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Nice and congrats!

Congrats to all those who have made it..looking forward to meeting you all...and those on the WL hang in there..
random question looking at your profile, so are you a first year at Wharton and applied to HBS this year?
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haha, no not that I applied this year, i applied last year and got into W and got a deferred admit at HBS, yeah one of those odd things that happen..as far as HBS knows..i am coming there LOL..

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Nice and congrats!

Congrats to all those who have made it..looking forward to meeting you all...and those on the WL hang in there..
random question looking at your profile, so are you a first year at Wharton and applied to HBS this year?
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How many of you have signed up for the Winter Welcome Weekend on Jan28th? Looking forward to seeing many of you there!
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I'm attending and looking forward to meeting all of you. What are you guys doing for accommodation during WW?
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Thanks, FN. I was curious which hotels others were picking. I had good experience with Inn at Penn!
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I would pick a hotel in center city, just cause it will give you a good idea of life at wharton..plus a lot the events are in around center city. Inn at Penn is a good choice too, but honestly you are better off closer to center city, just to get a taste of how life would be.

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Thanks, FN. I was curious which hotels others were picking. I had good experience with Inn at Penn!
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Thanks, FN. I will try the Palomar then. :-)
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Hey all,

So perhaps I'm way off base here, but reviewing the Wharton website, beginning with "The Wharton MBA Difference" and I'm having trouble really learning what makes them different, or anything substantial to "Why Wharton."

Basically, the Director of Admission says 3 things that make Wharton different:

1) Develop you as a leader, and gave specifics as to how. Okay, cool, I can work with that.
2) Unique opportunities to apply what you learn outside of the classroom. Well, from my other schools I'm applying to, they seem to all have that opportunity - so what makes Wharton unique in this?
3) The alumni network. While obviously the size of the alumni network matters, I'm surprised they would use that as the top 3 selling point about the Wharton difference.

Continuing on, I just watched every single video on the Wharton website I still didn't understand how the program is different. Specifically, I saw a running theme that everyone helps each other with their ideas, (which is great and should happen everywhere I would hope), but again, is that what the school is selling (your classmates) or the way knowledge that is taught? Watching their short clip "collaboration," only furthered this notion, as the most of the collaboration discussed socializing/"playing" outside the classroom.

As a result, my overall impression from these videos left me with this feeling that video's were more about discussing "OMG, Wharton is so great" (aka "Doors Fly Open" bullet) or "The people are so smart here" (repeated multiple times) as opposed to what makes the program so great. Anyone else get this vibe?

Anyways, sorry for my rant, but perhaps other can tell me, besides the size of the program and it's advantages, how Wharton's approach to teaching and developing people is different then any other schools. Thanks.
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wharton just does it better than the rest of the MBA schools..a humble way of saying that!
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i like the radisson warwick. its about $100 a night (after fees and taxes).
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i like the radisson warwick. its about $100 a night (after fees and taxes).

you may want to check out Club Quarters on 16th and Chestnut
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Hey guys--

I got waitlisted too. My weakness is definitely my quant score (which was a 41 -- 60%). Do you think Wharton's prohibition on doing anything while on the waitlist includes retaking the GMAT?
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i'm interested to hear peoples replys to drew's quetsions too?
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hi all... i'm new to this forum. Applying to wharton in R2 and keeping my fingers crossed :roll:
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Hi everyone,
I have a few questions for those who applied for Fellowships at Wharton. Did you write both essays or just the first one? Did you try to sell your candidacy in the first essay or did you focus more on the answer about the fellowship and criteria for it?
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Anyways, sorry for my rant, but perhaps other can tell me, besides the size of the program and it's advantages, how Wharton's approach to teaching and developing people is different then any other schools. Thanks.

Drew and aditi123 here is the way I see the Wharton difference:
h-w-s-selection-criteria-58850-120.html#p632678

If H and S have the pedigree, Wharton has the largest class / network among all other mba programs and the most well rounded academic core. If Kellogg is good at Marketing, Columbia is good at Finance, etc, Wharton is good at all of those along with some of the best Entrepeneurship, Management, Strategy, Real Estate, Ethics, Business Law, and other business area programs. I think Chicago is the only other school that comes close, but even then Wharton's international programs and name come forward. Because of its large class, the program also has more and more diverse classes in each subject. I hope this helps.
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