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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Chat live with the MBA Admissions Office!
Please join us on Tuesday October 19th at 6 PM EST (Philadelphia time) for a prospective student chat. Meghan Bass, Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, will be there along with current students to answer any questions related to admissions and student life.

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First post in this thread, and I don't mean to continue down the tangent, but just one last thing regarding suits. I don't think price tag is important, but for gods sakes get it tailored. Attention to detail says a lot about a person. I was once dinged from an internship because I forgot to label one of the axes on a graph I made (during an interview test)...the reason..."you showed a lack of a attention to detail". Lesson learned.

Anyway, I'll be applying RD2

GPA 3.2 top 3 pub (humanities), GRAD 3.7 (ivy), 3.5 years real estate dev and solar industry, post mba social enterprise (my master's is related), GMAT dec. 16., AGE: 28

I don't think it needs to be tailored, just so long as you feel comfortable and confident in it.

But good luck with R2! I also work in real estate as well, so I definitely want to wish good luck to a fellow RE guy.

Thanks man, good to see another RE guy battling this economy head on. I wish you the best as well. What are your stats? Other schools you're looking to apply to?

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19 Oct 2010, 20:19

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Hi guys,
any takeaways from the chat? I was working late and I missed it.

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Not too much useful information. Most people asked about specific interests such as support for mother students, health care majors, etc. However they did mention that around 40% of applicants get interview invites.

One person asked how much time should be spent on writing the essays... lol.. classic.

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lol! is there a transcript available online? i too missed it as i'm still at work >.<

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Count me for R1, "Complete - Round One," your application has all the required materials, has been processed by the Operations Team, and has been forwarded to the Committee for review."

This wait time is killing me

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Good luck! Please fill out the spreadsheet by using the link "Add your name to the list" in the first post.

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I must say, i do prefer wharton's method of inviting people to interview. Only two days to worry about. No guessing at when things will be sent out. Good luck to all who applied R1! Only 9 days til first notification date

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completely agree...though i probably wouldn't be so stressed out about HBS if it wasn't for the forums saying what percentages of invites they think have gone out....

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also r1 btw...

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I think I will have a hard time sleeping on next Thursday night. Does anyone know if all emails will be mass-produced and sent out at the same time? Or the email to interview-invite will be sent out as the day goes on next Friday?

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I assume a mass batch file, so all 1,500 (say 50% of 3000 rd1 apps gets invited for interviews) will know by (hopefully) mid-noon.

I can only imagine. I think the system is fast enough to send out a mass email (within 1-2 hours for 1,500 people).

Correction: 1,500 people on Oct 29th AND Nov 5th. So assuming a split between the two dates, then only 750 pppl on the first day.

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Friday noon EST will be Sat 5am for me - this might be the first time ever I'm gonna wake up without hitting the snooze button at least once! Or maybe I'll just pull an all nighter n work on my R2 apps so even if I get a ding I'll be tired and can sleep it off.

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You guys are creating too much anxiety for yourselves. My mentality is submit it and forget it. If I get an interview great, if I don't...there's always next year.

Law of Detachment, my friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QGbjxdrkAI

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Yeah, but that takes all the fun out of it

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Yeah, but that takes all the fun out of it

It'll be Halloween weekend, I'm more worried about partying it up...ha ha! Alcohol is the best solution

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Does Wharton allow for / welcome information updates after an application has been submitted?

I have had a considerable shift in my employment. Is there a mechanism for alerting the adcom? Would they prefer to not be bothered?

thx!

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News from the field is that Wharton is starting to make decisions on which people to interview.

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News from the field is that Wharton is starting to invite people to interviews.

Has started or is starting? What does that say about the email setting specific dates??

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Has started or is starting? What does that say about the email setting specific dates??

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I made a correction to my post after you had quoted the original (see above). The quote from the Admissions' email is: "We begin inviting candidates to interview on October 29th." That is one week away.