Welcome, all Wharton class of 2024 hopefuls. Let's use this platform to know each other, exchange ideas, discuss app strategies? Who all are applying? Let us know by commenting below. Follow the thread and bookmark this post Join Wharton chat Essay 1: How do you plan to use the Wharton MBA program to help you achieve your future professional goals? You might consider your past experience, short and long-term goals, and resources available at Wharton. (500 words) Essay 2: Essay 2: Taking into consideration your background – personal, professional, and/or academic – how do you plan to make specific, meaningful contributions to the Wharton community? (400 words) Required Essay for all Reapplicants: Please use this space to share with the Admissions Committee how you have reflected and grown since your previous application and discuss any relevant updates to your candidacy (e.g., changes in your professional life, additional coursework, and extracurricular/volunteer engagements). (250 words) Wharton MBA Deadlines Round Application Due Interview invitations Decisions Released Round 1 Sep 8, 2021 Oct 27, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Round 2 Jan 5, 2022 Feb 14, 2022 Mar 23, 2022 Round 3 Mar 30, 2022 Apr 14, 2022 May 10, 2022

Episode 42 of the podcast B-Schooled (which I host!) is dedicated to the TBD and interviews the ex-adcom who helped design it. Highly recommend you take a listen! At Stacy Blackman Consulting we also offer a mock TBD prep that our clients LOVE -- it's done on Skype and you get some personal feedback afterward. https://www.stacyblackman.com/mba-inter ... ing/#Group Best of luck, all!

Practice, practice, practice. People say that its like a normal business discussion, but its much more intense. If you are with a group of 6, you really don't have a lot of time individually. Also, its strange but this isn't an individual interview - yes you will be assessed individually after, but what works best is if you operate in a manner that brings out the best in your team, not just yourself. And that comes with practice. I myself did like 6 practice TBD's - 2 with my consultant and 4 arranged informally with members on Gmat Club and Reddit. My first practice TBD was horrible, I was overwhelmed with the pace of things, and I just wasn't used to the manner in which we had the discussion. Practicing allowed me to do a few things: 1. Get comfortable with the fast-paced nature of the discussion, and learn a way to speak that kept the conversation moving 2. Learn the different types of rolls in the discussion and find the one I prefer (like time-keeper, note taker, idea generator, dot-connector, etc.) 3. Pick up some tricks I could employ along the way (for example, emoting more which is super important in a virtual TBD) 4. Become much more self-aware of my tendencies - sometimes I can be a little too quiet. I like listening, synthesizing, then putting an idea forward. But the pace of this discussion is really quick, and its easy to get lost if you start off a bit reserved and don't recover. While 6 practice TBD's is a lot, you should try to do at least 2 - 1 to see how good/bad you are at it, and 1 to implement changes and new learnings after some reflection.

Hi, does Wharton pre-assign a TBD date with the interview invitation? I am trying to understand what's the timeline and actions points after an interview invitation is received.

No, that would be a logistical nightmare. They will simply provide a long list of dates and times, and you select the one that makes most sense to you