https://rankings.r.ftdata.co.uk/lib/img/logos/entity/university-of-pennsylvania-wharton Business School Guide: https://gmatclub.com/forum/penn-wharton-103701.html This thread is for the Wharton 2011 Application Year, meaning applicants that are starting School in the Fall of 2011. Please direct all of your questions for this year into the 2012 thread calling-wharton-fall-2012-applicants-113014.html Current Students and Admits, please continue your discussions here: admitted-to-wharton-class-of-2013-thread-107439.html Please use the following form to add your stats to the spreadsheet Form link Edit link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArkyKRSo74XNdHJDT0RoNUFqYWhyQ0c2aVV3TDV2WHc&hl=en&authkey=CPS16ccG Spreadsheet 0ArkyKRSo74XNdHJDT0RoNUFqYWhyQ0c2aVV3TDV2WHc Add your name to the list https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/evolvelearning/assets/huntsman_at_night.jpg MBA Program Application Deadline Decision Release Date Round 1 October 4, 2010 December 17, 2010 Round 2 January 4, 2011 March 24, 2011 Round 3 March 3, 2011 May 12, 2011 The Admissions Committee will release interview invitations on Friday, October 29th and again on Friday, November 5th . Due to the nature and complexity associated with the admissions process there is no particular order in which invitations are released. Also on November 5th , the Committee will release all final admissions decisions to candidates that are not being invited for an interview and therefore no longer being considered for admission . If you are invited for an interview, you will need to complete your interview by Friday, December 3rd . Interviews will be available on campus with second-year Wharton MBA Students who are full members of the Admissions Committee, off campus with alumni, and off campus in various "Hubs" around the world by Admissions staff members. All interview options are equally considered within the admissions process. Essays Required Question (same for first-time and reapplicants): What are your professional objectives? (300 words) Respond to 3 of the following 4 questions: Student and alumni engagement has at times led to the creation of innovative classes. For example, through extraordinary efforts, a small group of current students partnered with faculty to create a timely course entitled, “Disaster Response: Haiti and Beyond,” empowering students to leverage the talented Wharton community to improve the lives of the Haiti earthquake victims. Similarly, Wharton students and alumni helped to create the “Innovation and the Indian Healthcare Industry” which took students to India where they studied the full range of healthcare issues in India. If you were able to create a Wharton course on any topic, what would it be? (700 words) Reflect on a time when you turned down an opportunity. What was the thought process behind your decision? Would you make the same decision today? (600 words) Describe a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play, and what did you learn about yourself? How did this experience help to create your definition of failure? (600 words) Discuss a time when you navigated a challenging experience in either a personal or professional relationship. (600 words) Stats, rankings and other relevant links FT: https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pennsylvania-wharton BW: https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/full_time_mba_profiles/wharton.html Career report: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/your-career/career-trends.cfm Great resource to get questions answered by current students: https://engage.wharton.upenn.edu/MBA/forums/ Quick facts: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/quick-facts-and-dates.cfm Wharton vs. Booth: https://gmatclub.com/forum/chicago-vs-wharton-74034.html Previous Threads Class of 2010 Thread - calling-all-wharton-fall-2010-candidates-78775.html Class of 2009 Thread - calling-all-wharton-fall-09-applicants-66548.html Class of 2008 Thread - calling-all-wharton-2008-applicants-50294.html

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catalan1986

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14 Feb 2011, 10:53

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I'm new to this thread. I have applied R2 to Wharton's HCM program. Been a painful wait thus far!

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What % of invites do you guys think have been sent out thus far for r2?

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To anyone who interviewed today,
Please could you provide a broad overview of things went today? Were interviews similar in structure to Round 1?
Thanks

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To anyone who interviewed today,
Please could you provide a broad overview of things went today? Were interviews similar in structure to Round 1?
Thanks

It definitely would be nice to know if the behavioral questions are being pulled from the same set. But I don't remember seeing anyone on this thread who said they would be interviewing early in the week though - so if we hear anything, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

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14 Feb 2011, 15:53

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New to the thread, I applied Round 2 and anxiously awaiting judgement day this week. -sigh-

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14 Feb 2011, 16:33

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I saw few people repeatedly mentioned the 6 Wharton interview questions. Does anyone know what are the 6 questions? I found 3 common behavioral questions from ClearAdmit:

1. Tell me about a time when you worked in a group to complete a task, which required you to consider the opinions or feelings of others.
2. Describe a time when you contributed to a team that didn't have a clear or appointed leader.
3. Explain a time when your ideas were challenged, when you had to defend your opinion and/or approach.

Anyone who could kindly help complete the above list? Or are the other 3 simply (1) resume walk-through, (2) why Wharton, and (3) why now?

Thanks!!

look at the link in hbsguru's (sandy) latest post on this thread

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can the resume sent to the interviewer be different than the resume submitted with the app?

Does the admin committee also keep the resume sent to interviewer on file and compare it with the original?

My most up to date resume needs to have some changes..

You can definitely send a different resume as long as it only includes relevant updates since the time you submitted your application. Making major changes might be risky.

However, I don't think your resume is relevant for the interview. The interviewer will grade you solely on the basis of your response to the 3 questions asked.

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212 admits attended Wharton WInter Welcome Weekend, according to the Wharton Journal.

wow.. months of research in to Wharton and I still never came across this site.. thanks for sharing!

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look at the link in hbsguru's (sandy) latest post on this thread

Thank you!!

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Blog on interview tips by the adcom, posted on Feb 07th, 2011:

https://engage.wharton.upenn.edu/MBA/blo ... und-2.aspx

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212 admits attended Wharton WInter Welcome Weekend, according to the Wharton Journal.

wow.. months of research in to Wharton and I still never came across this site.. thanks for sharing!

Its interesting that Whartons admit weekend has only 212 attendees in R1 for a class size of 800+, while schools with smaller classes has a bigger admit weekend. Kellogg for example had over 250 attendees for a class of 550. Still, it's Wharton's largest R1 admit weekend in history. I wonder why that is?

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Im very interested in this as well...my initial thought was wow they probably took well less than 400 people because its hard for me to believe that only 50% showed up. But at the same time the fact that it was the largest showing in years is confusing so I am not exactly sure what to make of this.

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Here's the quote from the article - other interesting pieces of info as well!

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The numbers alone highlight the significance of this year's Winter Welcome. The 212 prospective students in attendance represented an impressive 43% increase over last year's figures. Notably, female admits had a particularly strong showing at this year's event, comprising 57% of attendees compared to 40% a year ago. Attendance among partners was equally as impressive, nearly doubling from 33 in 2010 to 60 in 2011.

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The Winter Welcome Weekend has undoubtedly set a high bar for the spring event, scheduled for April 15-16. Historically, Spring Welcome Weekend receives more than double the number of winter registrants, which means the Welcome Committee members can expect to have their hands full.

I wonder if the statistic about female attendees is indicative of a wider trend across the applicant pool at Wharton this year.

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Don't forget that ~40% of the class is made up of internationals, who are unlikely to attend R1 admit weekends in droves. So its more like 70-80% of the domestic admits showed up, imo.

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212 admits attended Wharton WInter Welcome Weekend, according to the Wharton Journal.

wow.. months of research in to Wharton and I still never came across this site.. thanks for sharing!

I think part of this is yield...while there were lots of Wharton admits (including me) at the WWWW who are set on Wharton, the weekends are often used to decide between schools someone got into. Wharton might have a higher percentage of people who are sure of their choice without going to visit (i.e. higher yield) than some of the other school. Also, I've heard from alumni that the spring weekend is a much bigger event then the winter weekend...not sure I'd read anything into the number that attended...

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it would be interesting to find out how big the HBS admit weekend was to see if its comparable in size with wharton's.

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Question to ME based applicants who have received an invite: Where are you planning on interviewing - Hub or Alumni? A quick city search didnt reveal any UAE based alumni interviewers and I was wondering if it was worth the trek to Paris?

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I'm surprised there are no interviewers because there are a ton of alums in the UAE.

There should be cities closer to you than Paris that have alumni interviewers, if you don't want to travel that far.

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Guys, can you please indicate how many interview slots are left? I'm just trying to figure out how many invites we can expect on Friday - any ideas!? Tx!