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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dimitri92

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18 Feb 2011, 16:52

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oh Wharton you heartbreaker! It's a Ding. I thought I actually had a decent shot. A McKinsey approach on what went wrong would be just perfect now.

29/m/intl
710/GPA 3.7 MS (large public top ranked university in US)
5.5 yrs experience
3.5 - Large regional bank corporate banking
2 years as Entrepreneur
decent extra-curricular
CFA level 1 / Level 2 in June
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I have a feeling I just didn't fit the stereotype wharton was looking for. An admissions consultant sounds like a good idea in retrospect.

mmbbaaa11

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18 Feb 2011, 17:00

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I got the application status changed email - I log in and it says Invited for Interview...but I don't have another email that lets me sign up for an interview slot.

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18 Feb 2011, 17:18

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Invited!

If you select "On campus interview" and the host is listed as "Office Interviewer," does that mean you are meeting with a 2nd year student? Will someone please advise? I would like to sign up for an on-campus interview.

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18 Feb 2011, 17:20

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I got the application status changed email - I log in and it says Invited for Interview...but I don't have another email that lets me sign up for an interview slot.

To sign up for the interview, you have to click on "Search" (off to the right hand side of your screen). You will select your interview type and date from there.

mmbbaaa11

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18 Feb 2011, 17:22

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mmbbaaa11

I got the application status changed email - I log in and it says Invited for Interview...but I don't have another email that lets me sign up for an interview slot.

To sign up for the interview, you have to click on "Search" (off to the right hand side of your screen). You will select your interview type and date from there.

Got it - thanks! I selected On-Campus interview in Philly, and it's with Office Interviewer as well.

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18 Feb 2011, 17:29

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Invited!

For me, "Office Interviewer" was a second year student.

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18 Feb 2011, 17:34

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Admiralfajita

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Schools:HBS (R1 - ding no int.) Booth (R2 - ding no int.) CBS (R2) Stanford (R2) Tuck (R2 - int.) Wharton/Lauder (R2 - int.)

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18 Feb 2011, 17:41

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Based in China so didn't wake up to see it until just now. "Application Status Update" email message w/ log-in requirement to see fooled me too after HBS and Booth pulled the same thing when dinging me.

24/m/US - work in China
770/GPA 3.7 triple major (top US private undergrad, non-HYP)
2.5 yrs experience (as of today):
Investment Banking Analyst (M&A) at boutique Chinese firm.
Part time work with sports media rights management for international leagues.
Awful ECs - just hobbies

Applying to Wharton/Lauder (Mandarin track). Apparently I need to do 2 interviews: 1 with Wharton, 1 with Lauder. Wharton Hub will be in Beijing Monday-Wednesday, but not sure how to handle Lauder since I ain't gonna spend $1500 on a plane ticket and be wiped out for a week by jetlag to have a 15 minute chat w/ an adcom member about doing a dual degree. Has anyone else had to deal with this?

...really thought I was a ding for Wharton after Booth dinged me straight up earlier this week.

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18 Feb 2011, 18:28

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One more ding --- Depressed !

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18 Feb 2011, 18:37

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Ding !!!

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18 Feb 2011, 18:49

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For Lauder you'll contact the Lauder coordinator to set up an interview with an alum close to you. I found one in my city in EMEA region.

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18 Feb 2011, 20:07

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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!

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

Look at the bright side: you have got another story for a setback essay for the next year. Brighten up, and reapply in six months (it is totally worth another try). Your fundamentals are solid, so it seems that in your case it might have been a problem with execution and correct positioning with schools.

I think while the question you are asking about what schools want is legitimate, the answer to that is almost universally summed up by one phrase: "unique strength".
On the other hand, if you are confident you are a good candidate, a more relevant question to ask would be why did not your message get delivered.

They definitely have no hunches against any applicant, rest assured. It is the opposite: Wharton Adcom loves all prospective students, but admission decision is not about feelings: it is a business decision.

If you decide to reapply, let's chat on your strategy.

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18 Feb 2011, 22:14

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For those who knew well about the on-campus interview , is it just a 30 mins interview or it includes an half a day campus tour? I am located in the west coast and considering if I should give a better shot to register an on-campus interview. Is there really any difference?

oldman

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18 Feb 2011, 23:26

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Double ding!!! Chicago on wednesday and Wharton today

33/m/intl
730/GPA 3.5+ in grad and masters
9 yrs experience/7 years managing teams and in leadership positions
Not much extra-curricular

Didn't even get an interview invite. Issue might be my age ... can't do nothing about that can I :cry:

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19 Feb 2011, 00:07

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Got an invite.

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19 Feb 2011, 02:31

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NikkiMBA - heck yes =) Hook Em! Time for some Ivy addition to real sports

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Are you a longhorn shr30?????? Me too

blemebriller

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19 Feb 2011, 03:12

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Similar background as above and got dinged too~

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It truly does seem terribly subjective. I'm surprised that both shockwave1111 and scottnan were denied. Got the ding as well yesterday. Profile: late 20's, 3.8 GPA, lowish GMAT (650), top bulge bracket investment bank experience (2.5 years; started late), good EC and leadership experience, Latino, family man. And I *DID* use an admissions consultant. No interviews thus far.

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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!

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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19 Feb 2011, 07:17

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When you sign up for the interview on campus - it's just a 30 minute interview. But there are a number of other events you can sign up for when you're on campus - see the list here. I recommend skipping the Info Session (the one I sat in on was geared towards people who haven't applied yet). But the student run activities are definitely worth it.

I don't know if there's any difference between your admission chances if you interview on campus vs. off - probably not. But if you haven't visited campus yet, it's definitely to your benefit to do so - if only because you'll have a lot more information to base your final decision on.