Calling all Wharton Applicants -(2015 Intake) Class of 2017

I am in !!!!! I am from the Midwest USA!!!!

Invited. Now I can get some work done. Good luck everyone.

I was a R1 applicant. I received my interview email at 3:46pm. I believe everyone knew by 5pm whether they were invited to interview or not. The email either said "You have been invited to interview as the next step in the application process." OR if it was a ding, I believe the email just said there was an application status update.

Good luck to everyone.

In! I feel like I'm dreaming. I need to find someone to pinch me to make sure I'm not.

don't mind this dude... he is a bit of a club fraudster - he changes his schools all the time... deletes rejections, changes them to acceptances etc...can't believe what his schools say.. i think the only thing that is probably true.. is he was accepted ED to CBS and WL and wharton.

pretty bush league Wharton... ah oh well. Congrats to those who got interviews, to the rest of us.... at least we'll always have "submitted" status

Not sure if anyone shared the invite email

Subject is Wharton MBA Team-Based Discussion

Dear jzdunbar4668,

Thank you for your recent application to The Wharton MBA program. You have been invited to interview as the next step in the application process. Please click here for information and instructions on scheduling an interview. In order to secure your place in the Team-Based Discussion, please confirm your appointment by 11:59pm EST on Thursday, November 6th.

We look forward to seeing you soon, and to learning more about you in the next stage of this process.

Sincerely,

Wharton MBA Admissions
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Hi guys.

I was admitted to Wharton / Lauder last year (LatAm, consulting) so maybe sharing a bit of my experience with the interview process can help someone out there. Assuming the process hasn't changed...interview was with an admission's officer.

Group dynamics: very hard to tell what really matters. I, for instance, made a huge dumb mistake during mine (literally said something that made no sense at the time, but quickly came back saying nevermind, it doesn't make sense, back to previous point) and it all worked out. I do think that you should try and "embody" a role play, be it the leader, the conciliator, the challenger, etc. Take a stance instead of being lost and going with the flow. Don't show off, it's not necessary. Be yourself on how you behave and push yourself to take a stance on the topic being discussed. In my group, "the leader" was admitted, the challenger wasn't and the conciliator was. That was not the case for other groups so...hard to tell.

Blind interview: DONT FORGET YOUR RESUME. Or you'll find yourself begging for the recepcionist to find a printer before you're called back to interview. It was literally 5 minutes and two questions: "do you think you were yourselve in the interview and why?" and "tell me anything you want me to know about you". So (i) good to be yourself so you can defend how you behaved in the group dynamics and (ii) I suggest you have a good elevator speech mixing your (QUICK) story recap with the 5-7 things you want to leave an impression on. It's really a monologue so it's good not to sound boring, pedantic, etc and also to flow a logic storyline. It's 5 minutes to make a (sticky!) good impression. Practicing may help. In my case, I spoke about my life trajectory and how it connects to my professional goals finishing with a "why" I thought Wharton was the place to go given everything.

Lauder was such an easygoing nice interview with a current student. We spoke about international experience, passions, a few classic "tell me a situation..." questions, but that was it. It was more of a conversation that anything else.

Hope that helps!

Cheers

Hey guys

I applied last year to wharton, was interviewed, waitlisted and eventually didnt make it. Got an interview again this year and hope to make it in this time. Any body else interviewing on Wed Nov 12 in the afternoon? Happy to link up in advance. Heres the mistake most people make so please dont make the following:

1) Dont be that guy that talks a lot. If you see that one or two people hogging the discussion, they are not getting in
2) Dont be that person either who doesnt contribute. the trick is finding the balance
3) Rather than think about getting admitted as an individual, think of the team. Generally, teams get admitted, so its less of you competing with others in your team and more of your team competing with other teams. The last point is crucial - its very important all of us approach this as a team based discussion

Please PM me if you have questions about the process - from what I understand, it appears the process is same as last time

If Wharton knows the target % of females they want in the class, I'm sure the WL reflects that same %. Meaning, from a numbers standpoint, there will be more 'traditional candidates' who decline wharton than those from 'non-traditional' backgrounds. That will probably mean more people who come off the WL are from the 'traditional bucket.'

Also, jlgdr's message of this making him (assuming he is a male) feel he has a huge disadvantage is a bit comical. Women are the ones who have a true disadvantage in business school and in the business world. The focus on increasing the number of women in bschools is to help fix this problem. For someone to say they, as a male, are at a huge disadvantage, is bullshit.

jlgdr has posted a number of offensive and insensitive remarks across the boards over the last several months (though most often they're just inane). In his capacity as Booth threadmaster, he's also demonstrated a propensity for lying and censorship. It would be constructive if there was a way by which the boards could remedy this, as I feel it has detracted from the atmosphere and community in general.

Got the call at 9:30am - NYC. Did anyone hear about scholarships?

I called the admissions office, and they told me the same thing.

Do not worry, everyone!

Just arrived in Philadelphia! A lot more green here than there is in Toronto at the moment. In 9 hours I will officially be done with all MBA applications for life lol.

Just received the great news
after a ding from GSB and WL in HBS

From Brazil
Worked 2 years in Mgmt consult., 1/2 year in PE, 1/2 in internet business

I know that the interview invites will be going out soon for Wharton. I hope you all get interview invites. I just created an updated Wharton interview guide with a list of the most common questions asked by Wharton. I hope it is helpful.

Good luck!

Just got my invite! Email was titled "Wharton MBA Team-Based Discussion" and came at 10:45am EST.