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- accepted goldfishee27 - accepted sterny - accepted sebycb976 - accepted jjright - accepted chifootball - accepted (Withdrawn for Kellogg) msday86 - accepted (Withdrawn for HBS) Pathfinder_77 - Waitlisted – accepted R2 falibay - Waitlisted – accepted R2 isa (fka ac) - Waitlisted – dinged R2 vijapp - Waitlisted – dinged R2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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I submitted only 2 as well, got an invitation invite so i dont think it counts against you. However if the 3rd rec will tell them something new about you that you don't cover anywhere else in your application, go for it!

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thank u guys

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I plan to apply in R2, but just wanna ask about the recommendation. If I only submit 2 recommendations will it affect my candidacy, coz they say the 3rd one is optional? Thanks!

I submitted three recommendations, as the final rec offered a unique perspective the other two did not.

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I plan to apply in R2, but just wanna ask about the recommendation. If I only submit 2 recommendations will it affect my candidacy, coz they say the 3rd one is optional? Thanks!

I submitted only two with my application, but Wharton alum(s) sent in an unsolicited rec on my behalf. Not sure if this helps, but it probably can't hurt.

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I submitted 3 (the third was a peer rec)

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When you all log into your accounts and review your events, does it still show your interview status as "registered"?

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When you all log into your accounts and review your events, does it still show your interview status as "registered"?

Yup.

Mine says:
Application -
Submission Status: Submitted
Submitted Date: 10/8/2008 E.S.T.
Invited to Interview

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Title: On-Campus Interview (view detailed information)
When (Date/Time): Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:30 PM - Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:00 PM
Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Event Type: On-Campus Interview
Host: Wharton Student
Status:: Registered

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How lax is Wharton about receiving recommendations after the deadline?

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When you all log into your accounts and review your events, does it still show your interview status as "registered"?

Mine:

When (Date/Time): Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:00 AM - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:00 AM
Where: Alumni Interview
Event Type: Alumni Interview
Status:: Attended

MeddlingKid

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When you all log into your accounts and review your events, does it still show your interview status as "registered"?

Mine:

When (Date/Time): Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:00 AM - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:00 AM
Where: Alumni Interview
Event Type: Alumni Interview
Status:: Attended

Perhaps alumni interviews have a different status than those conducted on campus.

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I had my interview on campus and my status has not changed either. I dont think it is supposed to change from what I understand. it still says invited to interview.

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How lax is Wharton about receiving recommendations after the deadline?

To take my example, my whole application was 1 week late - I kinda screwed up the transcript process :-D

They gave me an earful, but did accept my candidacy (thank god). So I think that if you call them and make them aware of your issues, they'll be ok, especially for something not under your control. But do call them to let them know.

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agold

How lax is Wharton about receiving recommendations after the deadline?

To take my example, my whole application was 1 week late - I kinda screwed up the transcript process :-D

Appreciate it Audio, Thank you.

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How lax is Wharton about receiving recommendations after the deadline?

To take my example, my whole application was 1 week late - I kinda screwed up the transcript process :-D

Appreciate it Audio, Thank you.

No sweat. Drop a PM of you're on campus for R2.

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the "Your application decision is available online now" link has disappeared from my online app.

Did someone else observe the same?

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well i just checked and mine disappeared as well. I guess this is a sign they are working at the final decisions. I can imagine the admitted/rejected links are going to be placed instead ,hopefully in a week.

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You guys had decision links within your online application? I just logged in two hours ago and only saw the "invitation to interview" listed there, but didn't see a link to a decision in its place. Perhaps this means they aren't updating my application as they are yours? An early indication of a ding/WL?

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I had the link previously which has now disappeared. You probably had the same but didn't notice it before. No need to panic.

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don't freak out. it is not like that. when I was invited to the interview i had a link at the bottom of the page and if I would click on it, a different page would come up and it would just say you have been invited to interview. so I am sure you had it too, its standard to all of those who interview from what I can tell, you just did not notice it.

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This reminds me of the first season of Survivor when some guy started clicking on each castmembers profile photos on the Survivor website and saw that only 1 out of the 14 didnt have an 'X' on it, and everyone thought he was going to be the winner.