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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marielle010

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Schools:Stanford (ding), HBS (ding), Booth (in with $$), Wharton (R1 WL, R2 WL), Kellogg (WL), NYU (int)

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25 Mar 2011, 08:19

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WL here as well

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25 Mar 2011, 09:59

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Waitlisted here too... must have been the interview or one of my recommenders (he told me he screwed up on one of the schools).

So what is the chance of coming off of the waitlist on 5/12? Is it worth even thinking about? Should I just move on. Wharton was my first choice, but if not, it's between Chicago and Duke, and I don't think that's as clear cut of a choice, as Wharton was.

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25 Mar 2011, 10:02

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Is the Wharton waitlist an on-going ding/accept process or do we have to wait until round 3?

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Updated on: 25 Mar 2011, 10:45

Originally posted by formerlyknownas on 25 Mar 2011, 10:07.
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Is the Wharton waitlist an on-going ding/accept process or do we have to wait until round 3?

it sounds like we have to wait till r3 decision day and even then, it can extend into the summer.

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25 Mar 2011, 10:39

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How many candidates get off the W WL?Looks the adcoms uses WL aggressively. I don't see many R1 WLers admitted or they don't post.

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25 Mar 2011, 10:47

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How many candidates get off the W WL?Looks the adcoms uses WL aggressively. I don't see many R1 WLers admitted or they don't post.

yea i'm not sure how i feel about how wharton uses waitlist. why waitlist everyone and their mama? but, i'm happy they allowed me to save face rather than just reject me.

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25 Mar 2011, 11:12

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lhomme

Is the Wharton waitlist an on-going ding/accept process or do we have to wait until round 3?

it sounds like we have to wait till r3 decision day and even then, it can extend into the summer.

In the waitlist letter it says that we will know a final decision no later than May 12.

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25 Mar 2011, 11:21

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lhomme

Is the Wharton waitlist an on-going ding/accept process or do we have to wait until round 3?

it sounds like we have to wait till r3 decision day and even then, it can extend into the summer.

In the waitlist letter it says that we will know a final decision no later than May 12.

No it says:

"We will be reviewing your application each round and will contact you no later than Thursday, 12 May, 2011 with an update as to your status. "

Meaning they may not have a decision on 12 May (r3 decision) but will have a status update
I wonder what the letter of r1 waitlisters say

PEanalyst

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25 Mar 2011, 11:43

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This is what it says as an R1 Waitlister who was re-waitlisted:

"Thank you again for your application to the Wharton MBA program. The Admissions Committee has completed another review of your application and would like to offer you the option to continue on the waitlist.
We will be reviewing your application periodically and will contact you no later than May 12, 2011 with another update as to your status."

interesting that it says periodically on mine.

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25 Mar 2011, 12:34

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did they contact you periodically as they promised?

sounds like the same thing in r2 letters just worded differently.

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25 Mar 2011, 13:20

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no you are missing the point

i was wailisted in R1, but that is my R2 waitlist letter as I was re-waitlisted.

so clearly the R1 people that were waitlisted and then waitlisted again in R2 have different letters than just the people that were waitlisted in R2.

neildiamond

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25 Mar 2011, 15:01

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My letter reads exactly the same (re-waitlister here). Throwing in "periodically" cannot be viewed pos/neg at all. I can't read much into it honestly.

gtgator03

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25 Mar 2011, 17:16

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I am so excited about wharton! I will be at welcome weekend with the biggest cheerleading outfit on!

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25 Mar 2011, 17:54

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im in for welcome weekend too!

gtgator03

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25 Mar 2011, 18:00

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I will be in red. Anybody else?

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orangecode

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Schools:R2: Yale (Admitted!), Wharton (Admitted with $$$$), MIT (waiting to hear back!) R3: Harvard? Perhaps

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25 Mar 2011, 19:45

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In at Wharton and Yale.

I was so afraid - I couldn't function on Thursday. And when I didn't get a call by 6pm ET, I was a wreck.

Only to get an email later on! :lol:

Having said that, I am waiting for MIT, which is my first choice.

To those not selected, I cannot pretend to understand the heartbreak. The emotional exhaustion of waiting, of taking the GRE, getting recommenders ready, writing essays, etc, is nothing to sneeze at.

Best of luck with everything. The heartbreak can be devastating, but chin up!

mbachic

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25 Mar 2011, 21:39

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jerrykid

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25 Mar 2011, 21:42

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PEanalyst

PEanalyst, you continue to be on the waitlist? Do you have any other choice?

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25 Mar 2011, 22:24

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In
hightech 5 yr

from Asia
Got call from Meghan at my Thursday night 8:30 EST
It's so funny that I was in the gathering of other school when I got the call, so I have to pretend nothing happened....