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scottnan

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Updated on: 21 Feb 2011, 18:47

Originally posted by scottnan on 18 Feb 2011, 14:31.
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I was rejected as well.

Thanks to everyone on the site for your insights and lively commentary!

EDIT: removed personal stats because I don't want anyone I work with to be able to identify me and see my sour-grapes response.

quantumleap5

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18 Feb 2011, 14:31

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Got an invite.

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18 Feb 2011, 14:31

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Got an invite. Anyone knows the yield % of Wharton?

Interestingly, got a ding from CBS at the same time ==

Do you mean admit %? Estimated around 40% of those who are invited to interview...yield is i think around 70-80% or so of those who are admitted (in terms of who accepts their invite)

Yes that's what I mean. Thanks! The information in the spreadsheet is misleading. Somehow it shows >80% were invited for interviews.

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18 Feb 2011, 14:32

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I got an interview, the subject line of the email is misleading. Looked like an HBS ding letter lol. Congrats to everyone! Any word on whether it's better to visit campus or interview with alumni? HUB?

I'd recommend doing it on campus provided you're close enough. It makes you look more interested and by taking a tour and sitting in on a class before your interview, you get motivated and may do better. If not, either of the other options are fine (though I've heard of alumni who were ignoring the new interview format...so take that for what it's worth)

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18 Feb 2011, 14:35

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I was rejected as well. US/M/28y/3.8 GPA from HYP/770 GMAT/Director/6yrs WE. This has been a very frustrating process. I'm not sure what the adcoms are looking for, but it surely doesn't place enough emphasis on quantitative measures of ability or success (GMAT, GPA, salary, job title), or I would have at least gotten an interview to one of these schools. I wonder how much the adcoms are like the old scouts ridiculed in Moneyball for having unjustifiable and subjective hunches about people.

To future applicants, I'd highly recommend contacting an admissions consultant who can help homogenize your application into the boilerplate schlock I've seen in the applications of my friends and employees who have gotten in.

Thanks to everyone on the site for your insights and lively commentary!

Just fyi, one negative in your profile is age...though i'm not clear on what HYP means (and Director has different meanings at different companies)

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18 Feb 2011, 14:36

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Got an invite. Anyone knows the yield % of Wharton?

Interestingly, got a ding from CBS at the same time ==

Do you mean admit %? Estimated around 40% of those who are invited to interview...yield is i think around 70-80% or so of those who are admitted (in terms of who accepts their invite)

Yes that's what I mean. Thanks! The information in the spreadsheet is misleading. Somehow it shows >80% were invited for interviews.

That's probably a self selection bias...people who are dinged before interview are less likely to take the time to add their info (or update their info) in the sheet...

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18 Feb 2011, 14:38

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I am pretty surprised that you didn't get an invite with those stats.

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18 Feb 2011, 14:39

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Just fyi, one negative in your profile is age...though i'm not clear on what HYP means (and Director has different meanings at different companies)

HYP is Harvard / Yale / Princeton and quite frankly, I don't think age is a negative with this strong profile, you only have 1 yr more experience than the Wharton average. I think it's a shame that you were not given a chance to even interview.

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18 Feb 2011, 14:40

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Wow, strong profile. Sorry to hear about your ding without even an interview. Makes you really wander what goes on behind closed doors. White males need not apply?

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18 Feb 2011, 14:40

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got invited,

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keeping my hopes down until d-day

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Updated on: 18 Feb 2011, 14:54

Originally posted by surfer123 on 18 Feb 2011, 14:41.
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Interview baby! I'm pretty much in tears of joy right now after getting dinged by Booth earlier in the week and stressing that all my apps were bunk.

My stats pale in comparison to you guys

M/30/US/3.0 GPA/690/ Entrepreneur

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Updated on: 18 Feb 2011, 16:01

Originally posted by scottnan on 18 Feb 2011, 14:42.
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scottnan

I was rejected as well. This has been a very frustrating process. I'm not sure what the adcoms are looking for, but it surely doesn't place enough emphasis on quantitative measures of ability or success (GMAT, GPA, salary, job title), or I would have at least gotten an interview to one of these schools. I wonder how much the adcoms are like the old scouts ridiculed in Moneyball for having unjustifiable and subjective hunches about people.

To future applicants, I'd highly recommend contacting an admissions consultant who can help homogenize your application into the boilerplate schlock I've seen in the applications of my friends and employees who have gotten in.

Thanks to everyone on the site for your insights and lively commentary!

Just fyi, one negative in your profile is age...though i'm not clear on what HYP means (and Director has different meanings at different companies)

Yeah, the age part of this process has been humbling. I've never been told I was old relative to my peers before! HYP stands for Harvard/Yale/Princeton. Thanks for the feedback.

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18 Feb 2011, 14:42

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Got an invite, sigh of relief. Need to prepare for the tough behavioural interview, it does worry me a bit.

Congratulations to all invitees and commiseration to those without invites. Good luck.

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18 Feb 2011, 14:43

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scottnan

Just fyi, one negative in your profile is age...though i'm not clear on what HYP means (and Director has different meanings at different companies)

Guy from "P" here and I've never used or heard of that term...though the girl who sits next to me from "Y" has...

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18 Feb 2011, 14:44

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Can somebody pleeease tell me how the invites came? Was it in an email or was it just an email saying your application status had been updated so please check it in the online application system??

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18 Feb 2011, 14:46

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scottnan

Wow, strong profile. Sorry to hear about your ding without even an interview. Makes you really wander what goes on behind closed doors. White males need not apply?

Trust me. It's not just white males. I got a ding and I'm a brother with decent stats. What a way to ruin a gorgeous day.

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Updated on: 18 Feb 2011, 14:56

Originally posted by shockwave1111 on 18 Feb 2011, 14:47.
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US / M / 26y /4.0 GPA 750 GMAT / Manager / 4yrs here and dinged. Kind of disappointed myself

But I was naive to avoid admissions consultants! It is probably a good idea! BTW I'm Chinese

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18 Feb 2011, 14:49

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email with application status update...

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18 Feb 2011, 14:54

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scottnan

Just fyi, one negative in your profile is age...though i'm not clear on what HYP means (and Director has different meanings at different companies)

I don't think it's the age. Wharton is known for taking in older candidates all the time, and I mean 30-33-35+, not 28. And if we onto asking hypothetic questions - it could be, for example, that your GMAT was TOO strong. It happens sometimes, if the school gets the impression the candidate is "too academic".

It may be your employability in the finance field Wharton specializes in - or, more probably, just a whim of the adcom after the class is already pretty much shaped up from Round 1, as is the case with so many of us (myself included, thought I got a shot).

Anyway, you are undoubtedly a very impressive candidate, and each of the Top-10/15 schools will get you anywhere you want to.