Calling All Wharton 2011 Business School Waitlisters

Guys,

Do you know any Russian admitted or waitlisted in R1?

A number of students are not joining because they don't want to disclose to their bosses/coworkers just yet (my boat) or they're not sure about their final choice.

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hey MBAgirl2010,

i'm makin a different point...what u say wud be true of all schools..

so for schools with the similar class sizes (ie HBS and W), the # of ppl in the fb groups should be in the same range (discounting for cases who do not want to be in the grp/do not know about the fb group/do not care etc)

speculation was that given the large no of WLs for W, mebbe the # of R1 admits was less...

if that were the case, the W fb group should have lesser members than the HBS group, which is not the case..

so lookin at the fb group size doesn't confirm that W admitted lesser #s in R1...it also doesn't say that they admitted 400 odd ppl...so we can continue speculating hoping for some insider info from the school

Financier, I'm not Russian ethnically but it *is* my native language, and i've been WLed at Wharton as well. sup?

Do we know how many applicants they took (and % of interviewees) in R1 last year?

I'm so bummed out that this is one of my first few posts since last friday night...

oh wells, i think i have the strength now to continue the rd2 process... good luck everyone! i'm not counting on W anymore (if i get in by next March/April, that's great, but I'm not expecting anything).

i completely agree with you...im struggling with whether I actually want to go to b school if its not at W.

I just got the "Wharton Guide To Waiting In Agony"... awesome

So if I read that e-mail correctly, it looks like we will not hear before March 24th and the fact that they waitlisted so many candidates this year truly means nothing.

I agree with your interpretation of the e-mail. Doesn't sound like there's much we can do about it.

By any chance, did anyone get two copies of the e-mail? I got one at 3:05pm and 3:11pm (eastern time).

The 2nd was a corrected e-mail with an updated address for the waitlist manager.

Also, very interesting that there is no rank.

...that we know of.

I think we're all well aware that they won't be picking waitlisters out of a hat. As they build their class, their priorities will shift in terms of who they are looking for. If at the end of the day, you are the strongest south american female from the insurance industry, and that's what they are lacking, then you should prob start packin for philly. At this point, they don't even know what they're gonna get, hence waitlist.

So if I am very young, and their class happens to get younger with R2, maybe I will be a better fit?

Or if you can transform yourself into a south american female from the insurance industry...

We need a "LIKE" button!

There's always Kudos .

I like your "on top of the world champion" picture.

I think I'm more excited to go to Philly because I'm such a big Rocky fan, as opposed to attend Wharton!

Honestly, who ISN'T a rocky fan

... this should've been obvious but if we send in a montage of us leading up to the submission of our application I'm sure it will result in success. Montages always work.