scottnan
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)
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.
18 Feb 2011, 14:57
