classicman89
Anyone who was admitted R1 have the scoop on if Wharton calls people or just updates the portal, and what time one can expect to find out? Answers seem to be mixed from previous years. Appreciate the help!
Round 1 admit here:
Wharton calls you up. They mention this in the interview as well but I will write this here for clarification. Wharton will be calling everyone up, they start from early in the morning (6:30 am or something) US east coast time and start calling the Asian time zones first and then dial westwards.
For reference, I live in Japan, and they called me around 10:30 pm JST. (Around 9:30 am ET). However, everyone won't get the call at the same time (please remember the admissions team are also human) so even if your friend gets a call, please wait.
I know it's extremely difficult since most people would be having a nervous breakdown at this point and will be checking their mails and phones every 5 minutes, with productivity of the past week being probably zero.

You were not kidding about this. Wharton literally “calls you up.” While I got my call a bit after 8am, most West Coast folks got theirs around 7:30am, one even got it at 6:30am haha. But what better way to wake up than getting a call from Wharton!