WHARTON Fall 2009 Applicants: Round 1: Total Applicants 62 Admits: 13 (2 WL converted in R2) Waitlist: 18 Dings: 24 (4 dinged off WL in R2) Unknown: 10 zoinnk - accepted and Matriculating businessm - accepted CompanyMan - accepted Virflo - accepted Mikus - accepted goldfishee27 - accepted sterny - accepted sebycb976 - accepted jjright - accepted chifootball - accepted (Withdrawn for Kellogg) msday86 - accepted (Withdrawn for HBS) Pathfinder_77 - Waitlisted – accepted R2 falibay - Waitlisted – accepted R2 isa (fka ac) - Waitlisted – dinged R2 vijapp - Waitlisted – dinged R2 wolffali - Waitlisted – dinged R2 Madz - Waitlisted – dinged R2 bdog9 - Waitlisted bostonsparky - Waitlisted chickmagloor - Waitlisted coadman - Waitlisted companyman - Waitlisted cougarblue - Waitlisted emirtumen - Waitlisted garbus222 - Waitlisted Milspec - Waitlisted ndiaconu - Waitlisted nj24 - Waitlisted u0388768 - Waitlisted chitchat - Dinged cpgmba - Dinged DimeCFH - Dinged garun77 - Dinged Gil - Dinged gt7er - Dinged jigar34 - Dinged maverick2011 - Dinged MeddlingKid - Dinged Meowzilla (k88) - Dinged Legend - Dinged Leverandon - Dinged levfin2003 - Dinged liquidice - Dinged lsuguy7 - Dinged ral - Dinged sept09 - Dinged Snayt - Dinged sonibubu - Dinged tarmac - Dinged terp26 - Dinged Walker - Dinged wooster123 - Dinged amatory angryMOFO Invited to Interview bschoolguy Invited to Interview - 11/4 BSchoolorBust Invited to Interview Captain Invited to Interview - 11/5 CaptainMolecule charlieb gregory Invited to Interview 11/12 MattG2185 Invited to Interview mbabiden08 Invited to Interview Round 2: Total Applicants 35 Admits: 7 Waitlist: 10 Dings: 10 Unknown: 8 Paradosso - Admitted Hardestadt- Admitted pallavi79us - Admitted TheGuy – Admitted Rosav – Admitted Zoemoe – Admitted Matterhorn762 – Admitted mikenyc - Waitlisted pu2003 - Waitlisted MBAAspirant2008 – Waitlisted hobart – Waitlisted sajal09 – Waitlisted mbafwi – Waitlisted sset009 – Waitlisted gixxer1000 – Waitlisted foodstamp – Waitlisted ashaker – Waitlisted syd999 – Dinged w/interview pguard – Dinged w/interview Magellan – Dinged Refurb – Dinged w/out interview Balboa – Dinged bucktooth911– Dinged dglasser – Dinged w/out interview fall09 – Dinged w/out interview gboi – Dinged w/out interview AlbertNTN – Dinged w/o interview arshia22 - interview invite davidbrent - interview invite dp122008 - interview invite ma.agrawal - interview invite oziozzie - interview invite stopper5 sudhir18n woncosmo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STATISTICS & GENERAL INFO 2008 R1 GMATClub Stats: Applicants: 18 Admitted: 3 (16.7%) Waitlisted: 2 (11%) Dinged With Interview: 5 (28%) Dinged Without Interview: 8 (45%) Last Years TOTAL GMATClub Wharton Stats: Applied: 49 Accepted: 5 (10%) Rejected: 29 (60%) Waitlisted: 5 (10%) Unknown: 10 (20%) Wharton Fall 2009 Admission: Application Deadlines Round 1: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 Round 2: Thursday, 8 January, 2009 Round 3: Thursday, 5 March, 2009 Wharton Fall 2009 Admission: Application Essay Questions First-Time Applicant Questions 1. Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect an MBA from Wharton to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? (1,000 words) 2. Describe a setback or a failure that you have experienced. What role did you play, and what did you learn about yourself? (500 words) 3. Where in your background would we find evidence of your leadership capacity and/or potential? (500 words) 4. Please respond to one (1) of the following questions: a. Describe an experience you have had innovating or initiating, your lessons learned, the results and impact of your efforts. (500 words) b. Is there anything about your background or experience that you feel you have not had the opportunity to share with the Admissions Committee in your application? If yes, please explain. (500 words) OPTIONAL: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, TOEFL waiver request, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weaknesses in your application). (250 words, maximum) Reapplicant Questions (for candidates who have applied for admission for Fall 2008 or 2007 only) 1. Describe your career progress to date and your future short-term and long-term career goals. How do you expect an MBA from Wharton to help you achieve these goals, and why is now the best time for you to join our program? How has your candidacy improved since the last time you applied? (1,000 words) 2. Describe an experience you have had innovating or initiating, your lessons learned, the results and impact of your efforts. (500 words) 3. Please respond to one (1) of the following questions: a. Where in your background would we find evidence of your leadership capacity and/or potential? (500 words) b. Is there anything about your background or experience that you feel you have not had the opportunity to share with the Admissions Committee in your application? If yes, please explain. (500 words) OPTIONAL: If you feel there are extenuating circumstances of which the Committee should be aware, please explain them here (e.g., unexplained gaps in work experience, choice of recommenders, TOEFL waiver request, inconsistent or questionable academic performance, significant weaknesses in your application). (250 words, maximum) Link to the 08 thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/103-t50294 Here we go! good luck everyone ac.

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For those worried about invites don't do so just yet. Last year, for Wharton, the vast majority of invites came on week 2 / close to last day of deadline. Also early interview invites don't really mean anything. Last year I was one of the earliest to get interview invites from Chicago (in R2) but I was also one of the first to get dinged. Stats suggest Wharton interviews about 40%.

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BSD, do you remember from last year's thread if there were a flood of interviews initially, or were invites sent out at a consistent rate throughout the invitation period?

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From what I remember a vast majority of them came out on the last two-three days. Dings were the last thing that came out (that part I remember well ..).

To quantify - there were only about 3 interview invites till the 9th of November. The vast majority came out on the 13,14,15th november - we had over 10 ppl who got interview invites.

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Damn. gonna prepare myself for the Pain Train on 11/23

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Medding & Mikus.....all the best for the interview:-)

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Congrats to GMATclubbers with invites!

A silly question here - how can I tell which date my application status went to "Complete-Round1"?

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Hey guys I just checked my Wharton status. It says:

Submission Status: Submitted
Submitted Date: 10/4/2008 2:06:00 AM E.S.T.
Complete - Round 1

Is this what you guys see? I'm confused. People say that their status went to "Complete" - do they mean the "Complete - Round 1" note at the bottom? And the fact that my submission status says "Submitted" - is that normal?

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Whoa, just noticed I'm in the same boat. Did people invited to interview go to "complete" rather than "submitted"? I guess I may have to call the adcom tomorrow.

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Whoa, just noticed I'm in the same boat. Did people invited to interview go to "complete" rather than "submitted"? I guess I may have to call the adcom tomorrow.

Mine says the same thing. I haven't heard anything about an interview as yet either.

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Ok , I think I'm complete. Here's what mine says:

Submission Status: Submitted
Submitted Date: 9/20/2008 1:06:00 AM E.S.T.
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Mine says the same...Complete Round 1

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Whoa, just noticed I'm in the same boat. Did people invited to interview go to "complete" rather than "submitted"? I guess I may have to call the adcom tomorrow.

You guys are fine - here's what they wrote me a while ago:

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"If your online account reads "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.
If your online account reads "Received," then the Operations Team needs to process your online application submission and any materials submitted by hard copy. After your materials have been processed (assuming they arrived before the Round One deadline), your online account will be changed to "Complete for Round One" and your file will be forwarded to the Committee for review. Due to the high number of candidates who submitted their application during the past few days (more than 60% of candidates applying for Round One submitted their application within 24 hours of the deadline), it will take the Operations Team a few weeks to complete the processing of all materials. Therefore, please allow the Operations Team until Thursday, October 30th before inquiring about the completeness of your application.
Candidates who applied by hard-copy will receive information by e-mail about how to access their online account when the processing of their application is complete. All applications submitted by hard-copy will be processed by Thursday, October 30th.
The Admissions Committee will begin to release interview invitations on Thursday, October 23rd and will continue to release invitations on a daily basis until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, November 13th. Due to the nature and complexity associated with the admissions process there is no particular order in which invitations are released. Also on November 13th, 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."

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Its a confusing process. I remember going to wharton and having a senior member of the admissions committee tell a group of about 50 of us that they printed the applications as they received them and that they would be reviewed in that order (during the review period). This, of course, seems to imply a linear process, where in theory, someone who submitted their app on the 8th should have received an "Application Complete for R 1" before someone who did it on the 9th.

But then again, who knows what they really do....

In case this helps, the ad com member said they dont check for SUPER STRICT adherence to the word limit for essays. She kind of laughed it off when a paranoid member of the crowd brought that question up. Obviously, take this comment with a grain of salt.

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Just got my interview invite. I submitted late Sept.

Does anyone know if there is any preference for on-campus vs off-campus interview?

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No real preference, from what I gather. On campus, youl get interviewed by a current 2nd year student, whereas off campus youl most likely be interviewed by an alum...

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any more gmatclubbers today receive invites?

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any more gmatclubbers today receive invites?

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It seems as tho they send the invites always early in the AM. I havent seen any PM invites...

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any more gmatclubbers today receive invites?

More than a week passed by.. No calls for me. :cry:

It's difficult to digest the fact that I wont get at least an interview invite.

Matt, congrats !!!! can u share your profile plz?

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I got my invite on Wednesday at 4:50 PM EST (Something like that) so they do send them during the afternoon. The process is so stressful, that's unbelievable. At least for the GMAT we only had to wait 5 seconds for our scores...