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Just got an interview invite! Hopefully the floodgates are starting to open... the silence was killing me.
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Nothing for me :(

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For what it's worth, I really do think they are SLOWLY trickling out. There were tons of on-campus slots open, and they also do hub interviews and alumni interviews.
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Just got an interview invite! Hopefully the floodgates are starting to open... the silence was killing me.
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Hey Girl!

Could you tell me about how you came to know about it. Did you check the app directly or did you get an email?

And also...what happens in the app once you get it...a message pops up? status changes?

Thanks!!

And hey all the best!! its a great feeling :)
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Congratulations, once again, HCGirl10! After HBS and Wharton, a Stanford invite will seal the trio for you. Which one would you choose, if you are accepted by all three?
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For what it's worth, I really do think they are SLOWLY trickling out. There were tons of on-campus slots open, and they also do hub interviews and alumni interviews.
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Thanks for the reassurance!
Good Luck with your interview!

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Thanks, guys. I was informed via an email titled "Wharton Invitation to Interview" that instructed me to log into applyyourself to check my status. When I logged in, there was a new message below the area indicating the application had been submitted that said an application decision was available. Clicking on that, a letter inviting me to interview popped up.

I'd actually finally given up and moved past checking the application site 100x a day, so the email caught me by surprise!

MBAgirl2010, thanks for the congrats! I think assuming I'll get into all 3 schools might be getting ahead of things a bit... I don't want to jinx myself. :wink: After visiting all three schools, I can honestly say I'll be thrilled and honored to go to any one of them.

Good luck to everyone that's still waiting on Wharton R1!!
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Correction: My status is also changed to include "Invited to Interview." So I definitely wouldn't worry about missing an invite given the number of ways they tell you.

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Thanks, guys. I was informed via an email titled "Wharton Invitation to Interview" that instructed me to log into applyyourself to check my status. When I logged in, there was a new message below the area indicating the application had been submitted that said an application decision was available. Clicking on that, a letter inviting me to interview popped up.

I'd actually finally given up and moved past checking the application site 100x a day, so the email caught me by surprise!

MBAgirl2010, thanks for the congrats! I think assuming I'll get into all 3 schools might be getting ahead of things a bit... I don't want to jinx myself. :wink: After visiting all three schools, I can honestly say I'll be thrilled and honored to go to any one of them.

Good luck to everyone that's still waiting on Wharton R1!!
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Hi everyone-

I thought I would share a blurb of fine print that I read on Wharton's site. They claim that the order in which interview invitations are sent is basically random given the number of variables that go into the review process... However, if the following doesn't suggest FIFO, I don't know what does:

"If you submit an application earlier in a round, which we encourage, you will be able to confirm receipt via your Wharton online account. You will also have more time in which to schedule an interview. (Interviews are by invitation only.)..."

So to anyone still waiting on an interview invite (as am I)... do not despair. The stack of essays they need to review is loooooong, and there is a non-random aspect to the process.

Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize my way out of the worry game.... :)
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Hi everyone-

I thought I would share a blurb of fine print that I read on Wharton's site. They claim that the order in which interview invitations are sent is basically random given the number of variables that go into the review process... However, if the following doesn't suggest FIFO, I don't know what does:

"If you submit an application earlier in a round, which we encourage, you will be able to confirm receipt via your Wharton online account. You will also have more time in which to schedule an interview. (Interviews are by invitation only.)..."

So to anyone still waiting on an interview invite (as am I)... do not despair. The stack of essays they need to review is loooooong, and there is a non-random aspect to the process.

Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize my way out of the worry game.... :)
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thanks but what about those of us who submitted early (9/29) and haven't received an invite :)

also, where did u read that? maybe you could post this as a question on wharton's s2s forum..
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I submitted early...no interview invite for me :(

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However, if the following doesn't suggest FIFO, I don't know what does:

"If you submit an application earlier in a round, which we encourage, you will be able to confirm receipt via your Wharton online account. You will also have more time in which to schedule an interview. (Interviews are by invitation only.)..."
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You are probably right, but if you think about it, any admissions process resembles FIFO to a certain extent, as the note probably suggests that most people tend to submit applications later in the round, which translates to a spike in apps closer to the deadline.

I do not know the details of how the applications make their way through the adcom at Wharton, but I would think there are capacity constraints and bottle necks in any system (as OPIM courses teach you at Wharton). So both from the Operations standpoint, and just by using common sense, we can assume that those who had submitted earlier could have been in the pipeline earlier (not necessarily though), which maximizes the chance of institutions having made the decision on the application by the interview decision release date. Hence, if the decision were made to invite the applicant for interview (placed in inventory of finished decisions), it would then be released promptly on the date, which would then give the applicant more choice of dates and time slots.

This being a theory, it could very possibly be proven wrong. So if they tell you that there are a bunch of variables that can randomize the correlation between the submission time and decision time for applications, then I would believe them and accept it as a fact and not look for any pattern, and I would not believe in high correlation between the order of application submission and order of release of decisions.
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However, if the following doesn't suggest FIFO, I don't know what does:

"If you submit an application earlier in a round, which we encourage, you will be able to confirm receipt via your Wharton online account. You will also have more time in which to schedule an interview. (Interviews are by invitation only.)..."
You are probably right, but if you think about it, any admissions process resembles FIFO to a certain extent, as the note probably suggests that most people tend to submit applications later in the round, which translates to a spike in apps closer to the deadline.

I do not know the details of how the applications make their way through the adcom at Wharton, but I would think there are capacity constraints and bottle necks in any system (as OPIM courses teach you at Wharton). So both from the Operations standpoint, and just by using common sense, we can assume that those who had submitted earlier could have been in the pipeline earlier (not necessarily though), which maximizes the chance of institutions having made the decision on the application by the interview decision release date. Hence, if the decision were made to invite the applicant for interview (placed in inventory of finished decisions), it would then be released promptly on the date, which would then give the applicant more choice of dates and time slots.

This being a theory, it could very possibly be proven wrong. So if they tell you that there are a bunch of variables that can randomize the correlation between the submission time and decision time for applications, then I would believe them and accept it as a fact and not look for any pattern, and I would not believe in high correlation between the order of application submission and order of release of decisions.
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I was poking around the Wharton forum and found this:

"Wharton doesn't target a particular release rate for invitations - they just issue invitations as each application finishes the review process.

But the nature of the review process (each application is read at least twice, by different people), means that the vast majority of interview invitations go out towards the final couple of weeks of the invitation 'window', including a sizeable proportion within the final few days. Personally, my invitation was sent out on the 2nd last day of invitations.

And there is no particular order to how applications are reviewed - and the number of variables in the review process (did you get a fast or slow reader, did your application go straight out for a second read, or did it sit around the office for another week, etc) means that the order they finish the process is pretty much random.

FF" - Link below

Last year it seems that many were given invites up to the deadline, which I'd expect to happen this year as well.

Also, remember, after you get an invite to interview, you start worrying about interviewing...just relax and enjoy it, because there will always be something worry/get anxious about.

https://engage.wharton.upenn.edu/MBA/forums/t/810.aspx
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This is great info...

Thanks a lot! I really want to focus on my Chicago Interview...but i keep on F5 ing my wharton app...hate myself for that...

ATB

and I am going to F5 for one last time today :)
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Nothing for me, although I did get a Wharton School e-mail asking me to learn more about the school a few days ago. :P Well, I'm happy to learn about it if you give me an interview! I did find it interesting that some people reported getting that e-mail Friday of last week and I got it like Tues/Wed of this one. I don't know if it means anything *smacks head in fear of coming up with conspiracy theories*
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Mind games. Socialogical mind games. We're like little mice running around in circles. :lol:

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Nothing for me, although I did get a Wharton School e-mail asking me to learn more about the school a few days ago. :P Well, I'm happy to learn about it if you give me an interview! I did find it interesting that some people reported getting that e-mail Friday of last week and I got it like Tues/Wed of this one. I don't know if it means anything *smacks head in fear of coming up with conspiracy theories*
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Tomorrow's going to be the big day for interview invites, i predict. Totally unsubstantiated, uninformed personal opinion, based in no way on any facts or evidence... but i've gotta feelin'. I'm betting at least five of y'all will hear tomorrow. Good luck, and Happy Halloween!
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Are any of you unable to log on to the application site? I know it was down yesterday, but I still can't log on.
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Are any of you unable to log on to the application site? I know it was down yesterday, but I still can't log on.
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i can't. it's been like that since sometime yesterday.
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I was able to -- no invite unfortunately :(

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Are any of you unable to log on to the application site? I know it was down yesterday, but I still can't log on.

i can't. it's been like that since sometime yesterday.
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