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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07 Nov 2010, 21:08

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Anyone scheduled to interview within the next couple days? Good luck and let us know how it goes

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lol as if I needed anymore convincing that W is my dream school this video just sealed the deal.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAcTXzbi1hA.. (thanx to MBA12tech for OP of the link)

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Anyone going to the Social Impact visit day this Thursday?

I heard from a friend who interviewed yesterday that the questions were all behavioral based, and there was nothing related to "Why Wharton, what you plan to do with it etc." Anyone else have have that experience?

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guys dont know whether this question has already been answered. How long should I wait before I remind alum about responding to setting up time for an interview?

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guys dont know whether this question has already been answered. How long should I wait before I remind alum about responding to setting up time for an interview?

A while back (after the first wave of invites) people were saying that you can go out to multiple alums at the same time and others were saying you should wait a week...I think people would understand if you went out to a few alums and then if anyone emailed after you'd already scheduled an interview you would just tell them that and they'd understand...

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no what i meant was, i have written to one of the interviewers today (the other is out of town/travelling and there are only 2 listed in my town), and havent heard back from him..should I wait for a day more and then:
1) either write to him asking him for it
2) write to adcom explaining the case.

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I'd give it another day and then write to him again. Still four weeks to get it done so I wouldn't get too anxious at this point (that being said, maybe check to see how far away other alums are in other towns if you could travel a bit...just in case)

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If it helps having a point for comparison, Booth recommends that if you don't hear from your interviewer within 2 business days, you should email the admissions office.

Personally I wouldn't give it any thought it until maybe 72hrs after you dispatch the email.

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I wonder if it's OK to bring a resume that's slightly different from the resume submitted with your app? For example, changing a couple bullet points under your job description so it's easier to talk about during the interview. What do people think?

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According to the Wharton Admissions blog: "Interviews will include behavioral questions. Questions may center on specific examples or detailed descriptions of events, projects or experience that demonstrate how situations you’ve faced in the past have been handled and what you learned from them. Behavioral interviewing assumes that past performance predicts future behavior."

They changed the wording from "may" last year to "will" this year.

Also, below is an excerpt from the interview with Sandy (on Poet and Quant): "The real news this year is that Stanford and Wharton are trending toward behavioral questions versus the more typical ones like ‘why Wharton, why now, why do you want an MBA.’ Of course, it would still help to prepare for those questions as well. But if you are being interviewed by Stanford or Wharton, you should Google behavioral interviews and you’ll get some bad advice about how to answer those questions but at least it will help you get some standard questions. They’re asking people things like, ‘Tell me about a time you worked on a great team, or a bad team, or worked with a great leader. Tell me when you disappointed yourself and what would you do differently if you had to do it again. Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a person and how you resolved it. Tell me about a time you dealt with an ethical issue.’ For some reason, Stanford and Wharton seem to be tilting toward those questions this year."

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Going off jkl84's post above, some more info from Meghan Bass:

"The interview will be based more on behavioral skills and your answers to those types of questions, more so than your specific background. So really think objectively and largely about how you approach certain situations; how you communicate as an individual, your experience working with teams, leading, and what you really want to get out of the MBA. And come prepared with really intelligent questions; meaning not, "What are my chances of getting in?" But more so, "What can Wharton offer? What can I offer to Wharton?""

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hey guys - for those that have interviews with adcom, do you know if we are required to send our resume in advance? I know adcom already have our resumes technically, but some schools request students to send their resumes by e-mail as well.

also, another small question - within the application, when i click on the details for my interview there is a RSVP date (which i am guessing is the same for everyone)... do i need to confirm anywhere that i will be going for the interview i signed up for?

wanted to make sure i'm not missing anything... thanks in advance for your help..

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Regarding the alumni interviews, mine took a few days to respond. I emailed the Wharton people and they had this to say:

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Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your email. Recognizing that the invitations went out on Friday, I would ask for your understanding. Not all people check emails over the weekend. If you do not receive a response by tomorrow, please email mbainterview (at) wharton.upenn.edu. The subject line should have the name of your city/state country where the interview is needed. The body of the email should explain the situation along with the name of the unresponsive interviewer. I will follow up with that person directly.

Basically, give them until tomorrow to respond.

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Just bring your resume. Although when I talked to my friend who interviewed off campus with a "Wharton Consultant" (UPenn undergrad, not MBA, and not adcom), the interviewer didn't really know what to do with the resume and just went off the behavioral interview script. Not sure if that's consistent with others.

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i called the admissions office yesterday about the RSVP... you do NOT need to RSVP.

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Has anyone already interviewed? Please share your experiences

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So I am assuming all interviewers will be asking the same questions then if they are all using the behavioral interview script?

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So I am assuming all interviewers will be asking the same questions then if they are all using the behavioral interview script?

They probably have a bunch of questions from which they pick and choose. They could also ask follow up questions based on your response.

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So I am assuming all interviewers will be asking the same questions then if they are all using the behavioral interview script?

They probably have a bunch of questions from which they pick and choose. They could also ask follow up questions based on your response.

They also could use questions that they are familiar with from previous years (the above mentioned interviewer was probably the least experienced possible interviewer and so stuck to the list).

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For those who have scheduled interviews on campus, did people notice the "office interviewer" versus names of 2 people in the options? I've been wondering if this means the former is student and latter is adcom?

Just intellectual curiosity here..