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- accepted goldfishee27 - accepted sterny - accepted sebycb976 - accepted jjright - accepted chifootball - accepted (Withdrawn for Kellogg) msday86 - accepted (Withdrawn for HBS) Pathfinder_77 - Waitlisted – accepted R2 falibay - Waitlisted – accepted R2 isa (fka ac) - Waitlisted – dinged R2 vijapp - Waitlisted – dinged R2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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Dinged!! Still have a hard time figuring out why I got an HBS invite but not Wharton. (I'm 26 so it's probably not age)

Oh well, HBS and Kellogg are still in sight! Congrats and good luck to all with Wharton invites!

yeah i'm 26 also and got an HBS invite but not wharton....wonder if i even have a shot at HBS...im thinking not...

You just never know. Dont think negatively. Once harvard invites you, its because they really believe you have what it takes to become part of the brand.

Who knows, maybe one of your recommenders said Harvard in your Wharton Rec?

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Dinged as well. Am 0/2 now. Plan to apply to one more school and that's it. Don't think I have the energy to go through this again next year.

Good luck to eveyone. All the best with your applications/careers.

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yeah i'm 26 also and got an HBS invite but not wharton....wonder if i even have a shot at HBS...im thinking not...

yeah this whole process is so unpredictable....super subjective...

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Got the interview invite email today around 12:30. Congrats to everyone else who received one & best of luck to everyone in the rest of the admissions process.

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13 Nov 2008, 16:43

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Got the ding. Good luck to everyone who is being invited to interview! Knock 'em dead! It looks like its all about Michigan for me right now...

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dinged as well, seems like the dings went out in one fell swoop around 5:35pm

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Indeed, it seems to be almost flipping a coin to get an invite here. Gil, Leverandon & others, you guys have really strong, not-dime-a-dozen profiles and I am sure you will get in somewhere else good. Sadly the websense at my work decided to block chat starting this week so I am rendered mute except for the boards.

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agree w gt7er and cpgmba..invited to interview at HBS, dinged without interview at wharton. the funny thing is, i spent so much more time and effort on wharton than HBS

i wonder if it's an age thing. i'm 24

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For those interviewing - are you doing on-campus / HUB / or alumni?

I am leaning towards alumni b/c I will already be in Chicago for my Booth interview next weekend. But then I thought that attempting to schedule an interview w/ an alum on a weekend was poor form. Any thoughts?

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Gil, Leverandon & others, you guys have really strong, not-dime-a-dozen profiles and I am sure you will get in somewhere else good.

Thanks, sparky! I'm not too discouraged. The thing was, I applied to Wharton mostly because of its name brand and the fact that it has a strong law school assiciated with it (for the JD/MBA thing). Looking back, its pretty clear that my essays were not as strong or tailored for them as many of my others, probably because I'm a lot more interested in the programs at Kellogg and Michigan.

js594

i wonder if it's an age thing. i'm 24

I'm starting to think that that might have been a factor as well. I'll be 24 at matriculation. Does anyone know what other schools are younger-applicant friendly besides HBS/Stanford? I'm looking to fill out my R2 app list.

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good luck to everyone who has received interviews, and to those who were dinged, I'm sure everyone will get in to at least one of their top schools!

I am interviewing on campus this Tuesday. I think an alumni interview over the weekend is fine though if that is what works for you. Most alums realize evenings & weekends work best. I'm going to campus because I live in Baltimore and the closest alum is in WashDC 1 hour away vs phili is only 2 hours away.

any advice from current students? anyone else going to campus?

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agree w gt7er and cpgmba..invited to interview at HBS, dinged without interview at wharton. the funny thing is, i spent so much more time and effort on wharton than HBS

i wonder if it's an age thing. i'm 24

whoa...thats exactly what i did...i focused most of my efforts on wharton because i figured i had a shot...

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in case anyone cares, im 24 as well, so I don't think age is necessarily a determining factor

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Dinged at 5:36. Wow it doesnt feel as bad to see that I share the moment with so many other great profiles. Atb ppl!

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Hey guys I got an interview invite! Should have posted earlier but have not been checking my email regularly - took a drive out to the country to avoid the whole stress of waiting to hear back!

BTW, just reading the posts above regarding those who were invited to HBS but dinged at Wharton, I'm the other way around - no invite yet from Harvard, so I am pretty much a ding. I'm also 29 at matriculation.

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got back from lunch and was ecstatic to find an invite in my mailbox! :bouncer

it was sent at 1230 est... hang in there guys! they're still coming!

congrats ! I assume you submitted last day and went complete after oct 20th?

Hey Terp - How did your Kellogg interview go? To answer your question - I submitted on the last day (Oct 9th), went complete sometime around Oct 15th and it was silence ever since till this afternoon... Thought I was a goner for sure, maybe I had slow readers?

To those who did not get invites, I hope you get interview calls from your other choice schools!

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Got an interview invite...for those keeping score, I'll be 29 at matriculation. Good luck everybody.

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Got the ding. Good luck to everyone who is being invited to interview! Knock 'em dead! It looks like its all about Michigan for me right now...

What about Kellogg?

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Dinged as well. Already interviewed for Chicago.....its my best bet since I have not heard from harvard or Stanford either.

Turning in Columbia app soon..........

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Got the ding. Good luck to everyone who is being invited to interview! Knock 'em dead! It looks like its all about Michigan for me right now...

What about Kellogg?

Oh Kellogg is my top choice right now...but I've interviewed there already and now my Kellogg chances are in the hands of God (and the adcoms) and I'm sort of feeling pessimistic about my chances there after the Wharton ding considering their reputations in terms of selectiveness are so similar. Does anyone know of any students who have been dinged at Wharton and admitted at Kellogg? There have to be some such students since the schools focus on different things.

Anyway, I guess I just feel like my Michigan chances are a lot stronger since I was offered an interview there.