications, major, and work experience. i haven’t learned all that much from finance clubs and honestly it’s probably better to just be disciplined and rip the rosenbaum/BIWS guides on your own while getting involved with work experience and relevant research that’ll get published in major newspapers or academic journals.
can’t imagine anyone above the age of 23 giving a shit about a club that’s run by 20 year old kids. Maybe the folks over at PJT RSSG will jerk it to your “Tier 1 club”, idk, i havent/am not recruiting EB, but the BBs haven’t given a shit at least in my friends and I’s experience.
The most preftigious club on campus is DEEZ. Only the best students are admitted into it; has the highest placement on wall street.
What’s DEEZ? Never heard of it. Incoming Freshman (‘27) at W.
DEEZ NUTS!!!
Don't go to Wharton and most of these acronyms mean nothing to me, but surprised to see Global Platinum Securities not on this list. Based off of what I hear, should be at or near the top.
It's definitily one of the hardest/top clubs at Penn but they only take 2-3 people each year so it's not as well known (only the try hards go for it).
Yeah frankly it’s just a sub group within WITG SSG. If tier 0 existed, gps is tier 0
Don't tell me what to do!
clearly the president of wuec posting this, irrelevant club lol. But here's a better description:
Tier 1:
WITG (specifically SSG/TacOpps are top, then Global Macro/TMT/Industrials, Healthcare/Energy/Financials/Consumer Retail are all jokes, QIS is it's own category)
WUFC :(investment team specifically is alright, best club for events/speakers
PEVC: very small and basically just the members of the top witg teams, decent speaker events
PUCP: party club for "Venture Capital" that is selective and loaded but doesn't do much
Tier 2:
180 Consulting: not wharton, does cool stuff though
MUSE: specifically generalist and SIP consulting are good, other committees are a joke
PIIC: competitive and small
GRC: similar vibes to piic
Wharton (Asia/Latino/Black/Alliance/Women): Wharton Asia has really good investment teams, Latino/Black/Alliance are all good for connections, Women has amazing events
Tier 3:
WUDIG: distressed investing group, cracked people but not involved
WUHC: kind of a joke?? good obvs for hc people
WHFC: kind of dead but
WUEG: also a joke
WMC: also a joke
PennSEM: joke
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Where is Wudac, Wharton Undergraduate Jewish Club, Wharton Undergraduate Noah Schnapp appreciation club, Wharton Undergraduate Pret Enthusiasts club, Wharton Undergraduate Engineering club, Wharton Undergraduate international oil tycoon billionaire club, Wharton Undergraduate Cohort Dollar, Wharton Undergraduate University City Gyro Club, Wharton Undergraduate gentrification club, and so much more?
calling something a joke without an explanation is entertaining, u a freshie?
Comment about QIS is facts af. QIS fr their own category.
The other WITG committees (even the "easier" ones like Energy) have major overlaps with the top WITG committees because all the PMs/smart kids are in SSG/TacOpps. The smart kids who PM the easy committees were either ones from SSG the board just dispatched to PM the easy committee or the smart kids were originally a part of the easy committee because it was their safety/launchpad/actual interest (you can apply to/participate in two committees, so the smart kids apply to an easier committee as a safety whilst applying to SSG/TacOpps as the actual committee they want; or they joined the easier committees in freshman year, learned all the technicals and partipated in competitions enough to reapply and get into SSG sophomore year; or theyre actually fr interested in energy/consumer retail but joined SSG for the flex to show how smart they are).
However, QIS just kinda their own club. Like no overlap whatsoever. Smart kids though but just seems distant and independent from rest of WITG
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Violet Quaker falls below the relavency line clearly.
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This sounds so dystopian
So I take it there is zero sexual activity at Wharton?
Sorry dude, even the WITG losers have no shot and you probably don't even go to W. Might as well put googly eyes on your hand and pretend its a woman, but I figure you've done that already.
Come back to the big boy table after you've popped your cherry.
Give me more reasons, now that I'm in charge of resume screens, to give all the wharton spots to Yale/MIT/Stanford kids. Good god, people like OP aught to be executed.
Did you just threaten OP through an anonymous online chat room? I think you need to take a step back and reevaluate your life choices. I would not want to work for you anyways.
People forget to add that all of these Wharton clubs have several rounds of interviews. Application and short response questions, first round interview, second round, and ive even heard of third rounds. Every freshman on campus thinks joining these clubs = guaranteed internship at Goldman Sachs. I dont think Wharton has any "fun" clubs.
WUFC stands for Wharton Undergraduate Fun Club
honest perspective from someone who actually has a FT job, wait until you're actually in any of these clubs before commenting. it's obvious which of these clubs matter by how much upperclassmen and alumni take the time to help you when recruiting, which you have 0 idea about.
don't know why people keep putting WUFC at T1, there's one incredibly smart person on board and maybe 2 or 3 others but everyone else is a joke. WITG is good but depends on your committee, and I'm not even sure WUEC is a club at Penn.
there's significant overlap between which clubs the top kids at Wharton are in, and nobody really cares about clubs at the point where they're already friends outside of them. i guarantee you if they wanted, they could join any of the clubs on this list, but most end up doing the opposite and dropping a lot of their clubs besides a select few.
instead of posting club rankings, it's probably better to just be a normal person and talk to smart and good people.
Imagine Shitting on WUFC because you couldn't get in
What even are all of these and what even differentiates the ranks? Shouldn’t you just join one or two clubs you really like and focus on those? This reminds me of Greek rank and endlessly tier-ing all the frats.
You clearly don't go to wharton. These clubs are the only things that determine whether or not you get a job out of wharton. You need to network and build your resume otherwise you are fucked.
Lol no I did not. The amount of finance clubs listed above seems nuts. Can someone kinda explain what they are and what they do? We had one main finance club at my school and a few more targeted programs that seemed to cover everything an undergrad would need. Typically people would join one or two professional clubs and a social one to get a good balance.
No offense but reading your comments on this forum makes me believe you are the most disassociated person on WSO.
What on earth are you talking about? Are jobs nowadays so hard to get that even students from Wharton, one of the best business schools on this planet, cannot secure one without joining a bunch of school clubs ran by 20 year olds? Stop with this cringe nonsense
From what I've learned on WSO, Kelley IBW > Wharton Clubs
Kelley IBW > WITG SSG (from the perspective of somebody in both)
Coming from someone in both WITG and WUFC, WUFC is a joke.
The difference between WITG and WUFC is essentially comparing PJT rssg with BofA IB. WUFC is bigger network, more brand-name for big public speaker events, more resources/funds, and the best listserv (frankly, the only reason why you join WUFC), but actually technically skilled kids (the ones present at every pitching competition) go to WITG. The SSG kids knew how to model since freshman year when most of the wharton sophomores struggle with adjusting NI to get CFO. You can get into WUFC without really knowing finance but WITG (granted, kinda depends on which committee you're in) you need to relatively know your shit.
My personal view:
Tier 0: GPS
Tier 1:
WITG SSG/TacOpps
PEVC IA
Tier 1.5:
Other WITG Committees
Tier 2:
WUFC Investment
You are wrong.
So basically you are saying that WITG kids are literally nerds that have no life? As a graduate and someone in a recruiting position soon, I’d rather take any sociable kid in WUFC over a nerd from WITG any day. At the end of the day, you can teach modelling skills but you can’t teach social skills. For interviews, it’s about picking people you would want to work with, rather than just technical skills. That is a common misconception that many people in this thread are falling for.
Really it's just that WITG (or at least the 'better' teams) has a far bigger focus on education than WUFC. You've got pods of 4-8 freshman, 4-8 sophs, and 4-6 juniors+seniors, and they spend an hour or two a week doing pitches, upperclassmen teaching case studies, etc. The tryhard side comes from the fact that the juniors/seniors running the pods are almost always going to top places, combined with the good student to "teacher" ratio means the kids who want to grind become friends with the kids who grinded when they were younger and then have direct access to information as well as see the paths that successful upperclassmen took. WUFC has a big component of being a speaker and public event planning club, so they don't require nor teach much technical knowledge because that's just not the goal. WUFC does have some education stuff, but it's like 1-3 people teaching a couple dozen kids.
Never said WITG kids are nerds with no life.
On average, I think the finance technicals/knowledge required to be accepted into WITG are higher than the technicals/knowledge required to be accepted into WUFC (frankly, depending on the committee, you don't need to know any finance at all). Also, even once you're accepted into the committees, WITG's level of education in terms of prepping your finance technicals/knowledge is better than what you would get at WUFC investment (and the other WUFC committees either aren't comparable to WITG like WUFC Quant or they don't have an educational emphasis like events, membership, etc). WITG SSG
Also, even if I did say that WITG kids are nerds, I think your preference for a social kid over a nerd falls into exactly what I mentioned: BBs tend to take the socially charismatic likable kids that they want to work with versus EB's (especially restructuring) who pick kids based almost primarily on technicals.
Never been so happy to go to a non-target
Most kids in college: argue over which frat or srat have the best parties, houses.
Nerds in Wharton: argue over which club is most prestigious
Please let this not be real please let this not be real... these are fake college clubs LMFAO touch grass
as a Wharton kid, this is unfortunately real (the clubs, not the rankings). I personally agree though that if you care about stuff like this, you definitely need to touch some grass.
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